Bust vs Pufferblocks
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?
Pufferblocks
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Pufferblocks is a one-thumb block puzzle with a twist no other puzzle has: every piece is a pressurised gas chamber. Drop pieces to complete lines and VENT them — and the gas physically blasts sideways into the blocks next door, over-inflating them until they POP in chain reactions. But every pop leaves wreckage that clogs the board. Chains clear space now and seed trouble later. Read the pressure, or watch it all blow. It's a real economy, not a reskin. Placement, venting, rupture chains and wreckage all feed one risk-reward loop you won't find anywhere else. WHY YOU'LL STAY • Risk pays — the fullest, highest-pressure pieces score the most, if you dare place them. Greed is a perfectly good strategy until it isn't. • Combo streaks, CLEAN SWEEP all-clears, and a "Gas Leak" fever mode when the board tips into glorious chaos. • A daily challenge where the whole world gets the exact same pieces — with its own global leaderboard. Same hand, same day, no excuses. • An adaptive soundtrack that literally speeds up as your board fills and your streak climbs. The band plays faster the hotter it gets. • Three block styles, including a default where every block has a face — and the face itself swells as the pressure rises. • Slapstick, never gross-out: cartoon clouds, a cheeky raspberry of brass, and the occasional perfectly-timed sad trombone. A PREMIUM GAME, THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY • Pay once. Play forever. • No ads. Ever. • No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. • No tracking, no accounts, no nonsense — your game stays on your device. Easy to pick up in one thumb. Hard to put down once the chains start going off. Welcome to Pufferblocks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bust at Free against Pufferblocks's $1.99. Bust also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Bust is free to download; Pufferblocks costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Bust | Pufferblocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Les Bird | TechnoNet |
In-app purchases
Bust
No in-app purchases
Pufferblocks
No in-app purchases









