Random Drop vs Games Fair
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Random Drop
A fast-paced, one-thumb reflex game where players match falling colored balls to corresponding bins. Test your reflexes in single-player mode or compete against others worldwide. Designed for easy one-handed play.
- One-thumb tap controls
- Single-player high score chasing
- Online multiplayer matchmaking
- Local Bluetooth multiplayer
- Unlockable achievements
- Light and dark themes
- Haptic feedback
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Random Drop — a one-thumb reflex game about matching colors before it's too late. Balls fall. Bins wait. Tap the correct side of the screen to send each ball into the matching bin. Miss once and it's over. The longer you survive, the faster the balls drop — until even your thumb can't keep up. SINGLE PLAYER - Instant start, no menus, no tutorials - Chase your high score on the Game Center leaderboard - Unlock achievements as you level up MULTIPLAYER - Game Center online matchmaking — find an opponent anywhere in the world - Bluetooth local play — connect directly with a friend next to you - Best of 3, 5 or 11 rounds — pick the format before you serve - Winner serves, loser waits — just like real table tennis BUILT FOR ONE HAND - Every input is a tap on the left or right half of the screen - Play standing on the train, lying on the couch, waiting in line - Portrait orientation, no gestures to learn DESIGN - Clean, high-contrast visuals — light and dark themes - System font with full support for every script - Haptic feedback on every drop - No ads, no in-app purchases, no account to create 23 LANGUAGES English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Greek, Turkish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Romanian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese. PRIVACY FIRST Random Drop does not track you, does not show ads, and does not collect your data. The only network feature is Game Center matchmaking, which Apple handles.
Games Fair
A free, open-source collection of classic puzzle and arcade games. Enjoy timeless gameplay with features like haptic feedback, high score tracking, and auto-save. Play offline with a comfortable dark theme.
- Block Blast puzzle game
- Classic falling-block gameplay
- Tap-based arcade challenges
- Brick-breaking action
- Sudoku with multiple difficulties
- Tile-merging number puzzles
- Haptic feedback
- Offline play
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Games Fair is a free, open-source collection of classic puzzle and arcade games, in one app that never asks you for anything. SOLITAIRE Klondike, turning one card at a time or three. With Winnable Deals Only on, a solver plays every deal through to a win before it reaches the table, and Hint shows a move on the way. Once every card is face up, the rest fly home by themselves. BLOCK BLAST Drag pieces onto the board and fill rows and columns to clear them. Clear on back-to-back moves for a combo, or empty the whole board for a 5,000-point bonus. BREAKOUT Clear the bricks. Power-ups widen the paddle, slow the ball, or let it smash straight through. Levels get faster. FALLING BLOCKS The one you already know how to play. Lines clear, the level climbs, the pieces come quicker. SUDOKU Puzzles at several difficulties, with the number pad where your thumb already is. 2048 Slide the tiles, watch them merge, chase your best score. Reaching 2048 is not the end if you do not want it to be. CHARADES Hold the phone to your forehead while your friends give clues, nod when you guess right, and tip your head back to pass. Decks run from animals and movies to sayings and things to act out, and the screen stays on for the whole round. MINES The classic sweeper. Your first tap is always safe, holding a square plants a flag, and a number with all its flags opens the rest around it. Three board sizes, each shaped to fit your screen. LANGUAGES Menus, instructions and accessibility labels are in 13 languages. Charades has localized animal and food decks in each of them, and twenty-one themed decks in English. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No advertising. No purchases. No account. No network access at all — every game runs entirely on your device. Your progress is saved when you leave a game and restored when you come back, including if the phone puts the app to sleep mid-round. Games Fair is published by the App Fair Project and is free software under the GNU Affero General Public License, with an exception for distribution through the app stores. It is built with the Day framework: one Rust codebase drawing itself with each platform's real native widgets. github.com/Games-Fair/Games-Fair
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Games Fair at none against Random Drop's 1. Games Fair also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, review sentiment 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. Random Drop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Games Fair asks for nothing beyond the download.
Random Drop ships an update fortnightly, Games Fair every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Random Drop | Games Fair |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrei Achziger | The App Fair Project Inc |
Customer experience
Random Drop
Games Fair
In-app purchases
Random Drop
- No Ads & get dark mode$0.99
Games Fair
No in-app purchases









