Comparison

Joy Blast vs Sprig

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

Head to head
About

Joy Blast

Embark on a captivating match-3 puzzle adventure where you blast colorful bubbles to help Joy create her dream story. Solve challenging levels with realistic physics, collect stars, and unlock new chapters in this addictive puzzle game.

Highlights
  • Match 3 puzzle gameplay
  • Unique gravity factor physics
  • Story creation and progression
  • Collect stars and make memories
  • Compete with friends and players
  • Daily prizes and fun events
Features
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MATCH 3 BLAST PUZZLE GAME WITH A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE: Blast match three levels and help Joy create her dream story!! Wonderful stories are waiting for you to explore in this unique match three puzzle adventure game with a gravity factor! Easy to play, challenging puzzle match 3 blast game! Match, blast, and crush three or more groups of similarly colored candy like bubbles with a simple tap and achieve level targets by completing challenging puzzles! In each unique puzzle, combine four or more bubbles to unleash blast and color match boosters for huge explosions! You will have different level targets to achieve, it is challenging but very addictive! Correct the Joy's childhood friends' story by collecting stars from each level! In Joy Blast, the physics are realistic! Combine & blast the unique set of candy-like bubbles where the colored bubbles fall freely in every dimension - complete a level with limited moves. Help Joy to make fun memories by completing challenging puzzles and collecting stars to correct her story and continue her friends' adventure. Follow book pages solving puzzles and become a master of the color match blast! Compete with your friends and other players! Compare your progress against your friends and other players to become a color match master! The more puzzles you solve, the more trophies and points you earn. Add your friends to see who is a matching master! Can you solve the puzzles better than them? Start solving challenging color match 3 puzzles today! download Joy Blast - combine, match and blast away! Simple gameplay: Just tap the matching colored bubbles and blast to achieve your goals! - Tap a group of 4 or more bubbles to blast and color match boosters! - Achieve puzzle level targets, collect stars and create memories all over the world! - Fun events and daily prizes! - Create a story: Help Joy write her children book! - Leaderboards: Compete with your friends and players all over the world!

About

Sprig

Features
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Sprig is a Star Battle logic puzzle game with five new boards every day and an offline Journey. Put one Sprig in every row, every column and every coloured region. No two Sprigs can touch, not even at a corner. Every puzzle has one solution, reached by logic alone, with no guessing. A wrong Sprig costs one of your three hearts. Every day • Today's set: five new puzzles, starting easy and getting harder, with an expert puzzle to finish on some days. • A streak that grows each day you solve a set puzzle. • The Journey: unlimited levels that get harder as you go, playable offline. Sprigs and the Garden Moss and Pebble are with you from the start. Pip, Clover and Bramble come home as you play, and Sol is a prize for the top three in a monthly live league. Cap and Ember are sold as packs, and Luma arrives with your first paid month of Sprig Club. Each Sprig brings its own colour theme for the whole app, and you can dress them from the wardrobe. Helpers Wisp highlights a square and explains the deduction behind it, Peek places one correct Sprig, and Sweep marks every square your Sprigs rule out. You start with a few, earn more in the Journey, and can buy them with coins. Leagues • Daily and monthly leagues for Today's set, and a daily league for the Journey. Groups hold up to 100 players, and empty places are filled by players marked BOT. • Private leagues for up to 20 players, joined with a code. • Scores are checked on Sprig's server, and unusual results are flagged for review. Live leagues and cloud backup need Sign in with Apple. Everything else works without an account. Settings Region letters, outlines and optional region patterns for anyone who finds the colours hard to tell apart, Reduce motion, and switches for sounds and vibration. Adverts and purchases Sprig is free to play and shows adverts between puzzles. Where the law gives you a choice about personalised adverts, you can change it any time in Settings. • Remove ads forever: a one-off purchase that stops the adverts between puzzles and after restarts. Optional adverts for extra hearts, helpers and coins stay available. • Sprig Club: a monthly or yearly subscription with no adverts at all, replays of the last 90 days of daily puzzles, two streak freezes a month, detailed solving stats, and a new collection each month that you keep. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. • Cap pack and Ember pack: one Sprig each, with its colour theme, portrait and wardrobe set. Cosmetic only. Privacy policy: https://sprig-game.web.app/privacy Terms of use: https://sprig-game.web.app/terms

Screenshots

Joy Blast4 screens
Sprig4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sprig at every 2 days against Joy Blast's every 2 weeks. Joy Blast's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Joy Blast sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Sprig sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Joy Blast ships an update every 2 weeks, Sprig every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Joy Blast versus Sprig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoy BlastSprig
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size306 MB48 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLibraLuke Lancaster

Bugs and requests

Joy Blast

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game not loading or opening
  • Tracking/privacy issues
  • Coins not awarded properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • More challenging levels and progression
  • Improved coin/reward system
  • Compatibility fixes for older devices

Sprig

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Joy Blast

One-time10
  • Extra Moves$0.99
  • Gold Pack 1$1.99
  • Joy Pass T-3$2.99
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  • Piggy Bank$3.99
  • Gold Pack 2$4.99
  • Tiny Package$6.99
  • Gold Pack 3$9.99
  • Medium Package$12.99
  • Gold Pack 4$19.99
  • Huge Package$24.99
5 purchases

Sprig

Subscriptions2
  • Sprig Club monthly$3.991 Month
  • Sprig Club yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Cap pack$1.99
  • Ember pack$2.99
  • Remove ads forever$7.99

Questions

Is Joy Blast free?
Joy Blast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sprig free?
Sprig is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Joy Blast or Sprig have ads?
Both Joy Blast and Sprig show ads.
Which is updated more often, Joy Blast or Sprig?
Joy Blast ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sprig every 2 days. Most recently, Joy Blast was updated on November 9, 2026 and Sprig on November 13, 2026.

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