Piffle vs Popcorn Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piffle
Embark on a colorful arcade puzzle adventure with adorable cats. Aim, shoot, and bounce to break blocks, complete hundreds of levels, and craft collectible Piffle balls. Challenge friends and achieve high scores with strategic gameplay.
- Arcade puzzle gameplay
- Hundreds of colorful levels
- Craft collectible Piffle balls
- Strategic block-breaking
- Friend challenges
- Power-up boosts
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Discover Piffle a cute arcade puzzle game full of adorable characters and...cats! Put your cat onesie on, quest through colorful worlds, stop the nefarious Doc Block and craft adorable Piffle balls to collect. How to play? - Swipe or point with your finger to aim - Choose the best possible angle to shoot - Release to bounce around and break all the blocks How to win? - Bounce as many times as possible to make combos and achieve high scores - Collect items, Piffle balls and use power ups to boost your results - Use your strategic wit to beat your friends! Why you’ll love Piffle? Easy! - Play for free in the most endearing and colorful mobile game - Discover fun filled worlds with hundreds of levels to adventure through - Play whenever you want and at your own pace - Challenge your friends at any time Anything else? - Yes! You can craft and collect adorable fluffy Piffle balls
Popcorn Balls
Draw lines to guide kernels into a popcorn box and pop them. Discover creative ways to make delicious popcorn in this relaxing puzzle game. Features simple yet challenging levels with a sophisticated drawing mechanism.
- Free drawing mechanism
- Simple yet challenging levels
- Relaxing theme
- Creative gameplay
- Popcorn making simulation
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"Draw a line freely and put a grain in the popcorn box. Ta-da! Tasty popcorn popped! Find the most creative and good way to fry the yummy popcorn. ■Key Features: A sophisticated mechanism for free drawing. Simple but challenging levels Enjoy a relaxing theme that you can enjoy for a long time."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Piffle at 22K against Popcorn Balls's 14. Piffle also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (79% vs 67%). Popcorn Balls's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Piffle sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Popcorn Balls sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Piffle holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piffle has 22K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Piffle's written reviews are positive against 67% of Popcorn Balls's.
Piffle ships an update monthly, Popcorn Balls weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piffle | Popcorn Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22K ratings) — better | 4.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HIPSTER WHALE | Super Awesome Inc. |
Customer experience
Piffle
Popcorn Balls
Bugs and requests
Piffle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when rotating screen
- Ads sometimes fail to load properly
- Lives not refilling when app is closed
- Crafting issues causing lost materials
Requested features
5 requests- More frequent level updates
- Ability to resume progress after exiting app
- More free power-ups or ways to earn them
- Option to disable ads or pay a one-time fee
- Improved level balancing and difficulty curve
Popcorn Balls
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Piffle
- Rare Shiba Inu$0.99
- Coin Pack$1.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
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- Coin Pack$4.99
- Tip Tap Mallet Kit$4.99
- Freeze Row Kit$4.99
- Mini-Blast Kit of Bombs$4.99
- Super Piffle Ball Crate$4.99
- Surplus Piffle Ball Crate$4.99
- Sharp Shooter's Kit$4.99
- Puppy Parcel$6.99
- Kitten Crate$12.99
Popcorn Balls
- No Ads$1.99
