Comparison

Lost Marbles vs Marble Machine Medley

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

Head to head
About

Lost Marbles

Guide lost marbles through intricate mazes by tilting and turning your device. This relaxing puzzle game offers a simple yet engaging experience to help the marbles find their way home.

Highlights
  • Tilt controls
  • Maze navigation
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Marble guiding
  • Puzzle solving
Features
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These marbles are lost, help them find their way back home! Twist and turn the wheel to move the objects and guide the marble to the finish line. Sit back, relax, and get the marbles back home!

About

Marble Machine Medley

A unique puzzle game where you design and build marble machines to guide marbles into cups. Progress through different modes, collect jewels, and unlock fun mini-games. Customize the game's appearance with earned coins.

Highlights
  • Design and build marble machines
  • Guide marbles to cups
  • Multiple game modes (One Cup, Two Cups, Jewel Collect)
  • Unlockable marble mini-games
  • In-game currency for themes
  • Customizable graphics and sound
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Tinker with the marble machine to make the marbles reach the cup! Marble Machine Medley is a game that lets you show off your best puzzle-solving skills by tinkering with marble machines. Each level starts you off with an empty machine that you can add pieces to. Your job is to set up the machine so that when you run it, you send the marbles on the right paths and into the right cups. The initial One Cup mode starts you off focusing on yellow marbles and introduces you to all of the marble machine pieces you'll need to play the rest of the game. After that, you'll move on to the Two Cups mode where you'll use your knowledge of marble machine features to handle both yellow and red marbles. Once completing that, you'll move on to the Jewel Collect mode where you'll make the marbles collect jewels as they navigate each machine to reach the cups. Additionally, as you earn stars from completing levels in the main game, you'll unlock some fun little marble minigames that you can play anytime you like. And with the coins you earn from playing the minigames, you can add themes that transform the look and feel of the game with new graphics and sound effects. There's a lot to discover in this unique puzzle game, so if you like tinkering with gadgets and watching them run, Marble Machine Medley might be just the game you're looking for.

Screenshots

Lost Marbles4 screens
Marble Machine Medley3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Marble Machine Medley at 100% against Lost Marbles's 31%. Marble Machine Medley also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Lost Marbles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, 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. Marble Machine Medley sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Lost Marbles asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Marble Machine Medley holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lost Marbles has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Lost Marbles's written reviews are positive against 100% of Marble Machine Medley's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lost Marbles ships an update every 7 months, Marble Machine Medley every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lost Marbles versus Marble Machine Medley: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost MarblesMarble Machine Medley
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (17 ratings)4.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB171 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMevo Studios LLCPalbuzzo, LLC

Customer experience

Lost Marbles

All ratings17 ratings
Positive52.9%
Neutral11.8%
Negative35.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative53.8%

Marble Machine Medley

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lost Marbles

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Marble Machine Medley

One-time3
  • Neon Theme$1.99
  • Upgrade$3.99
  • Upgrade Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Lost Marbles free?
Lost Marbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marble Machine Medley free?
Marble Machine Medley is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lost Marbles or Marble Machine Medley?
Marble Machine Medley is rated higher. Lost Marbles averages 3.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Marble Machine Medley averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Lost Marbles or Marble Machine Medley have ads?
Neither Lost Marbles nor Marble Machine Medley shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lost Marbles or Marble Machine Medley?
Lost Marbles ships an update every 7 months, and Marble Machine Medley every 2 months. Most recently, Lost Marbles was updated on September 24, 2026 and Marble Machine Medley on October 11, 2026.

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