Swirl Down vs Softris
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swirl Down
Navigate a ball through an endless helix maze by swirling the structure. Collect diamonds to unlock new balls and avoid red obstacles to achieve the highest score. Enjoy vibrant 3D graphics and global leaderboards in this addictive puzzle-arcade game.
- Infinite gameplay
- Unlockable balls
- Global high scores
- 3D graphics
- Helix maze
- Diamond collection
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Go down as far as you can in this very easy to play, hard to master puzzle-arcade game. You're sure to have a blast seeing how many times you can get the ball to go down. Collect diamonds to use for unlocking other balls to drop down with. Swirl the structure to get the ball through the openings. Don't hit the red obstacles or it's game over. Features: • Infinite gameplay • Easy to play, jump right in • Unlock different balls in the Swirl Down Shop • Best Score tracking • 3D eye candy • Endless Helix maze • Global High Scores - Share and Compare How to Play: • Easily slide your finger to make the structure swirl • As the structure swirls make the ball go through the holes to hit another platform • Collect diamonds to unlock new balls • Avoid the red platforms to continue dropping down
Softris
This game challenges you to sort colorful jelly blocks by dragging and squeezing them together. Solve satisfying puzzles by arranging the blocks into their correct positions. Enjoy a relaxing ASMR experience with squishy, tactile gameplay.
- Drag and squeeze jelly blocks
- Sort blocks to solve puzzles
- Satisfying tactile gameplay
- ASMR relaxation experience
- Colorful jelly block visuals
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Soft, jelly blocks are waiting for you! Throw them into the field, and squeeze them together by dragging! Sort everything to solve the puzzle!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swirl Down at 67% against Softris's 23%. Swirl Down also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Softris's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (4.3K vs 59). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Swirl Down sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Softris sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Softris holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Softris has 4.3K ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Swirl Down's written reviews are positive against 23% of Softris's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Swirl Down ships an update every 10 days, Softris weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Swirl Down | Softris |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (59 ratings) | 4.6 (4.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 23.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 4.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 314 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Skilljoy, LLC | Rollic Games Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Swirl Down
Softris
Bugs and requests
Swirl Down
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Softris
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game freezing or crashing
- Issues with skin/theme unlocking
Requested features
4 requests- Offline mode
- Option to remove ads
- More level variety
- Sound effects and music
In-app purchases
Swirl Down
- Remove Ads$7.99
Softris
- No Ads$3.99
