Betatron vs TRAILS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Betatron
Guide a bouncing ball through challenging levels by changing its color and navigating gates. With over 175 levels, this game tests your reflexes and puzzle-solving skills. Reach the targets to complete each stage.
- Ball bouncing mechanics
- Color changing gameplay
- Navigating through gates
- 175+ challenging levels
- Target-based goals
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Bounce the balls to the targets! Guide the ball up the walls, changing colors, and through gates to complete your goal. Featuring 175+ levels to test your skills!
TRAILS
Guide sand ships across a desert, drawing paths to avoid collisions and supply remote outposts. Juggle resources and navigate hazards like collapsing terrain and ancient traps to complete each level. Offers extra challenges for advanced players.
- Draw paths for sand ships
- Supply remote outposts
- Juggle cargo and power-ups
- Navigate desert hazards
- Solve challenging puzzles
- Unlock extra levels
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TRAILS is a cozy puzzle game in which you guide sand ships across a crumbling desert to reach isolated outposts. Draw paths for each ship across the treacherous sands, planning carefully to avoid collisions and ensure each ship reaches its goal. Chart Your Course Plan your route by drawing paths across the desert grid. All sand ships must follow their trails without visiting the same space twice - and without crashing into one another. With every route you sketch, you're constructing a web of paths across the dunes. Supply the Outposts Scattered across the wasteland, remote villages rely on the convoy for vital cargo. To complete each level you'll need to supply every outpost. Pick up the right goods and bring them safely to their destination. Careful coordination and efficient routing are the key to your success. Juggle Resources Each sand ship can carry one item at a time, whether its crucial cargo, a key to unlock a new route or a rare power-up, improving the ship's capabilities. Managing pickups, handoffs and avoiding unwanted items is essential to reaching your goal. Hazards of the Wasteland The dunes are your home, but they are not without danger. Collapsing terrain, narrow passages, gaping chasms, ancient traps and errant drones can block your path or derail your journey. Foresight and careful coordination will keep the convoy on track. Extra Challenges For those who seek an even greater test, optional levels and hidden challenges offer more complex maps, tighter constraints and push the puzzle mechanics to their limits. Use all you have learned to take on the toughest challenges TRAILS has to offer. Can you chart the perfect paths and navigate all trials of the desert?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TRAILS at 5.0 against Betatron's 4.0. TRAILS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Betatron's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Betatron sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TRAILS asks for nothing beyond the download.
TRAILS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Betatron has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Betatron | TRAILS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 611 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optics Trainer LLC | Purple Sloth Studio eG |
Customer experience
Betatron
TRAILS
In-app purchases
Betatron
- Remove Ads$2.99
TRAILS
No in-app purchases









