Mimelet vs Bumballon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mimelet
Embark on a charming platform adventure where you leap onto enemies to absorb their unique abilities. Use these stolen powers to navigate through challenging puzzles and overcome obstacles in a whimsical world.
- Steal enemy powers
- Platform adventure gameplay
- Challenging puzzles
- Cute graphics
- SNES inspired music
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Travel with Mimelet through a wonderful adventure! Jump on top of enemies to steal their powers and overcome any obstacles along the way. Mimelet is a wholesome platform adventure game featuring a simple and fun game mechanic and challenging puzzles. Features: • Wholesome gameplay • Simple and fun mechanics • Cute graphics • Challenging puzzles • SNES inspired music
Bumballon
Embark on a cute yet frantic adventure across a world full of dangers. Explore unique worlds with retro-inspired graphics, overcome perils, and save a magical kingdom. Learn from mistakes to navigate a rewarding journey.
- Cute and frantic adventure
- 7 unique worlds
- Beautifully animated graphics
- Retro game nostalgia
- Overcome various perils
- Save the magical kingdom
- Rescue Princess Moon
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Join Bumballon on this cute but frantic adventure spanning across an incredible world full of dangers! Explore 7 unique worlds overflowing with beautifully animated graphics and retro game nostalgia. Overcome various perils to save Bumballon's magical kingdom and rescue the beautiful Princess Moon. Each mistake becomes a lesson to overcome future obstacles in Bumballon’s tough but fun and rewarding journey.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bumballon at 4.6 against Mimelet's 3.9. Bumballon also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 10 months). Mimelet's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 40%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Mimelet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bumballon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bumballon holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 94 and 163 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Mimelet's written reviews are positive against 40% of Bumballon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mimelet ships an update every 10 months, Bumballon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mimelet | Bumballon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (94 ratings) | 4.6 (163 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 94 | 163 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gionathan Pesaresi | Crescent Moon Games LLC |
Customer experience
Mimelet
Bumballon
Bugs and requests
Mimelet
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes at level 8
- Special offer pop-up prevents progress
- Level 14 bug (falling offscreen)
- Game breaking bug at level 9 (shows sky/blocks)
- Bug when holding movement button and changing direction inside yellow block
Requested features
8 requests- More levels
- Controller support
- Option to change music/sound volume
- Option to change button layout and size
- Progress bar for collected fruits
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- Way to see current level
- Add more powers
- Mimelet 2
Bumballon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mimelet
- Premium$1.99
Bumballon
- Remove Ads$3.99
