Comparison

Tako Bubble vs Panda Forest

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

Head to head
About

Tako Bubble

Help Octopus Tako pop colorful bubbles to recover lost beetle gems. Navigate deep-ocean levels, defeat monsters, and collect all the hidden treasures in this turn-based casual puzzler. Enjoy 60 levels with simple controls and no turn limits.

Highlights
  • Turn-based casual puzzler
  • Pop 3 colored bubbles to advance
  • Defeat cartoonish creatures
  • Collect hidden beetle gems
  • 60 timeless levels
  • 1-finger swipe control
  • 13 achievements
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Octopus Tako's beetle collection was blown away by a magical swirl of bubbles! Could you help it pop all the bubbles and find them back? Tako Bubble is a turn-based casual puzzler; as soon as three glittering colored bubbles are popped, Tako can get to the next level by magic! Please help it crawl through deep-ocean environments, defeat ferocious monsters, pop all the bubbles, and find back the hidden beetle gems! Features: - Simple 1-finger, 4-direction swipe control - 3 glittering, colored bubbles to pop to get past each level, easy! - 10 types of cartoonish creatures, bump them out before you’re surrounded! - 13 achievements: start your career as a secret octopus agent - 31 different pixel beetles waiting for your rescue - 60 timeless levels, no turn limit either: a pure brainpower game 60 brand new levels made exclusively for this mobile version; we hope you enjoy it! Ally & CH, 2018

About

Panda Forest

Collect unique pandas in a peaceful forest. Tap to gather them, earn money to discover new species, and train existing ones. Expand your forest and use special tools to increase panda appearances in this relaxing game.

Highlights
  • Collect various panda species
  • Tap to gather pandas
  • Earn money to discover new pandas
  • Train existing pandas
  • Expand your forest
  • Use special tools to increase panda spawn rates
Features
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Welcome to a peaceful little forest full of cute and cuddly pandas! Here you can enjoy collecting many different kinds of pandas…the likes of which you have never seen before! ■□■□How to Play Panda Forest■□■□ Simply tap the pandas that appear in the forest and collect them using your special Panda Box. That’s all there is to it! Use the money you make to get new species of panda and train those you already have! Save enough money and you can expand your forest, meaning happier (and more) pandas for you! Collect enough pandas of the same species and you’ll get a special tool which you can use to increase the rate at which that species of panda will appear. Be sure to use these tools to your advantage! Enjoy collecting a variety of unique pandas and grow your forest in this simple, relaxing little game!

Screenshots

Tako Bubble4 screens
Panda Forest3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Panda Forest at none against Tako Bubble's 1. Panda Forest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Tako Bubble's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Tako Bubble sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Panda Forest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Panda Forest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tako Bubble has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tako Bubble versus Panda Forest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTako BubblePanda Forest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB76 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperI Chen ShengGlobalGear Co. Ltd.

Customer experience

Tako Bubble

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Panda Forest

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tako Bubble

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99
None

Panda Forest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tako Bubble free?
Tako Bubble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Panda Forest free?
Panda Forest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tako Bubble or Panda Forest?
Panda Forest is rated higher. Tako Bubble averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Panda Forest averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tako Bubble or Panda Forest have ads?
Both Tako Bubble and Panda Forest show ads.

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