Comparison

Bubble Shooter vs Elementex

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bubble Shooter

A classic arcade puzzle game where players match three or more bubbles of the same color to burst them. Test your speed and brainpower in this fun shooting challenge.

Highlights
  • Match 3 bubbles to burst
  • Classic arcade gameplay
  • Speed and brain challenge
  • Puzzle game for all ages
  • Fun shooting mechanics
Features
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Step into a vibrant world of retro arcade action with a fresh twist on the legendary bubble-popping formula! Bubble Shooter : Colors Game brings you the ultimate test of strategy, precision, and quick reflexes. Dive into a colorful universe where every single shot counts, whether you are lining up a tricky wall bounce or setting off a massive chain reaction to clear the board. Designed for casual players and puzzle enthusiasts alike, this title combines easy-to-learn mechanics with deeply satisfying challenges. Plan your trajectory carefully, spot matching clusters, and fire your spheres to blast your way to high scores. As the pace quickens, you will need sharp eyes and quick wits to prevent the falling grid from overwhelming your screen. Enjoy a clean, responsive gameplay experience built for smooth sessions on the go. Relax, sharpen your brain, and enjoy the pure thrill of clearing clusters and setting new personal records in this timeless arcade sensation! FEATURES: • Timeless match-3 arcade mechanics with smooth, responsive aiming controls • Satisfying color-matching puzzles designed to challenge your focus and reflexes • Clean, vibrant graphics paired with crisp popping visual effects • Fast-paced puzzle sessions ideal for quick breaks or long gaming marathons • Fully playable offline so you can enjoy popping fun anytime, anywhere HOW TO PLAY: • 1. Aim your launcher carefully towards clusters of matching colors. • 2. Tap or release to shoot your projectile into the target group. • 3. Match 3 or more identical colors to burst them and clear the screen. • 4. Prevent the descending grid from reaching the bottom line to survive.

About

Elementex

A tactical tower-defense game focused on strategic placement and elemental combat. Build your defenses, bend enemy paths, and tap towers for skills to climb the global leaderboard. Every decision counts in this endless challenge.

Highlights
  • Hex-grid tower defense
  • Maze-builder pathing
  • Four elemental rock-paper-scissors matchups
  • Tap-to-cast active skills
  • Boss chests with transparent pricing
  • Global leaderboard
  • Endless mode
Features
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Elementex is a tactical tower-defense run. No worlds to grind. No campaign to crawl. One hex arena, one shot at the leaderboard, and every decision counts. Build between waves. Place towers on hex tiles. Bend the path with free walls. Tap a tower mid-wave to fire its skill. Lives reach zero, the run ends, and your best wave is the only number that matters. Fire beats Frost. Frost beats Nature. Nature beats Lightning. Lightning beats Fire. Hit a weakness for 1.5x damage. Hit a resistance for 0.7x. Read the wave, pick the counter, or pay for it. Every upgrade is bought with in-run gold. One tower per element — push its damage, its fire rate, or its range, each on a rising cost curve. No blueprints. No permanent unlocks to grind. Your build is what you can pay for, this run, right now. Every fifth wave is a boss. The boss drops a chest of three runes. You see every drop, every stat, every price, before you spend a single gem. Whatever you do not keep goes into the Recall Pool for seven days at +25 percent. Nothing disappears. Nothing is hidden. Runes you keep persist across runs. Combine two of the same rarity to climb to the next. Five rarities: Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic. Mythic is boss-chest only and carries a unique passive skill. An element-matched rune on its tower hits 20 percent harder. There is no end state. There is only the next wave, the global leaderboard, and how far you can hold the line. • Hex-grid tower defense with maze-builder pathing • Four elements, one rock-paper-scissors wheel (1.5x / 0.7x matchups) • One tower per element, upgraded along +DMG / +RATE / +RANGE with in-run gold • A defining passive and a tap-to-cast active skill on every element • Boss chests every five waves, transparent gem pricing, seven-day Recall Pool • A global leaderboard, one endless mode, three- to seven-minute runs • No loot boxes. No energy. No timers. No paid randomness.

Screenshots

Bubble Shooter4 screens
Elementex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Elementex at 5.0 against Bubble Shooter's 4.5. Elementex also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bubble Shooter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Elementex sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elementex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bubble Shooter ships an update every 6 months, Elementex every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bubble Shooter versus Elementex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubble ShooterElementex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLAYTOUCHTassilo Posegga

Customer experience

Bubble Shooter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Elementex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bubble Shooter

One-time1
  • Remove all ADS from the game$1.99
5 purchases

Elementex

One-time5
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 550 Gems$3.99
  • 1,200 Gems$8.99
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  • 2,500 Gems$17.99
  • 6,500 Gems$44.99

Questions

Is Bubble Shooter free?
Bubble Shooter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elementex free?
Elementex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bubble Shooter or Elementex?
Elementex is rated higher. Bubble Shooter averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Elementex averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bubble Shooter or Elementex have ads?
Both Bubble Shooter and Elementex show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bubble Shooter or Elementex?
Bubble Shooter ships an update every 6 months, and Elementex every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bubble Shooter was updated on October 29, 2026 and Elementex on October 25, 2026.

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