Chain Bump! vs Marble Run Building Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chain Bump!
A physics-based puzzle game where players strategically place objects to guide a falling ball into a goal. Success relies on anticipating the ball's trajectory and chain reactions for an enjoyable challenge.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Object placement puzzles
- Chain reaction mechanics
- Goal-oriented challenges
- Strategic thinking required
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The mission of this game is to insert a falling ball in goal-cup by editing position of some objects. It is needed to imagine the way of bumping ball to the goal. If it is success that you imagined, it is pretty fun.
Marble Run Building Blocks
Design and construct intricate marble runs with a variety of blocks and colors. Save your creations, undo mistakes easily, and enjoy explosive destruction. This game offers a free, ad-supported experience with no in-app purchases.
- 17 block types and 8 colors
- Save up to 3 creations
- Undo/redo functionality
- Stack up to 5 blocks
- Rotate and zoom camera
- Explosion destruction mode
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App features - With 17 types and 8 colors of blocks and sliders, you can build blocks as you wish. - You can save up to 3 data automatically. - It's okay to break it accidentally. You can go back and start over. - If you want to stack a lot, you can stack up to 5 at once with the button. - You can easily rotate and zoom in / out the camera with a touch operation. - Finally, let's destroy it in explosion mode. - No in-app purchases. You can enjoy all the functions for free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Marble Run Building Blocks at 4.4 against Chain Bump!'s 3.9. Marble Run Building Blocks also leads on ratings volume (156 vs 8). Chain Bump!'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Marble Run Building Blocks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marble Run Building Blocks has 156 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Chain Bump!'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Marble Run Building Blocks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Chain Bump! ships an update every 3 weeks, Marble Run Building Blocks every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chain Bump! | Marble Run Building Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) | 4.4 (156 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 156 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OTOUCH INC. | nobuhiro satake |
Customer experience
Chain Bump!
Marble Run Building Blocks
In-app purchases
Chain Bump!
No in-app purchases
Marble Run Building Blocks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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