Comparison

Lost Marbles vs Marble Run Building Blocks

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 Run Building Blocks

Design and construct intricate marble runs with a variety of blocks and colors. Save your creations, undo mistakes easily, and enjoy explosive destruction. This game offers a free, ad-supported experience with no in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • 17 block types and 8 colors
  • Save up to 3 creations
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Stack up to 5 blocks
  • Rotate and zoom camera
  • Explosion destruction mode
Features
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App features - With 17 types and 8 colors of blocks and sliders, you can build blocks as you wish. - You can save up to 3 data automatically. - It's okay to break it accidentally. You can go back and start over. - If you want to stack a lot, you can stack up to 5 at once with the button. - You can easily rotate and zoom in / out the camera with a touch operation. - Finally, let's destroy it in explosion mode. - No in-app purchases. You can enjoy all the functions for free.

Screenshots

Lost Marbles4 screens
Marble Run Building Blocks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Marble Run Building Blocks at 80% against Lost Marbles's 31%. Marble Run Building Blocks also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (156 vs 17). Lost Marbles's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Marble Run Building Blocks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marble Run Building Blocks has 156 ratings behind it against 17, 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 80% of Marble Run Building Blocks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lost Marbles ships an update every 7 months, Marble Run Building Blocks every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lost Marbles versus Marble Run Building Blocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost MarblesMarble Run Building Blocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (17 ratings)4.4 (156 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17156 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMevo Studios LLCnobuhiro satake

Customer experience

Lost Marbles

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

Marble Run Building Blocks

All ratings104 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lost Marbles

No in-app purchases

None

Marble Run Building Blocks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lost Marbles free?
Lost Marbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marble Run Building Blocks free?
Marble Run Building Blocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lost Marbles or Marble Run Building Blocks?
Marble Run Building Blocks is rated higher. Lost Marbles averages 3.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Marble Run Building Blocks averages 4.4 from 156 ratings.
Do Lost Marbles or Marble Run Building Blocks have ads?
Marble Run Building Blocks shows ads; Lost Marbles does not.
Which is updated more often, Lost Marbles or Marble Run Building Blocks?
Lost Marbles ships an update every 7 months, and Marble Run Building Blocks every 16 months. Most recently, Lost Marbles was updated on October 24, 2026 and Marble Run Building Blocks on October 25, 2026.

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