Art Ball 3D vs Bead Sort
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Art Ball 3D
Guide a ball across a canvas by swiping to collect and spread colorful spheres. Create beautiful artistic paintings as the ball rolls and paints.
- Swipe to control ball movement
- Collect color spheres
- Paint artistic canvases
- 3D gameplay
- Relaxing puzzle experience
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Move your finger on screen to move your ball and glue color spheres around you. Dispatch your colors to paint beautiful artistic paintings on the canvas.
Bead Sort
Engage in a relaxing sorting experience by placing beads into their corresponding colored bins. This game is perfect for those who enjoy tidying and organizing tasks.
- Sort beads into matching colored bins
- Relaxing gameplay
- Tidy and organize
- Intuitive controls
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Easy and relaxing! Sort the beads into the matching colored bins! If you like to tidy things up and organize, you'll love Bead Sort!
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Verdict
Art Ball 3D and Bead Sort both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 64% of Art Ball 3D's written reviews are positive against 48% of Bead Sort's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Art Ball 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bead Sort sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Art Ball 3D against 4.6 for Bead Sort. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69K and 75K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Art Ball 3D's written reviews are positive against 48% of Bead Sort's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Art Ball 3D | Bead Sort |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (69K ratings) — better | 4.6 (75K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.7% of reviews — better | 48.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69K | 75K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Phantom EFX, Inc. | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD |
Customer experience
Art Ball 3D
Bead Sort
User reviews
Art Ball 3D
From 69K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Satisfying painting experience
- 👍 Relaxing and calming gameplay
- 🤩 Enjoyable and addictive
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🔁 Repetitive levels and paintings
- 🐛 Occasional freezing and crashing
Bead Sort
From 75K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Relaxing and calming
- 🎨 Satisfying color sorting
- 💤 Helps with sleep issues
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 🎨 Color similarity issues for colorblind users
Bugs and requests
Art Ball 3D
Reported bugs
3 issues- Paintings not corresponding to paint colors
- Domes closing and trapping player's paint
- Levels repeating too soon
Requested features
3 requests- More variety in paintings and levels
- Ability to create custom artwork
- Option to disable ads or pay for ad-free version
Bead Sort
Reported bugs
2 issues- Beads getting stuck or flying out of containers
- App crashes or freezes after updates
Requested features
3 requests- More challenging levels
- Ability to customize sorting containers
- Wider variety of sorting objects
In-app purchases
Art Ball 3D
- No Ads$2.99
Bead Sort
- No Ads$1.99
