Comparison

Ball tales vs Patchwork Quest

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

Head to head
About

Ball tales

Embark on a new adventure as a ball character stranded on a pirate-infested island. Navigate challenging levels, solve puzzles, and defeat enemies to reclaim the island. Customize your hero and enjoy a gripping story with various mini-games and boss battles.

Highlights
  • 45 action-packed levels
  • Challenging enemies and traps
  • Simple fun puzzles
  • Mini games and race events
  • Gripping story
  • Sports action boss levels
  • Hero customization
Features
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Brand new adventure! The balls reach an island after their ship sinks into deep seas.An island that has been suffering from pirate invasions lately. Now the task is clear "Get rid of the pirates" But they are lucky as the real owner of island “wiseman” is there to help them on the way to victory. A puzzle-adventure platformer game in which you need to challenge pirate style rivals, avoid traps and solve puzzles. -45 levels full of action -Lots of challenging opponents -Simple fun puzzles -Race events -Gripping story -Sports action boss levels -Customize your hero -6 supported languages Have fun!

About

Patchwork Quest

Transform your drawings, maps, and photos into interactive video game worlds. Capture images or upload them to create playable adventures with custom boundaries and real-time map tracking.

Highlights
  • Create game worlds from photos
  • Upload images from library
  • Draw invisible walls for boundaries
  • Real-time world map
  • Explore custom-made worlds
Features
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Turn your drawings, maps, and photos into magical playable worlds! Patchwork Quest transforms imagination into adventure. Snap a photo of your drawings and crafts to stitch them together into a top down video game world and explore! - take photo or upload from library - draw invisible walls to setup collision boundaries - realtime world map to keep track of locations

Screenshots

Ball tales4 screens
Patchwork Quest1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Patchwork Quest at Free against Ball tales's $1.99. Patchwork Quest also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Ball tales's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On ads 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

Patchwork Quest is free to download; Ball tales costs $1.99 up front. Ball tales sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Patchwork Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Patchwork Quest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ball tales has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ball tales versus Patchwork Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBall talesPatchwork Quest
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHakan DedeKyle Scully

Customer experience

Ball tales

All ratings1,833 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative11.0%

Patchwork Quest

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Ball tales

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to open the first level
  • Can still die while the game is paused
  • Ads are difficult to skip or remove

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more levels and games
  • Implement checkpoints or a level skip option
  • Add an option to turn off the music

Patchwork Quest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ball tales

One-time1
  • Remove ads + 50000 coins$1.99
None

Patchwork Quest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ball tales free?
Ball tales costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Patchwork Quest free?
Patchwork Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ball tales or Patchwork Quest?
Patchwork Quest is rated higher. Ball tales averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Patchwork Quest averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Ball tales or Patchwork Quest have ads?
Neither Ball tales nor Patchwork Quest shows ads.

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