Broken Grounds vs CubeQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Broken Grounds
Explore 80 hand-crafted levels across 9 unique worlds, uncovering paths, avoiding traps, and rescuing lost critters. This adventure features a minimalist art style and a relaxing soundscape, with each world introducing new gameplay mechanics.
- Explore 80 hand-crafted levels
- Discover 9 unique worlds
- Uncover hidden paths
- Avoid dangerous traps
- Rescue lost critters
- Minimalist art style
- Relaxing soundscape
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In Broken Grounds, traverse through the mysterious and beautiful worlds, uncovering the path, unlocking the way, avoiding traps and rescuing lost critters. Explore 80 hand-crafted levels across 9 worlds in a beautifully designed, minimalist art style and a calming, relaxing soundscape, with each new world adding new ways to play.
CubeQuest
Embark on a puzzle-solving adventure in a beautifully designed world. Navigate through 60 handcrafted levels, unlock new abilities, and discover hidden secrets. This game offers a unique challenge for players who enjoy intricate puzzles and platforming elements.
- Handcrafted puzzle platformer
- 60 challenging levels
- Unlockable abilities
- Hidden secrets
- 4 diverse biomes
- Game Center achievements
- iCloud sync
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CubeQuest - A QB Game, the successor to the beloved puzzle platformer "QB - A Cube's Tale," sends you and QB into a beautifully designed world to once again test your puzzle-solving skills. Along the way, you'll unlock new abilities, search for hidden secrets, and puzzle your way through 60 exciting levels. Features: - Handcrafted puzzle platformer - Beautiful world with 4 diverse biomes - 60 levels ranging from easy to mind-cracking - Game-Center-Achievements - iCloud sync Looking for a unique puzzle game unlike anything else? Give CubeQuest a try! Play the first levels for free. If you like it, you can purchase the full game for additional content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CubeQuest at none against Broken Grounds's shown. CubeQuest also leads on ratings volume (118 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Broken Grounds's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Broken Grounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CubeQuest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Broken Grounds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CubeQuest has 118 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Broken Grounds's written reviews are positive against 79% of CubeQuest's.
Broken Grounds ships an update every 7 months, CubeQuest every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Broken Grounds | CubeQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (118 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 79.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 338 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motionlab | Stephan Goebel |
Customer experience
Broken Grounds
CubeQuest
Bugs and requests
Broken Grounds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CubeQuest
Reported bugs
3 issues- Level 43 star impossible to obtain
- Game freezes iPad
- Star on level 9 unobtainable without upgrade
Requested features
3 requests- Add more levels
- Implement landscape mode
- Option to turn off sound
In-app purchases
Broken Grounds
- Remove Ads$2.99
CubeQuest
- Buy the Game$4.99
Questions
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