Ballderdash vs Marbles Ricochet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ballderdash
Engage in a unique strategy game with hundreds of levels across eight zones. Unlock diverse ball types and create your own challenges with a level editor. Share your creations with a vibrant community.
- Hundreds of designed levels
- Unlock 7 unique ball types
- Randomly generated levels
- Level editor for custom levels
- Share custom levels
- Build custom level catalog
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Ballderdash is the ultimate quick play strategy game. Be dazzled in this mesmerizing adventure as you traverse the Ballderdash Universe. Experience tantalizing action in this new game type – is it a puzzle? Strategy? Or something entirely new? • Play through 8 zones with hundreds of designed levels • Unlock 7 unique ball types with different gameplay features • Randomly generate millions of levels • Use the level editor to create custom levels and unleash your creativity • Build your custom catalog of levels • Share your uniquely generated levels with friends and the Ballderdash Community
Marbles Ricochet
Guide marbles off the field by using rails to ricochet them through corners and over jumps. This original puzzle game challenges you to solve increasingly complex levels. Enjoy an uninterrupted gaming experience with no ads.
- Marble navigation puzzles
- Rail-guided ricochets
- Marble jumping mechanics
- Challenging level design
- Ad-free gameplay
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A new and original puzzle game, in which you have to guide all the red or purple marbles off the field. Rails will guide you and marbles will ricochet through corners, and even jump at times. Can you solve these puzzles? This app is free of ads, we will never interrupt your game making you wait for an Ad to finish! We want you to enjoy the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Marbles Ricochet at weekly against Ballderdash's every 2 months. Ballderdash's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Ballderdash sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Marbles Ricochet sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Ballderdash against 5.0 for Marbles Ricochet. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ballderdash has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ballderdash ships an update every 2 months, Marbles Ricochet weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ballderdash | Marbles Ricochet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Corbin Cunningham | Cornelis Aerts |
Customer experience
Ballderdash
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In-app purchases
Ballderdash
- Three Additional Stops$0.99
- Add 500 Coins$0.99
- Unlock All Zones$2.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99
- Add 3000 Coins$3.99
- Add 7500 Coins$7.99
Marbles Ricochet
- Normal Pack 1$1.99
- Easy Pack 2$1.99
- Regular PACK 14$1.99
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- regular pack 17$1.99
- regular pack 18$1.99
- marbles Ricochet - Easy pack 8$1.99
- Marbles Ricochet - Easy pack 9$1.99
- Marbles Ricochet - Easy Pk 10$1.99
- ADVANCED PACK 6$2.99
- Expert Pack 5$4.99
Questions
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