Bust vs Popverse
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?
Popverse
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Popverse is a bubble shooter puzzle game with 20 unique special bubbles that create unexpected chain reactions every time you play. Aim, bounce off walls, and shoot to match 3 or more bubbles of the same color. But the real fun starts when special bubbles enter the mix — Bombs explode in all directions, Rainbows wipe out entire colors, Lightning zaps bubbles at random, Rockets blast through a path, and Stars sweep in a cross pattern. Then there are the obstacles. Frozen bubbles need multiple hits to thaw. Stones can't be destroyed — only dropped. Locked bubbles transform when hit. Viruses spread to neighboring bubbles. Portals teleport your shots. Ghost bubbles vanish and reappear somewhere else. Black Holes pull nearby bubbles in. WHAT'S IN THE GAME - 20 Special Bubble Types: More variety than a typical bubble shooter. Each special bubble has its own behavior and can trigger chain reactions with others. - 500 Levels: Progressive difficulty from simple color-matching to complex multi-obstacle puzzles. - Random Mode: Generates a different puzzle every time you play. No two games are the same. - Props System: Use Bomb, Rocket, Rainbow, and Lightning props when you need an extra edge. Earn them from daily rewards and star bonuses. - Combo & Chain Reactions: Match bubbles to trigger specials, which trigger more specials. Big combos mean big scores. - 3-Star Rating: Each level rates your performance. Finish with moves to spare for more stars. - Daily Check-In Rewards: Come back every day for free props on a 7-day cycle. - iPhone & iPad: Optimized layouts for both devices. Download Popverse and see how far you can go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bust at every 2 days against Popverse's weekly. Bust also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 14.0). 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.
Bust ships an update every 2 days, Popverse weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bust | Popverse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Les Bird | Maojian Tang |
In-app purchases
Bust
No in-app purchases
Popverse
No in-app purchases









