Connect Trees vs Sort Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connect Trees
Restore nature's balance by rotating the ground to connect trees to their water sources. Solve over 500 challenging levels with increasing complexity, including color matching and loop formations. Compete with players worldwide and unlock achievements.
- Over 500 levels
- Color-based connections
- Loop formations
- In-game solutions
- Global leaderboards
- 20 achievements
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Welcome in the Connect Trees garden ! In a calm and soothing setting, trees live connected... But never for long because the ground keeps shuffling ! Restore the balance of nature by rotating the ground to connect trees to their water source. The challenge will grow bigger as you'll need to make connections by colors, use loops, and more ! Will you be able to connect all the trees ? Connect Trees features : - Solve more than 500 levels - Get yourself out of hard situations with solutions - Enjoy different level types - Unlock 20 achievements - Compare your progress with other players in the world ranking Save Trees, download Connect Trees !
Sort Balls
Engage your mind with this addictive color sorting puzzle. Arrange colored balls into tubes so that all balls of the same color are grouped together. Enjoy a relaxing yet challenging experience with simple controls and no time limits.
- Color ball sorting
- Tube arrangement puzzle
- One-finger control
- No time limit
- Brain exercise
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Sort Balls Sorting Puzzle Game is a fun and addictive puzzle game! Try to sort the colored balls in the tubes until all balls with the same color stay in the same tube. A challenging yet relaxing game to exercise your brain! HOW TO PLAY: • Tap any tube to move the ball lying on top of the tube to another tube. • The rule is that you can only move a ball on top of another ball if both of them have the same color and the tube you want to move into has enough space. • Try not to get stuck - but don’t worry, you can always restart the level at any time. FEATURES: • One finger control. • FREE & EASY TO PLAY. • NO time limit; you can enjoy Sort Balls Sorting Puzzle Game at your own pace!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Connect Trees at none against Sort Balls's shown. Connect Trees also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (93% vs 72%). Sort Balls's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (18K vs 587). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Connect Trees against 4.7 for Sort Balls. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sort Balls has 18K ratings behind it against 587, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Connect Trees's written reviews are positive against 72% of Sort Balls's.
Connect Trees ships an update every 6 months, Sort Balls every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connect Trees | Sort Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (587 ratings) — better | 4.7 (18K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews — better | 71.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 587 | 18K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 290 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Magma Mobile | HYPERCELL GAMES SIA |
Customer experience
Connect Trees
Sort Balls
User reviews
Connect Trees
From 587 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😌 Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay
- 🧠 Stimulates thinking and cognition
- ✨ Beautiful and realistic graphics/sounds
- 👍 Highly addictive and fun
- 🆓 Free to play
Room to improve
- 😩 Frustrating timed levels
- ❓ Difficulty in stopping ads
- ⏳ Lack of new levels
- 🤔 Cannot review completed levels
Sort Balls
From 18K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging
- 🧠 Brain stimulating
- 🤩 Great gameplay
- 😊 Relaxing and enjoyable
Room to improve
- 🙄 Too many ads
- 🤬 Ads disrupt gameplay
- 🤔 Not as advertised
Bugs and requests
Connect Trees
Reported bugs
2 issues- Continue button not working
- Unable to solve puzzles for more time
Requested features
5 requests- Option to skip timed levels
- Ability to revisit completed levels
- More levels
- Premium version to remove ads
- Add a small fun element
Sort Balls
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Inability to progress due to ads
Requested features
2 requests- Option to turn off ads
- More game modes or levels
In-app purchases
Connect Trees
No in-app purchases
Sort Balls
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Connect Trees free?
Is Sort Balls free?
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