Pirate Bubbles vs Pocket Show
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pirate Bubbles
Embark on a magical pirate adventure to rescue trapped Macaws. Match colorful bubbles, utilize special boosters, and unleash powerful explosions to clear challenging levels. This free-to-play game offers endless fun with loads of levels and engaging gameplay.
- Match 3 bubbles to pop
- Special booster bubbles
- Rescue trapped Macaws
- Magic lantern power-ups
- Loads of challenging levels
- Playable on iPhone and iPad
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Pirate Bubbles: Macaw Rescue - A bubble shooting game like you've never played before. With new, exciting challenges, and specialized bubbles to keep you engaged and always looking to play more and more. Match colors, use boosts, use lantern bubbles to generate bomb bubbles, and unleash the Macaws! Ella the Pirate is in search of all her Macaw friends, they are cute birds that have gotten trapped inside the magical bubbles. Ella has the ability to use her magic chest to generate bubbles of her own and shoot them at the bubbles that may or may not contain her Macaw friends. Match bubbles, make explosions and rescue her Macaw friends! Pirate Bubbles is 100% free and has no pay-to-play aspect of any sort inside the game. We do not believe in charging our customers for such a beautiful, engaging game! Pirate Bubbles Features: • Match 3 alike bubbles to pop them in this magical pirate story • Magic lanterns that can add special features to your bubbles • Release the Macaws, and free Ella's friends • Pirate Booster Bubbles to help pass tricky levels • Loads, and loads of levels! Seemingly never ending gameplay! • Free, and easy to jump in and play. Very hard to beat all the levels, but you can try! • Available to play on both iPhone and iPad devices Enjoy yourself and play risk and worry free in this epic pirate bubble shooter game!
Pocket Show
Guess the word by picking letters to reveal hints. Win rounds by correctly identifying the word before your opponent. Test your perception and word-guessing skills in this engaging game.
- Guess the word
- Pick letters to reveal hints
- Win rounds and matches
- Turn-based gameplay
- Test perception skills
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Welcome to the Pocket Show! To win a round, you need to guess the word. Win 5 rounds and you win the match! Pocket Show is all about the word guessing with a tiny hint at the start. You and your opponent then take turns by picking a letter in order to reveal the full word. Each turn, additional hints are revealed. How strong is your perception? Do you have what it takes to become the star of the show? Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Show at 4.7 against Pirate Bubbles's 4.0. Pocket Show also leads on ratings volume (2.2K vs 5). Pirate Bubbles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Pocket Show sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Pirate Bubbles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Show holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Show has 2.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pirate Bubbles ships an update every 5 weeks, Pocket Show every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pirate Bubbles | Pocket Show |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 39.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 293 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intellimax, Inc. | SayGames LTD |
Customer experience
Pirate Bubbles
Pocket Show
Bugs and requests
Pirate Bubbles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pocket Show
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashing or freezing
- Inability to click on letters due to ad placement
Requested features
2 requests- Add ability to start over from level 1
- Provide option to play in other languages
In-app purchases
Pirate Bubbles
No in-app purchases
Pocket Show
- Cash pack$2.99
- No Ads.$2.99
Questions
Is Pirate Bubbles free?
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