Targets vs Patience Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Targets
Explore a futuristic pinball-like environment by aiming and shooting balls to hit all targets. Utilize bumpers and destroy obstacles while collecting gems to unlock new balls. Test your skills to achieve the best score.
- Futuristic pinball environment
- Aim and shoot balls
- Hit all targets
- Use bumpers and destroy objects
- Collect gems
- Unlock 25 balls
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Hit or miss! Targets is an action-puzzle game in which you explore a futuristic pinball-like environment. ◉ Aim and shoot balls to hit all targets and proceed to the next room! ◉ Watch out for moving elements, make use of the bumpers and destroy objects that are in your way! ◉ Play smart to collect gems and unlock all 25 balls! What is your best score?
Patience Balls
Engage in a minimalist physics puzzle game designed for a calming and meditative experience. Solve intricate labyrinths and mazes using precision, patience, and logic. This game offers a serene escape while sharpening your reflexes and problem-solving skills.
- Relaxing Zen-like Gameplay
- Mind-Teasing Labyrinths and Mazes
- Physics-Based Challenges
- Precision and Logic Puzzles
- Beautiful Minimal Graphics
- Unlockable Achievements
- Global Leaderboards
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Master your focus and conquer precision tilt controls in Patience Balls—the ultimate physics-based marble maze puzzle game! Whether you are navigating smooth logic labyrinths or tackling high-precision spatial challenges, test your steady hands, master fine balance, and guide every ball safely to its goal. Patience Balls combines realistic motion physics with clean, minimalist board design. Every movement requires complete spatial control, visual focus, and timing—offering a deeply satisfying physics experience where precision leads to victory. Key Features: • Precision Physics & Gyro Control: Calibrated tilt mechanics tuned for exact spatial accuracy. Every subtle wrist movement directly influences board gravity. • Challenging Marble Mazes: Navigate 3D labyrinths, narrow paths, moving obstacles, and gravity holes designed to test your hand-eye coordination. • Test Your Focus & Patience: Progress through 200+ handcrafted levels ranging from satisfying rolling puzzles to high-precision skill challenges. • Satisfying ASMR & Minimalist Design: Clean visuals paired with tactile rolling physics and crisp audio for an engaging, anti-stress atmosphere. • Seamless Offline Play: No Wi-Fi required. Enjoy zero-friction tilt puzzle gameplay anytime, anywhere. • Track Your Mastery: Unlock unique marble skins, achieve level milestones, and see how your precision balance stacks up on global leaderboards. Steady your hands, master the tilt, and download Patience Balls today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Patience Balls at 68% against Targets's 13%. Patience Balls also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Targets's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Targets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Patience Balls sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Patience Balls holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 379 and 528 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Targets's written reviews are positive against 68% of Patience Balls's.
| Parameter | Targets | Patience Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (379 ratings) | 4.7 (528 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 68.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 379 | 528 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 274 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | Ricardo Mendonca |
Customer experience
Targets
Patience Balls
In-app purchases
Targets
- Remove Ads$2.99
Patience Balls
- 250 Gems$0.99
- Patience Balls Premium$1.99
- 400 Gems$1.99
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- Remove ads and get 1000 gems$2.99
- Remove ads and get 1000 gems$3.99
- Remove ads and get 1000 gems$4.99
- Remove ads and 2500 Gems$7.99









