Comparison

Sliding Seas vs Bubble Rush

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

Head to head
About

Sliding Seas

Build and decorate your own tropical island paradise by matching and merging land. Collect VIP characters, complete puzzles, and enjoy a relaxing match-3 experience with daily missions and events. Escape to a world of fun with over 1000 levels.

Highlights
  • Match and merge land to create islands
  • Decorate and grow your home island
  • Collect cute VIP characters
  • Multiple game modes
  • Daily missions and weekend events
  • Offline play support
Features
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Be the mayor of your own tropical world! Pick cute buildings to decorate your island and hang out with cool VIP characters that you collect. Sliding Seas is the cutest and most relaxing match-3 puzzle game on mobile! SO MUCH FUN: • Easy to play, hard to master - endlessly fun and addictive! • Unique gameplay - match and merge land to make islands • Lots of game modes - ocean rescue, penguins, turtles, pirates and treasure • A world of your own - grow and decorate your home island • Earn rewards and prizes with daily missions and weekend events • Unlock cute VIP characters as you play • Awesome power-ups and spectacular combos • Supports offline play • Over 1000 levels, with more added all the time Sliding Seas is free to play, though some in-game items can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this option, simply turn it off in your device settings. Need to get away and relax? Escape to paradise with Sliding Seas!

About

Bubble Rush

Engage in a classic bubble shooter adventure with a modern twist. Aim, match, and pop colorful bubbles to clear the screen, achieve high scores, and compete with friends. Features a minimalist design and a color-deficient mode for accessibility.

Highlights
  • Classic bubble shooter gameplay
  • Modern minimalist design
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Color deficient mode
  • Endless bubble spawning
  • Strategic puzzle mechanics
Features
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Introducing Bubble Rush – a captivating bubble shooter adventure that will keep you hooked for hours! Dive into the world of colorful bubbles and happy gameplay in this fresh take on the classic bubble shooter genre. Bubble Rush offers a modern twist on the beloved puzzle mechanics, delivering a seamless blend of strategy and relaxed thinking that players of all skills will enjoy. Unleash Your Bubble Popping Skills: Aim and shoot bubbles to clear the screen, creating cascades of mesmerizing color combinations. Strategize your moves to achieve the highest scores and become a true bubble-popping master! Endless Excitement, Non-stop Action: Experience the thrill of continuous bubble spawning! As you clear sets of bubbles, new ones emerge, keeping the excitement alive and the challenge ever-evolving. Can you keep up with the rush? Connect and Compete: Climb the leaderboard, challenge your friends, and see who can achieve the highest scores! Engage in friendly competition and make your mark in the vibrant Bubble Rush community. Modern Minimalist Experience: Immerse yourself in a sleek and minimalistic design that enhances your focus on the bubble-popping action. Enjoy a modern aesthetic as you aim, match, and pop your way to victory. Discover the classic joy of Bubble Rush – your new favorite bubble shooter game! Download now and experience the excitement that awaits in every bubble-popping moment. Bubble Rush features a Color Deficient Mode that overlays solid black symbols on each bubble to help those who have difficulty seeing the colors on the screen. This feature can be easily enabled from the home screen. Bubble Rush is free to play, with an optional in-game purchase to remove ads. As always with Sweet Apple Games, we promise not to ruin our games with greedy monetization. There is an 18% chance that a player will be shown an advertisement when they tap the "Play Again" button. The game has a built in cheat code: if you toggle the volume button 15 times all ads will be removed from the game, forever. Get ready to embark on a bubble-bursting journey that's as refreshing as it is challenging. Play Bubble Rush now and satisfy your craving for puzzle gameplay! If you enjoy Bubble Rush, you might also like our other engaging games: Looney Lanes, Tic-Tac-No, Break Shot, and Little Red Riding Rogue!

Screenshots

Sliding Seas4 screens
Bubble Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bubble Rush at every 2 days against Sliding Seas's every 3 weeks. Bubble Rush also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 92%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Sliding Seas's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 29) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sliding Seas sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Bubble Rush sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sliding Seas holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sliding Seas has 3.6K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Sliding Seas's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bubble Rush's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sliding Seas ships an update every 3 weeks, Bubble Rush every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sliding Seas versus Bubble Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSliding SeasBubble Rush
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.6K ratings) — better4.5 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K — better29
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size574 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMugshot Games Pty LtdSweet Apple Games

Customer experience

Sliding Seas

All ratings3,590 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews967 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.7%

Bubble Rush

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sliding Seas

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Some levels feel impossible without using boosters
  • Occasional crashes or loss of progress after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels and content updates
  • Implement an endless/survival mode
  • Allow replaying of completed levels
  • Improve contrast between ocean tile colors
  • Add option to skip survivor arrival animation

Bubble Rush

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Sliding Seas

One-time16
  • Handful of Diamonds$1.99
  • 2 Hours Unlimited Lives$2.99
  • Beginner's Bundle$3.99
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  • Moonflower Bundle$3.99
  • Unlimited Event Tickets$3.99
  • Pile of Diamonds$5.99
  • Modern Mayor's Bundle$5.99
  • Luxury Rescue Boat$5.99
  • Rescuer's Bundle$6.99
  • Large Power-Up Bundle$7.99
  • Diamond Trader Bundle$9.99
  • Mayor's Mansion Bundle$9.99
  • Penguin Lodge$9.99
  • Bucket of Diamonds$9.99
  • Super Bundle$14.99
  • Mega Bundle$29.99
1 purchases

Bubble Rush

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Sliding Seas free?
Sliding Seas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bubble Rush free?
Bubble Rush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sliding Seas or Bubble Rush?
Sliding Seas is rated higher. Sliding Seas averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Bubble Rush averages 4.5 from 29 ratings.
Do Sliding Seas or Bubble Rush have ads?
Both Sliding Seas and Bubble Rush show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sliding Seas or Bubble Rush?
Sliding Seas ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bubble Rush every 2 days. Most recently, Sliding Seas was updated on October 27, 2026 and Bubble Rush on October 23, 2026.

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