Marble Race Ultimate vs Buffering
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marble Race Ultimate
Experience thrilling marble races with various game modes like elimination, team battles, and football simulations. Control your marble with intuitive swipe controls and strategize to overcome obstacles and opponents.
- Multiple game modes (Elimination, Teams, Battle, League, Duel, Beat the Keeper, Football, World Cup)
- Country, state, or color selection
- Obstacle courses
- 8-direction swipe controls
- Mana-based movement system
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Choose your favorite country, state or color and try to race through the obstacles! Current modes: ELIMINATION - race through the stages. Every stage last few marbles are eliminated. TEAMS - race your team against enemy teams. Every stage some marbles are eliminated. BATTLE - race against few enemies marbles to get points first. LEAGUE - race in a long run to get as many points as you can. DUEL - race with big marbles. BEAT THE KEEPER - try to score the goal and beat the keeper. FOOTBALL - play football and score goals. WORLD CUP - simulate football World Cup. Use 8 direction swipe control to move your marble. You need to wait until mana restores to move your marble again. Third game by Bluza.
Buffering
Compete with friends in a weekly Survivor-style game. Predict which cast member will survive each round. Get eliminated if your pick is wrong.
- Weekly cast member predictions
- Elimination-based gameplay
- Compete with friends
- Season-long challenges
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Buffering lets you compete with your friends during a season of Survivor! Each week, pick a cast member you think will survive. Pick wrong and you're out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Buffering at 5.0 against Marble Race Ultimate's 3.3. Buffering also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Marble Race Ultimate's advantage is ratings volume (164 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Marble Race Ultimate sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Buffering asks for nothing beyond the download.
Buffering holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marble Race Ultimate has 164 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Marble Race Ultimate | Buffering |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (164 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 164 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serhii Nuzhdov | Tomas Agrest |
Customer experience
Marble Race Ultimate
Buffering
Bugs and requests
Marble Race Ultimate
Reported bugs
17 issues- Game crashes after 5 minutes of play
- Saved custom tracks cannot be accessed or played
- Marbles get stuck on tracks requiring restart
- Pause button disappears after losing race
- Gravity physics not working correctly
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- Marbles floating/levitating in space
- Beat the Keeper mode timer freezes at 1 second
- Zombie marbles don't spawn after first round
- Moving track parts stop moving during races
- Track editor parts disappear or resize unexpectedly
- Play button unresponsive/non-functional
- Game freezes during editing
- Marbles stuck in circles unable to progress
- Elimination mode broken at level 4
- League mode unplayable
- Track display shows all white/invisible
- Lag issues with certain marble selections
Requested features
13 requests- Bring back zombie mode (previously removed)
- Increase custom track limit beyond 12
- Add ability to control marble speed/playback speed
- Implement marble tracking/highlighting feature
- Add leaderboard system
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- Increase marble count options (100 marbles mode)
- Add more country/flag options (Sweden, Greenland, Scotland, England, Wales, Croatia)
- Improve custom track editor functionality
- Add ability to continue watching after marble elimination
- Display race results/finishing order screen
- Increase gem/emerald rewards for races
- Add escape elimination mode
- Allow custom marble face/appearance selection
Buffering
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Marble Race Ultimate
- 7 emeralds$0.99
- 21 emeralds$2.99
- 82 emeralds$4.99
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- No Ads$4.99
- 210 emeralds$9.99
- 600 emeralds$19.99
- 1200 emeralds$29.99
Buffering
No in-app purchases
Questions
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