Ball Panic! vs Sky Dye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ball Panic!
Tap to destroy incoming balls before they fill the screen in this fast-paced game. React quickly to clear the play area and avoid losing.
- Tap to blast balls
- Avoid screen fill-up
- Frantic gameplay
- Fast-paced action
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Tap to blast the balls in this frantic new game! Do not let the balls fill up the screen!
Sky Dye
Navigate a balloon through a colorful world, matching cloud colors to score points and avoid popping. Master color mixing and reflexes to explore different modes and achieve high scores.
- Color mixing mechanics
- Cloud matching for points
- Story mode exploration
- Survival mode high scores
- Power-up collection
- Horizontal and vertical swipes
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Do you have what it takes to fly your balloon to the Moon? Master the art of color mixing and dodge the dangers of the Colorsphere! • Mix red, yellow and blue paint to make 16 colors • Fly through clouds that match your balloon's color for bonus points • Hit a cloud of a different color and... POP! • Swipe to drift and swipe up or down to add or remove paint, or switch to Tap to Steer • Climb through the layers of the Colorsphere in Story mode and discover new colors, skies and power-ups • Grab shields, magnets, slow-mo and wind to get out of tight spots • Go for a Perfect on every level and reach the Moon • Fly as high as you can in Survival mode and beat your Top 10 Relaxing music, satisfying effects and optional color symbols make Sky Dye a colorful test of your color sense and reflexes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sky Dye at none against Ball Panic!'s shown. Sky Dye also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Ball Panic!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Ball Panic! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sky Dye sells 2 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 — 5.0 for Ball Panic! against 5.0 for Sky Dye. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Ball Panic!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Sky Dye's.
Ball Panic! ships an update every 6 months, Sky Dye every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ball Panic! | Sky Dye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 9 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 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1Button SARL | Ethan Gottlieb |
Customer experience
Ball Panic!
Sky Dye
In-app purchases
Ball Panic!
- Remove Ads$1.99
Sky Dye
- 50 Coins$0.99
- 200 Coins$2.99
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