Snake Balls vs Shadow DotZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snake Balls
Engage in an addictive ball-matching puzzle game. Shoot colored balls to create matches of three or more, causing them to explode. Clear the entire board before the snake reaches the end of the path.
- Match 3 or more colored balls
- Exploding ball mechanics
- Clear the board
- Prevent snake from reaching the end
- Addictive gameplay
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Simple to learn, difficult to master and devastatingly addictive! Shoot balls to match 3 or more of the same color and make them explode! Clear all the balls before the snake reaches the end of the path!
Shadow DotZ
An addictive, one-touch game that challenges players to see how far they can progress. It's designed to be a super hard experience, testing your reflexes and endurance.
- One-touch gameplay
- Addictive challenge
- High difficulty
- Endurance testing
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How far can you go!? Addictive one touch game. Let's try to play this super hard game~
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Snake Balls at 4.3 against Shadow DotZ's 1.0. Snake Balls also leads on ratings volume (825 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 19 months). Shadow DotZ's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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.
Snake Balls holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snake Balls has 825 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Snake Balls's written reviews are positive against 0% of Shadow DotZ's.
Snake Balls ships an update every 6 months, Shadow DotZ every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snake Balls | Shadow DotZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (825 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 825 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 223 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | Shih ju Yang |
Customer experience
Snake Balls
Shadow DotZ
Bugs and requests
Snake Balls
Reported bugs
2 issues- High scores not updating properly
- Leaderboard issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add a pause button
- Improve colorblind accessibility
- Introduce different game modes and levels
Shadow DotZ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snake Balls
No in-app purchases
Shadow DotZ
No in-app purchases
