Comparison

TwentySeven vs Helix Balls!

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

Head to head
About

TwentySeven

A 3D puzzle game where you merge colored balloons on a grid to create larger ones. Master spatial and combinatorial thinking to achieve increasingly complex goals, from a level 8 balloon to a full house of different balloon sizes.

Highlights
  • 3D grid-based balloon merging
  • Enhances spatial and combinatorial thinking
  • Multiple grid sizes and challenges
  • Tutorial and undo options
  • Customizable controls
  • External keyboard support
Features
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27 or Twenty-Seven is a novel puzzle game that enhances spacial and combinatorial thinking. You move colored balloons on a 3D-grid. Adjacent balloons of the same color and size merge to form a balloon of the next higher size. Your goal is to get ever larger balloons. You start on the edges of a cube 2×2×2 grid, with two balloons of level 1 (pink) or 2 (violet). Each time you move or merge balloons, you get another pink balloon. Move and merge away to get a blue (level 3) balloon, then a turquoise (level 4) balloon. Your first goal is a red balloon of level 8. This sounds easy, but can be tricky since you have only 8 positions available. Luckily, you can start over whenever you like. Expert players achieve a red balloon in a few minutes. Even they don't achieve the next goal every time: a full house of 8 different balloons. Once you get tired on the cube, which is in fact a 2×2×2 grid, we have other challenges in store, starting with a 2×2×3 grid, a 2×2×4 grid, and going up to a 3×3×3 grid with 27 possible positions, again in a cube. Now guess where we got our name? While the fundamental rules are the same, winning strategies for each grid vary. The game is easy to learn, and we have a tutorial to teach you. We give you a few opportunities to undo if you make a mistake. You may move and merge balloons by swiping over your touch screen or by pushing buttons. You can also use an external keyboard. You may turn the grid in any direction you like. Buttons can be placed on the right or the left side of screen, or be hidden.

About

Helix Balls!

Features
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Can you reach the end? Simple and intuitive gameplay

Screenshots

TwentySeven4 screens
Helix Balls!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Helix Balls! at none against TwentySeven's 2. Helix Balls! also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). TwentySeven's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. TwentySeven sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Helix Balls! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TwentySeven ships an update every 21 months, Helix Balls! every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
TwentySeven versus Helix Balls!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwentySevenHelix Balls!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 21 months — betterEvery 31 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperValue from Software LLCMarco Andreotti

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TwentySeven

One-time2
  • 3 undo sequences$0.99
  • 10 undo sequences$1.99
None

Helix Balls!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TwentySeven free?
TwentySeven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Helix Balls! free?
Helix Balls! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TwentySeven or Helix Balls! have ads?
Helix Balls! shows ads; TwentySeven does not.
Which is updated more often, TwentySeven or Helix Balls!?
TwentySeven ships an update every 21 months, and Helix Balls! every 31 months. Most recently, TwentySeven was updated on October 22, 2026 and Helix Balls! on October 14, 2026.

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