Comparison

Popping Balls! vs Gloop Jelly

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

Head to head
About

Popping Balls!

Features
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Tap to pop balls and guide the square to the finish line! Avoid the black balls Use white balls to pop black ones

About

Gloop Jelly

Merge identical jellies by pouring them into a jar. Watch them squish, roll, and wobble with realistic physics. Experience dynamic landscapes and synthesized soundscapes as you play.

Highlights
  • Jelly merging mechanics
  • Realistic jelly physics simulation
  • Dynamic changing landscapes
  • Synthesized sound effects
  • Color bomb power-up
  • No timers or pressure
Features
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Pour soft jellies into a jar. Two identical ones merge into a bigger one. Keep going as long as you can — the jar fills faster than you think. Colour tells you the family, size tells you the level. Nothing to memorise: if two jellies look the same, they merge. Gloop is built around one thing: how the jellies feel. They squash against each other, roll, settle and wobble, all simulated. Tilt your phone and the whole pile leans. • A colour bomb falls through the pile and blows up a whole cluster of its own colour — steer it on the way down • New colours appear as you score, and that is what makes it hard • The landscape shifts with your score: dawn, storm, desert, deep sea, nebula • Sound is entirely synthesised — even the wind chimes on the title screen • No ads, no accounts, no timers, nothing to buy Play for thirty seconds or thirty minutes. It waits.

Screenshots

Popping Balls!4 screens
Gloop Jelly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Popping Balls! at none against Gloop Jelly's 1. Popping Balls! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. Gloop Jelly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Popping Balls! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Popping Balls! ships an update every 2 days, Gloop Jelly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Popping Balls! versus Gloop Jelly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPopping Balls!Gloop Jelly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp Swim LLCFranck Geslin

In-app purchases

None

Popping Balls!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gloop Jelly

One-time1
  • No Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Popping Balls! free?
Popping Balls! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gloop Jelly free?
Gloop Jelly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Popping Balls! or Gloop Jelly have ads?
Gloop Jelly shows ads; Popping Balls! does not.
Which is updated more often, Popping Balls! or Gloop Jelly?
Popping Balls! ships an update every 2 days, and Gloop Jelly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Popping Balls! was updated on November 3, 2026 and Gloop Jelly on October 31, 2026.

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