Harpoon Race vs Curious Ball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harpoon Race
Engage in a thrilling race against millions worldwide, using a unique harpoon gun to destroy blocks and swing between islands. Master simple controls and precise aiming to overcome obstacles and achieve victory in this endlessly fun game.
- Harpoon gun mechanics
- Destroy blocks
- Swing between islands
- Avoid obstacles
- Multiplayer racing
- Simple controls
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Take aim and hit the target as you race millions of players from all around the globe. Use a harpoon gun like never before! Destroy blocks and swing from island to island, avoiding obstacles along the way. Simple and intuitive controls make the game easy to play. But precision and skill will see you jump ahead of the pack, with endless fun and different obstacles to face.
Curious Ball
Experience a physics-based platformer with unique levels and unlockable objects. Create and share your own maps with an online editor, and play levels designed by other users for endless fun.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Unlockable objects
- Online map editor
- Share custom maps
- Play user-created levels
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Unlock objects that are different from each other in different levels enjoy and fun! New generation Bounce Ball game! You can make beautiful maps with online editor and you can share with other players! You can play the maps created by other users!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Curious Ball at 100% against Harpoon Race's 0%. Curious Ball also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Harpoon Race's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Curious Ball holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Harpoon Race's written reviews are positive against 100% of Curious Ball's.
Harpoon Race ships an update every 3 weeks, Curious Ball every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Harpoon Race | Curious Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | paragonGamez, LLC | Giray BAL |
Customer experience
Harpoon Race
Curious Ball
In-app purchases
Harpoon Race
No in-app purchases
Curious Ball
No in-app purchases
Questions
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