Physics Balls vs Archery Star
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Physics Balls
A fun brick breaker game where you aim to destroy all bricks with a single shot. Swipe to launch balls, collect power-ups for extra balls or size boosts, and prevent bricks from reaching the bottom line. Enjoy endless gameplay with realistic physics.
- Aim and shoot balls to break bricks
- Collect power-ups for extra balls or size boosts
- Realistic physics engine
- Endless game mode
- Automatic progress saving
- Tablet support
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Physics Balls is a playful brick breaker game for iOS! Play for hours each time! Aim at breaking all bricks by one shoot: Swipe your finger and throw balls,Make them roll among the bricks. Hit items to make extra balls or double size ball. Prevent the bricks to reach the check-line! Features: ◉ Perfect physic ball bouncy engine ◉ Fully automatic progress save ◉ Endless game mode ◉ Tablet support Physics Balls is Suit for all age and completely FREE to play! Now become the master of the Physic Balls!
Archery Star
Experience a realistic archery simulation with single-player challenges and online 1v1 matches. Test your skills across various levels and aim to become an archery arena superstar.
- Realistic archery simulation
- Single game modes
- Online 1v1 matches
- Improve archery skills
- Challenging levels
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This is a real simulation of archery games, both single game mode and "1 V 1" mode, which means you can compete with other person online, and become a super star in the archery arena. The operation of the game is easy and cool. It highly simulates the real archery operation. Archery Star is more than just 1-on-1 matches. Play in single game modes, improve your archery skills in a variety of challenging and fun levels, put yourself to the test and see how far you can go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Archery Star at none against Physics Balls's shown. Archery Star also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (64% vs 34%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Physics Balls sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Archery Star 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 — 4.6 for Physics Balls against 4.7 for Archery Star. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.5K and 4.8K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of Physics Balls's written reviews are positive against 64% of Archery Star's.
Physics Balls ships an update every 2 months, Archery Star every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Physics Balls | Archery Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6.5K ratings) | 4.7 (4.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.5K — better | 4.8K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 330 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BIGDOG GAMES | Shenzhen Runqian Technology Limited |
Customer experience
Physics Balls
Archery Star
User reviews
Physics Balls
From 6.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and easy to play
- 👍 Calming and relaxing
- 🚀 Great time waster game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 💩 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🔒 Privacy concerns
Archery Star
From 4.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 👍 Great time killer
- 👍 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Challenging
- 👍 Enjoyable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Game freezes/crashes
- 🔍 Unclear progression
- 💰 Expensive upgrades
- 📺 Too many ads
- 🎨 Choppy graphics
Bugs and requests
Physics Balls
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing or crashing
- Ads not working as expected
- Inconsistent ball behavior and scoring
Requested features
3 requests- More variety of sounds and effects
- Power-ups or boosts to help progress
- Better optimization for newer devices
Archery Star
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes during matches
- Ads still show after paying to remove them
- Aim issues (arrows firing before aiming)
Requested features
3 requests- Instructions on gameplay
- Contact support without Facebook
- Fix ranking/scoring issues
In-app purchases
Physics Balls
- No Ads$1.99
Archery Star
- 80 diamonds$0.99
- first purchase offer$0.99
- stage 2 value chest$1.99
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- remove ads$1.99
- stage 3 value chest$3.99
- 500 diamonds$4.99
- 1000 diamonds$9.99
- training mode epic gift pack$9.99
- magician special offer$9.99
- 1v1 mode epic gift pack$19.99
Questions
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