Comparison

Candy Shooter! vs Bead Spinner

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

Head to head
About

Candy Shooter!

Engage in a delightful shooting game where you target sweet treats like sprinkles, gummies, and fruits. Experience a uniquely satisfying and sugary gameplay.

Highlights
  • Target sweet treats
  • Dessert-themed gameplay
  • Satisfying shooting mechanics
  • Casual gaming experience
Features
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Blast sprinkles, gummies, fruits, and the icing on your favorite desserts. Shooting has never been so sweet.

About

Bead Spinner

Features
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Bead Spinner — spin. string. sell. repeat. Drop your hooks into a bowl full of colorful beads and let the spinner do the work. Every rotation slides more beads onto your strings — orange, purple, green, blue, one by one — until a full bracelet is ready to drop onto the conveyor belt and get sold for cold hard coins. It's the most satisfying little bead workshop you'll ever run. HOW BEAD SPINNER WORKS - Tap to spin the bead bowl - Beads thread themselves onto your hanging strings - Completed bracelets fall to the conveyor and get sold automatically - Coins roll in — spend them on upgrades — repeat faster and richer UPGRADE YOUR WORKSHOP - BEAD COUNT — more beads spawning in the bowl, faster stringing - SPEED — crank up the spinner rotation for non-stop bead flow - QUALITY — rarer, more valuable beads means pricier bracelets - ADD HOOK — run up to 5 strings at once and multiply your output - INCOME — every bracelet sells for more FROM ONE STRING TO A BRACELET EMPIRE You start with a single hook and a slow bowl. A few upgrades later you've got five strings filling at once, premium beads pouring in, and a conveyor belt that never stops moving. The loop is simple, the progression never ends. WHY YOU'LL KEEP TAPPING - Oddly relaxing, ASMR-style colorful visuals - Zero pressure — no timers, no fail states, no losing - Instant progress: every single tap does something - Perfect for one-handed play, short breaks, or long zone-out sessions Whether you're into jewelry making, idle and tycoon games, or you just want something calming to do with your thumb, the bowl is spinning and the beads are waiting. Download Bead Spinner and build your bracelet business.

Screenshots

Candy Shooter!4 screens
Bead Spinner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Candy Shooter! at daily against Bead Spinner's weekly. Candy Shooter! also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Candy Shooter! ships an update daily, Bead Spinner weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Candy Shooter! versus Bead Spinner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandy Shooter!Bead Spinner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperT Accelerator Inc.Upcasual Games

In-app purchases

None

Candy Shooter!

No in-app purchases

None

Bead Spinner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Candy Shooter! free?
Candy Shooter! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bead Spinner free?
Bead Spinner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Candy Shooter! or Bead Spinner have ads?
Both Candy Shooter! and Bead Spinner show ads.
Which is updated more often, Candy Shooter! or Bead Spinner?
Candy Shooter! ships an update daily, and Bead Spinner weekly. Most recently, Candy Shooter! was updated on October 19, 2026 and Bead Spinner on October 24, 2026.

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