Comparison

Bust vs Popverse

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Match-3 bubble popping gameplay
  • Rescue trapped astronauts
  • Four distinct play modes
  • Built-in level editor
  • Casual, Timed, and Puzzle modes
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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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?

About

Popverse

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Bust4 screens
Popverse4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bust ships an update every 2 days, Popverse weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bust versus Popverse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBustPopverse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLes BirdMaojian Tang

In-app purchases

None

Bust

No in-app purchases

None

Popverse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bust free?
Bust is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Popverse free?
Popverse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bust or Popverse have ads?
Neither Bust nor Popverse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bust or Popverse?
Bust ships an update every 2 days, and Popverse weekly. Most recently, Bust was updated on September 25, 2026 and Popverse on September 30, 2026.

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