MarbleLoops vs Ball Drop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MarbleLoops
Experience the strategic board game Surakarta on your mobile device. Play against an AI opponent or challenge a friend, making a portable game board available anytime, anywhere.
- Play Surakarta board game
- AI opponent
- Local multiplayer with a friend
- Portable game board on mobile
- Play anytime, anywhere
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With MarbleLoops you can play a little-known board game called Surakarta in two ways: - Against a computer opponent - With a friend. With MarbleLoops you have a portable game board with you all the time in your phone or tablet, and it's easy to start a game at any time.
Ball Drop
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Drop. Sort. Match. Relax. Ball Drop - Color Sort is a satisfying color sorting puzzle where every move matters. Drop colorful balls, match the right colors, fill every target, and clear the board. Plan your moves, avoid obstacles, and solve increasingly tricky levels. Easy to play. Relaxing to enjoy. Challenging to master. • Ball sorting puzzle • Color sort and match • Satisfying ball drop gameplay • Tricky obstacles and targets • Relaxing no-timer gameplay • 3D puzzle levels • Easy to learn, hard to master Can you sort them all? ======= Term of Use: https://tinymeapp.web.app/#terms Privacy: https://tinymeapp.web.app/#privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ball Drop at Free against MarbleLoops's $0.99. Ball Drop also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 31 months) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). MarbleLoops's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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
Ball Drop is free to download; MarbleLoops costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MarbleLoops ships an update every 31 months, Ball Drop weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MarbleLoops | Ball Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Iiro Viitanen | anh pham |
In-app purchases
MarbleLoops
No in-app purchases
Ball Drop
No in-app purchases
Questions
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