Comparison

Marble Race Ultimate vs Gem Rush

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Gem Rush

Swap gems to create lines of three or more in this endless puzzle game. Clear rows quickly to gain time and trigger cascades. Utilize power-ups and rockets to survive as long as possible and achieve high scores.

Highlights
  • Endless match-3 gameplay
  • Rising rows mechanic
  • Rocket power-up
  • Five unique power-ups
  • Coin earning and shop
  • Personal best tracking
Features
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Gem Rush is an endless Match-3 game. Swap adjacent gems, make lines of three or more, and keep the board alive as rows keep rising from below. Every match clears gems and sends new ones falling from above. A row timer pushes fresh gems up from the bottom. Clear faster, chain cascades, and earn time back on the clock — or watch the board fill. Match four in a row to spawn a rocket. Swipe to fire and clear an entire row. Build combos, chase huge scores, and survive as long as you can before the board fills. Need breathing room? Five power-ups help you fight back — shuffle when you're stuck, freeze incoming rows, blast a 3×3 area, clear a whole color, or pull off a wildcard swap. Earn coins each run and buy more from the shop between games. HOW IT WORKS • Endless Match-3 — one mode, one board, one goal: beat your best score • Gems fall from the top after every clear • New rows push in from below — pressure never stops • Match 4 spawns a rocket — swipe horizontally to blast a full row • Match clears add time back to the row timer • Five power-ups — shuffle, freeze row, blast, color bomb, and wildcard swap • Earn coins every run to buy power-ups from the shop • Track run score and personal best every time • Satisfying match glow, cascades, and snappy animations • Pick up and play in seconds — no energy timer Swap. Clear. Survive. One more run!

Screenshots

Marble Race Ultimate4 screens
Gem Rush3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gem Rush at 5.0 against Marble Race Ultimate's 3.4. Marble Race Ultimate's advantage is ratings volume (174 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Marble Race Ultimate sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Gem Rush sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gem Rush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marble Race Ultimate has 174 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Marble Race Ultimate versus Gem Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarble Race UltimateGem Rush
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (174 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings174 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii NuzhdovJavin Ladish

Customer experience

Marble Race Ultimate

All ratings157 ratings
Positive51.6%
Neutral16.6%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral24.2%
Negative29.7%

Gem Rush

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Gem Rush

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Marble Race Ultimate

One-time7
  • 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
4 purchases

Gem Rush

One-time4
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • 1,400 Coins$2.99
  • 3,200 Coins$4.99
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  • 7,500 Coins$9.99

Questions

Is Marble Race Ultimate free?
Marble Race Ultimate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gem Rush free?
Gem Rush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Marble Race Ultimate or Gem Rush?
Gem Rush is rated higher. Marble Race Ultimate averages 3.4 out of 5 from 174 ratings, while Gem Rush averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Marble Race Ultimate or Gem Rush have ads?
Neither Marble Race Ultimate nor Gem Rush shows ads.

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