Comparison

Knock Balls! vs Gaboon Viper

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

Head to head
About

Knock Balls!

Test your aim by throwing balls to demolish various structures. Enjoy hundreds of levels with diverse visuals and challenging gameplay. Simple one-tap controls make it easy to pick up and play.

Highlights
  • Throw balls to crush structures
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Diverse visual ambiances
  • One-tap controls
  • Addictive gameplay
Features
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Throw balls and crush as many structures as you can! Hundreds of structures, levels and different visual ambiances to discover and to come! One-tap easy-to-learn controls with stunning visual effects and addictive gameplay mechanics.

About

Gaboon Viper

Features
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Gaboon Viper is a pixel-art action game that reinvents what "growth" means: eating doesn't make you longer right away. Food first forms a lump inside your body, drifts backward as you move, and only adds to your length once digestion finishes. Your stomach has a capacity limit — burst it and it's game over. Laxatives, enzymes, and other items let you reverse the tables. This is a game about the rhythm of stomach capacity and metabolism — not just about speed or dodging walls. Key features: • Delayed digestion mechanic: food becomes a lump that queues up for digestion; length isn't added the instant you eat • Stomach capacity & laxatives: bursting means game over, but laxatives can save you — or turn the tables • Rival snake: from stage 5 of every world, a triangle-headed viper steals your eggs — and once it has digested, it comes after your tail. Eat too much and you can't outrun it • Multiple items: enzymes, diamonds, roller skates, bombs, each with its own risk and strategy • Multi-world stages: different terrain and obstacles, with difficulty ramping up as you progress • Game Center global leaderboard: see who lasts longest and grows the biggest • Original pixel art inspired by first-generation handheld dot-matrix screens Free to play in full. No ads, no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Knock Balls!4 screens
Gaboon Viper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gaboon Viper at none against Knock Balls!'s 1. Gaboon Viper also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Knock Balls!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Knock Balls! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gaboon Viper asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Knock Balls! ships an update every 3 months, Gaboon Viper every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Knock Balls! versus Gaboon Viper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKnock Balls!Gaboon Viper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (211K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings211K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size286 MB6 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperVoodooTsung Ying Tu

Bugs and requests

Knock Balls!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes or freezes after ads
  • Inconsistent performance on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More challenging and varied levels
  • Ability to save/carry over unused balls
  • Customizable cannons and upgrades

Gaboon Viper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Knock Balls!

One-time1
  • No Ads$3.99
None

Gaboon Viper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Knock Balls! free?
Knock Balls! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gaboon Viper free?
Gaboon Viper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Knock Balls! or Gaboon Viper have ads?
Knock Balls! shows ads; Gaboon Viper does not.
Which is updated more often, Knock Balls! or Gaboon Viper?
Knock Balls! ships an update every 3 months, and Gaboon Viper every 2 days. Most recently, Knock Balls! was updated on October 25, 2026 and Gaboon Viper on October 24, 2026.

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