Balls and Ropes vs absOrby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balls and Ropes
Bounce balls, cut ropes, and collect them to unlock chains in this engaging puzzle game. Strategically multiply your balls while avoiding subtractions to reach the target number and progress through hundreds of levels. Enjoy a relaxing and satisfying experience with simple one-finger controls.
- Bounce and multiply balls
- Cut ropes strategically
- Collect balls to unlock chains
- Hundreds of levels
- Use bombs to blast barriers
- Unlock ball skins
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In the Balls and Ropes puzzle game you have to bounce balls in the right direction, cut the ropes and collect em all! Simple actions, a fresh and cool design and challenging tasks - this ball game has it all. Bounce and multiply the rolling balls while you cut the ropes and fall through the levels. Look out for the multiplier and cut the rope accordingly to maximize the number of balls. Avoid division and subtraction… It’s easy, play it! Play with balls and ropes in a new way. Every level has a lock with a number written on it, and the goal is to unlock this chain by collecting and multiplying balls. Relaxing game. Watch the balls roll and take ease. Balls and Ropes game knows how to help you to relax! Satisfying rolling ball. Getting more and more balls and watching them unlock the chains gives a mixed feeling of achievement and relaxation. Try this satisfying game now! Have fun. Bounce and collect balls for fun. Roll the balls and blast ball barriers! Simple game. Everything is so easy to understand, and you may play with only one finger! Improve your math. This game is a puzzle that requires a bit of math skills but is simple at the same time. Kids can play this puzzle game which will help them improve their math. Become a bounce master! Beat the high scores as you progress in this addictive puzzle game. Bounce masters will get rewards for the best ball game results. Main features: - Hundreds of amazing bouncy ball levels. - Cut the ropes. - Use bombs to blast barriers. - Different color balls and skins for the rolling balls (once the chain is unlocked). - Simple controls: Cut ropes with one finger. - Collect balls to proceed to the next level, unlock chain, and progress with ball skins. Play Balls and Ropes!
absOrby
Navigate a world where moving causes you to shrink, creating a constant challenge to grow larger by consuming smaller elements. This game offers a thought-provoking experience with allegorical themes and the ability to restart after losses. Compete with friends to achieve the highest score.
- Shrink when moving
- Eat smaller elements to grow
- Allegorical gameplay
- High score competition
- Restart gameplay
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You are an orb. Your goal is to survive. But when you move... you shrink. To eat you must be big. Herein lies the dilemma. --- Every life, you start out small and fragile in a harsh world. Become bigger and stronger by eating everything smaller than you! Make allegories to capitalism, Darwinism, and simply life in general and everything in the game becomes relevant. You will lose, but the best part is that you can start over! Even better, compete with your real-life friends, beat their high score and become the biggest real-life winner in absOrby!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Balls and Ropes at Free against absOrby's $0.99. Balls and Ropes also leads on ratings volume (22K vs 5). absOrby's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Balls and Ropes is free to download; absOrby costs $0.99 up front. Balls and Ropes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and absOrby sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
absOrby holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Balls and Ropes has 22K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Balls and Ropes's written reviews are positive against 100% of absOrby's.
Balls and Ropes ships an update monthly, absOrby every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Balls and Ropes | absOrby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (22K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 248 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOONEE PUBLISHING LTD | Joshua Grant |
Customer experience
Balls and Ropes
absOrby
Bugs and requests
Balls and Ropes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing on certain levels
- Incorrect scoring and multiplier issues
- Inability to progress past certain levels
Requested features
3 requests- More level variety and progression
- Option to remove ads permanently
- Improved performance and stability
absOrby
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Balls and Ropes
- Remove ADS$3.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
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- VIP Pack$7.99
absOrby
- No Ads$0.99









