Comparison

Tricky Taps vs Level Up Balls!

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

Head to head
About

Tricky Taps

Test your puzzle-solving skills in this challenging game. Tap levers to guide a ball through a track, avoiding obstacles and spikes. Collect stars and gems, and unlock fun skins.

Highlights
  • Tap levers to roll and bounce the ball
  • Avoid spikes and obstacles
  • Collect stars and gems
  • Unlockable skins
  • Challenging puzzle gameplay
Features
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Think you’re a puzzle master? Prove it. Let’s see how you do in this tricky puzzle game. Tap the levers to roll and bounce the ball along the track, without letting it drop or hit the spikes. Tons of super-cool and tricky obstacles to avoid. Collect stars and gems as you play. Choose from awesome skins - beach ball, spike ball, and more! Get rolling! To opt out of CrazyLabs sales of personal information as a California resident, please visit the settings page within this app. For more information visit our privacy policy: https://crazylabs.com/app

About

Level Up Balls!

Control a ball, leveling it up as you crash smaller balls. Navigate through obstacles and avoid higher-level balls to reach the finish line. The sky is the limit for your ball's progression.

Highlights
  • Level up your ball
  • Crash other balls
  • Avoid obstacles
  • Survive high-level balls
  • Reach the end
Features
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Level up your ball to crash other balls. Avoid obstacles and high level balls to reach to the end.

Screenshots

Tricky Taps4 screens
Level Up Balls!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tricky Taps at none against Level Up Balls!'s 1. Tricky Taps also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 29%) and ratings volume (42K vs 5.9K). Level Up Balls!'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Level Up Balls! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tricky Taps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tricky Taps against 4.6 for Level Up Balls!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tricky Taps has 42K ratings behind it against 5.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Tricky Taps's written reviews are positive against 29% of Level Up Balls!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tricky Taps ships an update every 2 months, Level Up Balls! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tricky Taps versus Level Up Balls!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTricky TapsLevel Up Balls!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (42K ratings)4.6 (5.9K ratings)
Positive reviews60.4% of reviews — better29.0% of reviews
Number of ratings42K — better5.9K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB256 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCoco PlayRollic Games

Customer experience

Tricky Taps

All ratings41,540 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral5.2%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive60.4%
Neutral15.0%
Negative24.5%

Level Up Balls!

All ratings5,885 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive29.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative62.9%

User reviews

Tricky Taps

From 42K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Smooth performance
  • 💡 Unique mechanics
  • 🔒 No ads (for some users)

Room to improve

  • 🔥 Too many ads (for some users)
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔋 Inconsistent difficulty progression

Level Up Balls!

From 5.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 💡 Interesting concept of leveling up balls
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay until higher levels

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Significant performance issues and lag at higher levels
  • 🔋 Game becomes unplayable due to excessive ads
  • 🔒 Requires constant internet connection to play

Bugs and requests

Tricky Taps

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Impossible obstacles on certain levels
  • Endless mode issues with level generation
  • Checkpoint issues causing loss of progress

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels
  • Checkpoint system for difficult levels
  • Ability to disable ads (for paid users)

Level Up Balls!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes or crashes when reaching high levels
  • Ball upgrade level cap at 1001 despite showing higher level
  • Progress reset after watching certain ads

Requested features

3 requests
  • Offline play mode
  • Option to disable ads or purchase ad-free version
  • Improved performance and stability at higher levels

In-app purchases

None

Tricky Taps

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Level Up Balls!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Tricky Taps free?
Tricky Taps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Level Up Balls! free?
Level Up Balls! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tricky Taps or Level Up Balls!?
Tricky Taps and Level Up Balls! are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 42K and 5.9K ratings respectively.
Do Tricky Taps or Level Up Balls! have ads?
Both Tricky Taps and Level Up Balls! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tricky Taps or Level Up Balls!?
Tricky Taps ships an update every 2 months, and Level Up Balls! weekly. Most recently, Tricky Taps was updated on October 16, 2026 and Level Up Balls! on October 14, 2026.

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