Comparison

circloO vs Bonsai Snip

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

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About

circloO

A colorful physics platformer where you guide a ball through growing circular levels. Collect circles to expand the play area, strategically using and avoiding obstacles. Discover unique physics mechanics and enjoy a vast collection of player-created levels.

Highlights
  • Circular physics puzzles
  • Level editor
  • Player-created levels
  • Unique physics mechanics
  • Growing levels
  • Hard Mode levels
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circloO is a colorful physics platformer in a growing circle. This app version contains all levels from circloO and circloO 2, plus brand-new bonus levels! There's also a level editor and already over 10,000 levels created by players like you! You're a small ball rolling around in a round level. Collect circles to grow the level circle. As it grows, everything stays in the level, so you'll have to avoid and use obstacles in everchanging ways. For example, a platform that was first very useful to gain height, may prove to be a challenging obstacle after the level has grown! You can only move left and right, so you'll want to use features of the level carefully to jump and gain height. You'll discover all sorts of physics features, such as changing gravity, a sea of tiny blocks, strange contraptions and even planets with a gravity field. In challenging parts, you'll find yourself fully immersed, pressing the screen as hard as you can trying to get closer to finally collecting that next circle. But don't worry: you'll never have to start over a level, so you can always try again really quickly! And I can guarantee you'll feel amazing once you finally manage it! circloO Complete features: - Lots of cool physics features: ropes, pulleys, changing gravity and much more! I've included quite a few mechanics for you to discover. - Over 75 fun, growing, ever more challenging levels! Can you complete the six almost-but-not-quite-impossible Hard Mode levels? - There's also a level editor and an ever increasing number of player created levels! - All levels from circloO 2 and the original circloO, plus 28 brand-new levels! - Unique physics puzzles in each level. - Great music and sound effects by Stijn Cappetijn. - Minimalist and colorful graphics. - The game will take most players three to five hours to complete. Level times are saved, so you can try to beat your own highscores and speedrun levels after that! Plus there are thousands of player-created levels to continue playing forever! - Relaxing yet challenging physics puzzle platforming fun! I'm very happy that circloO 2 on the web won the first Crazy Games developer contest out of 200 contestants! It was also third in the Kongregate contest of November 2018. You may remember it from CoolMath Games as well. Reviews: "It’s an excellent game that has a very playful and chilled out approach to the gameplay, whilst also featuring some wonderfully intricate level design. A very impressive puzzle platformer you’ll really want to roll with. Highly recommended." - Free Game Planet "The difficulty scales upwards nicely and you're constantly rewarded for learning new skills as these always come up in future levels." - Jayisgames The game contains occasional ads after a level, which can be removed with a one-time in-app purchase, which supports development as well. Have fun and I'm happy to hear what you think!

About

Bonsai Snip

A daily puzzle game where you prune a procedurally generated tree into a bonsai using five snips. Compete with others worldwide on the same daily challenge and share your artistic results.

Highlights
  • Daily algorithmically grown tree
  • Five snips to prune
  • Three scoring axes
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Watercolor aesthetic
  • Shareable results
Features
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Each day, every Bonsai Snip player worldwide is given the same algorithmically grown tree. You have five snips to prune it into a bonsai — thinning the canopy, finding asymmetry, opening up negative space. Submit your prune, see how you scored on three axes, share the result, come back tomorrow. A 90-second cozy puzzle with the same starting tree as everyone else, every day. • A unique tree every day, deterministically generated from the date. Your friends and strangers are pruning the same tree you are. • Tap a branch, then tap Snip. Five total. The cut cascades to the subtree — choose your roots carefully. • Three scoring axes: asymmetry, density balance, negative space. Each 0–300, total 0–900. The score breakdown shows you what the algorithm noticed. • Daily Game Center leaderboards. See how today's prune ranked against the world. • Watercolor / sumi-e aesthetic. Calm animations only — no screen-shake, no bounce, no streaks to maintain. • Share your pruned tree as a 1080×1920 image, branded with the date and your score. • No accounts. No notifications. No in-app purchases. No ads.

Screenshots

circloO4 screens
Bonsai Snip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: circloO at Free against Bonsai Snip's $2.99. circloO also leads on ratings volume (2.5K vs 1) and iOS requirement (10 vs 17.0). Bonsai Snip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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

circloO is free to download; Bonsai Snip costs $2.99 up front. circloO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bonsai Snip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bonsai Snip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: circloO has 2.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

circloO ships an update every 2 months, Bonsai Snip every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
circloO versus Bonsai Snip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercircloOBonsai Snip
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (2.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian van Strienandrewlong.com, LLC

Customer experience

circloO

All ratings2,357 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.5%

Bonsai Snip

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

Bugs and requests

circloO

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Glitches with level progression
  • Inconsistent touch/click registration

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Character customization options
  • Improved level editor tools
  • Difficulty settings or options

Bonsai Snip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

circloO

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Bonsai Snip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is circloO free?
circloO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bonsai Snip free?
Bonsai Snip costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, circloO or Bonsai Snip?
Bonsai Snip is rated higher. circloO averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while Bonsai Snip averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do circloO or Bonsai Snip have ads?
circloO shows ads; Bonsai Snip does not.
Which is updated more often, circloO or Bonsai Snip?
circloO ships an update every 2 months, and Bonsai Snip every 6 days. Most recently, circloO was updated on October 25, 2026 and Bonsai Snip on October 7, 2026.

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