Bust vs The Big 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bust
Match three or more same-colored bubbles to rescue astronauts trapped in time bubbles. Explore four distinct play modes, including a casual option for relaxed play, a timed challenge, and two puzzle modes with endless or hand-designed levels. Create and play your own levels with the built-in editor.
- Match-3 bubble popping gameplay
- Rescue trapped astronauts
- Four distinct play modes
- Built-in level editor
- Casual, Timed, and Puzzle modes
- Game Center leaderboards
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Astronauts are trapped in time bubbles. Match 3 or more of the same color bubbles to rescue them. Bust-A-Bubble has 4 play modes plus a built in level editor. Design and play your own levels. Casual mode allows you to play at your leisure with no pressure to finish the level. Timed mode will drop the bubbles down every 8 shots. Finish the level before the bubbles cross the terminator line. Puzzle mode uses a custom algorithm to build an endless number of levels that are quickly completed when making all the right shots. PB2X Puzzle mode includes 456 hand designed puzzles from the Puzzle Bobble 2X game. Make all the right shots to finish each level quickly. Bust-A-Bubble has multiple Game Center leaderboards. Can you top all of them? How many astronauts can you rescue?
The Big 2
Experience the classic Asian card game on your mobile device. Play strategically against AI opponents to clear your hand first by forming powerful combinations and playing the 2s.
- Classic Asian card game gameplay
- Head-to-head AI opponents
- Strategic 4-player experience
- Play powerful combinations
- Clear your hand first
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Ready to prove you’ve got the smartest hand in the room? Big 2 brings the fast-paced, addictive fun of the classic Asian card game straight to your fingertips! Go head-to-head with computer opponents in this sleek and strategic 4-player experience. Outsmart your rivals by playing your strongest combinations, dropping the powerful 2s, and clearing your hand before anyone else!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bust at every 2 days against The Big 2's every 3 weeks. Bust also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bust against 5.0 for The Big 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Bust ships an update every 2 days, The Big 2 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bust | The Big 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Les Bird | Robert E Carr Jr |
Customer experience
Bust
The Big 2
In-app purchases
Bust
No in-app purchases
The Big 2
No in-app purchases
