Ball Sort Puzzle® vs Tangled Snakes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ball Sort Puzzle®
A challenging yet relaxing puzzle game where players sort colored balls into tubes. The goal is to group all balls of the same color together in a single tube. Enjoy hours of brain-teasing fun with simple one-finger controls and no time limits.
- Sort colored balls into tubes
- One-finger control
- No penalties or time limits
- Relaxing brain-teasing gameplay
- Restart levels if stuck
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Ball Sort Puzzle® is a challenging puzzle game that will keep you entertained for hours! Sort the colored balls in the tubes until all of the same-hued balls are in the same tube. A brain-teasing game that is both tough and relaxing! DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYING: - Tap any tube to shift the ball that is lying on top of it to a different tube. - You can only lay a ball on top of another ball if all of them are the same color and the tube into which you wish to travel has adequate space. - Try not to get stuck, but if you do, don't worry; you can always restart the level. FEATURES: - Control with just one finger. - Completely free and easy to play. - There are no penalties or time limits, so you can play Ball Sort Puzzle whenever you want!
Tangled Snakes
Guide tangled snakes to freedom in this unique puzzle game. Slither snakes in the correct order, avoiding obstacles like bear traps, to clear levels. A satisfying challenge for puzzle enthusiasts.
- Untangle snakes
- Solve snake puzzles
- Correct slithering order
- Avoid obstacles
- Pass challenging levels
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It's a nod to the classic snake game, but with a twist! Help the tangled snakes get free from the mess they're in, one slither at a time. Tangled Snakes is a puzzle game for the masses; a simple snake game with a satisfying challenge. Which snake should slither away first? Be sure to pick the snakes in the correct order and save them all to pass the levels. But helping the snakes free won't always be easy. Watch out for obstacles in their way - bear traps can pop all over the place. Get all of the snakes out of their tangle in the latest of snake games.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tangled Snakes at weekly against Ball Sort Puzzle®'s every 5 weeks. Ball Sort Puzzle®'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Ball Sort Puzzle® sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Tangled Snakes sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ball Sort Puzzle® holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 233K and 87K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Ball Sort Puzzle®'s written reviews are positive against 31% of Tangled Snakes's.
Ball Sort Puzzle® ships an update every 5 weeks, Tangled Snakes weekly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Ball Sort Puzzle® | Tangled Snakes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (233K ratings) — better | 4.5 (87K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews — better | 30.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 233K — better | 87K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 429 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HM Games LLC FZ | Popcore GmbH |
Customer experience
Ball Sort Puzzle®
Tangled Snakes
User reviews
Ball Sort Puzzle®
From 233K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and challenging
- 👍 Fun and relaxing game
- 💡 Mystery levels add interesting dynamic
- 🚀 Lots of levels and content
Room to improve
- 🐛 Ads cause freezing and crashing issues
- 🔋 Excessive ads even after paying to remove them
- 🐛 Paid version still has ads
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches in the game
- 🔋 Ads disrupt audio playback
Tangled Snakes
From 87K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun game
- 👍 Relaxing gameplay
- 👍 Challenging puzzles
- 👍 Good graphics
Room to improve
- 🔍 Repetitive levels
- 🔍 Lack of new content
- 🔍 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Impossible levels
Bugs and requests
Ball Sort Puzzle®
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes and crashes frequently
- Paid version does not remove all ads as promised
- Undo/extra tube features not working as expected
- Levels sometimes become unplayable after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more color themes and customization options
- Provide instructions and explanations for game mechanics
- Allow horizontal rotation of the game board
- Implement a hint system or level skip option
- Add a way to spend accumulated coins
Tangled Snakes
Reported bugs
4 issues- Snakes getting stuck and unable to move
- Levels not registering as completed
- Blank screens and crashes
- Ads freezing the game
Requested features
5 requests- More variety of skins and customization options
- Ability to disable visual effects
- More challenging and diverse levels
- Better progression system with meaningful rewards
- Ability to opt out of ads completely
In-app purchases
Ball Sort Puzzle®
- Gold Pack 1$0.99
- No Ads$2.99
- Gold Pack 2$2.99
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- Gold Pack 3$4.99
- Premium$4.99
- Gold Pack 4$6.99
- Gold Pack 5$7.99
- Gold Pack 6$9.99
Tangled Snakes
- Challenge Level Lives$0.99
- Unlock 10 Hard Challenges$0.99
- Double Coin Multiplier Income$0.99
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- Unlock 10 Epic Challenges$0.99
- Bunch of Cash$1.99
- Tickets$1.99
- Permanent worker$3.99
- Stack of cash$4.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Pile of cash$9.99
- Bag of cash$19.99
Questions
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