Comparison

Snake Balls vs Textris

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Match 3 or more colored balls
  • Exploding ball mechanics
  • Clear the board
  • Prevent snake from reaching the end
  • Addictive gameplay
Features
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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!

About

Textris

Features
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Tetris is a fun retro themed word game Falling blocks of letters keep coming and coming, you have to organise and make words to clear them. To help you, you can rotate and reorder the letters in the pattern (or it'd be very very hard!!) - Find out how good your Textris skills are, and challenge your friends. There's three modes in Textris - Classic, Endless and Daily. Classic is the standard game, it starts slowly with easier blocks and gets harder and faster as your score climbs. When your blocks reach the top, GAME OVER. Endless is a chilled version of the game. You can't lose, but you can just practice your word making skills. High score is disabled. Daily mode is for the aficionados. It's a high paced & difficult game that everyone around the world plays together. You're high score is against just for that day, and you can only play it once!

Screenshots

Snake Balls4 screens
Textris4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snake Balls at none against Textris's 3. Snake Balls also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Textris's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). On price 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. Textris sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Snake Balls asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Snake Balls ships an update every 6 months, Textris daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Snake Balls versus Textris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnake BallsTextris
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (825 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings825 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKetchappAndrew Callaghan

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

Textris

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Snake Balls

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Textris

One-time3
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99
  • Buy me a beer$3.99
  • Buy me dinner$19.99

Questions

Is Snake Balls free?
Snake Balls is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Textris free?
Textris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Snake Balls or Textris have ads?
Snake Balls shows ads; Textris does not.
Which is updated more often, Snake Balls or Textris?
Snake Balls ships an update every 6 months, and Textris daily. Most recently, Snake Balls was updated on October 10, 2026 and Textris on October 17, 2026.

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