Chio.io ！ vs Popping Balls!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chio.io ！
Engage in a fast-paced chase game where you control either a Ghost or a Mushroom. Eat your opponent's power-ups strategically to gain an advantage or avoid being frozen and consumed.
- Choose Ghost or Mushroom character
- Eat mushrooms to grow
- Avoid being frozen
- Freeze opponents
- Strategic power-up consumption
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The most addictive game! Enter your name and choose one character Ghost or Mushroom to start your game. Ghost can eat the mushroom when they are not frozen,if Mushroom eat the bigger bubble,Ghost will be froze and will be eat by Mushroom.
Popping Balls!
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Tap to pop balls and guide the square to the finish line! Avoid the black balls Use white balls to pop black ones
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Popping Balls! at every 2 days against Chio.io ！'s every 11 days. Chio.io ！'s advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chio.io ！ ships an update every 11 days, Popping Balls! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chio.io ！ | Popping Balls! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (27 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IUPX | App Swim LLC |
Bugs and requests
Chio.io ！
Reported bugs
2 issues- Kept crashing on iPhone 8
- Loading screen takes 5-10 minutes
Requested features
10 requests- A maze
- Classic ghost skins
- Classic mushroom skin
- Instead of dying as a ghost, lose 1/3 of your points and respawn in a ghost house.
- Online play
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- Allow bluestack to run it
- Transfer servers
- Fix Saitama's daily
- More followers to look cool
- Suggestions for the game
Popping Balls!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chio.io ！
No in-app purchases
Popping Balls!
No in-app purchases
