Idle Snakes vs Bead Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Snakes
Control a growing snake by tapping to release it and collect energy. Devour balls to increase its size and level up. Unlock and upgrade different snakes with special effects for an addictive gameplay experience.
- Easy tap and play controls
- Unlock and upgrade snakes
- Automatic ball swallowing
- Powerful special effect snakes
- Addictive gameplay
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Just click and release the snake, collect energy, train the snakes to grow up, continue to devour the ball, and grow to a higher level! tap and tap, the snake grows up, devours all the balls in the sky, grows up and grows up! Features: Easy to click and play Unlock and upgrade the snake Automatic swallowed balls Powerful special effects snake
Bead Tower
Construct a towering structure by merging colorful beads and sending them down slides. Aim to build the highest tower possible for endless entertainment and satisfying gameplay.
- Build bead towers
- Unlock colorful slides
- Merge beads
- Send beads rolling
- Stack higher
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Build the ultimate Bead Tower! Unlock colorful slides, merge beads, and send beads rolling for endless fun. Aim high, stack higher, and watch your tower grow!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Idle Snakes at none against Bead Tower's shown. Idle Snakes also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 11%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Bead Tower's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 97). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Idle Snakes sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Bead Tower sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Idle Snakes against 4.7 for Bead Tower. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bead Tower has 2.1K ratings behind it against 97, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Idle Snakes's written reviews are positive against 11% of Bead Tower's.
Idle Snakes ships an update every 3 weeks, Bead Tower every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Snakes | Bead Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (97 ratings) | 4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 97 | 2.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Idle Snakes
Bead Tower
Bugs and requests
Idle Snakes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bead Tower
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes/doesn't load
- Compatibility issues
Requested features
2 requests- Offline mode
- Reduce ads
In-app purchases
Idle Snakes
- Little energy$0.99
- No ads$2.99
- Hallwoeen Skin$2.99
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- Westerm Skin$2.99
- Christmas Skin$2.99
- Lot of energy$4.99
- Too much energy$9.99
- Huge energy$19.99
Bead Tower
- Cash Kickstart Pack$1.99
- 10 Tickets$1.99
- Manager$2.99
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- Financier$2.99
- Engineer$2.99
- Money Fountain Pack!$2.99
- 20 Tickets$2.99
- Royal Treasury Pack$4.99
- 50 Tickets$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Bundle Pack$5.99
- 30 Tickets & No Ads$5.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$6.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$7.99
- Mega Bundle$8.99
- Big Vault Pack$8.99
- Big Vault Pack$11.99
- Ultra Bundle$12.99
Questions
Is Idle Snakes free?
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