Tricky Cups vs Tricky Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tricky Cups
Test your focus and reflexes in a fast-paced shell game where cups shuffle rapidly. Earn stars, collect coins, and unlock power-ups to aid your progress. Compete on global leaderboards and achieve daily rewards.
- Shell game gameplay
- Progressive difficulty
- Star and coin rewards
- Unlockable power-ups
- Daily login bonuses
- Endless mode
- Global leaderboards
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TRICKY CUPS - CAN YOU FOLLOW THE BALL? Watch the ball drop under a cup, then follow it as the cups shuffle faster and trickier with every level. Pick the right cup to win. One wrong guess and you're out! SIX WORLDS TO EXPLORE Travel across 6 worlds of 20 levels each. Earn stars to unlock every chapter's boss level, and replay any level to beat your stars. BOSS LEVELS AND NEW TRICKS Every chapter ends with a boss: longer, faster shuffles that mix fake-out swaps, ball transfers and the find-the-empty-cup challenge. CHESTS AND SKINS Open chapter, weekly and daily chests. Collect skins for your cups and balls with coins or shards. DAILY CHALLENGE A new level every day, the same for everyone. Build a streak and win chests. LIVE EVENTS Weekend events with double coins and limited skins. EARN STARS AND COINS Three stars for flawless play. Rack up coins on every level and spend them on power-ups and skins. POWER UP YOUR GAME One Cup Blast - eliminate a decoy cup Two Cup Blast - clear two cups at once Lifeline - get a second chance on a mistake Reveal - peek inside any cup ENDLESS MODE The ultimate test of concentration. Cups multiply, speed increases, and one mistake ends it all. Climb the leaderboard and unlock achievements. PLAY ANYWHERE Works offline, with a quick start and short rounds you can play in a minute. Think you can handle the pressure? Download now and follow the ball!
Tricky Challenge
Engage in a variety of viral mini-games that test your reflexes, creativity, and precision. Solve IQ-based puzzles and brain teasers to overcome thrilling challenges and improve your cognitive skills.
- Viral mini-games
- Reflex, creativity, precision tests
- IQ-based challenges
- Brain training puzzles
- Daily challenges
- Color games
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Dive into viral challenges and put your reflexes, creativity, and precision to the ultimate test with a series of thrilling tasks in color games. Experience the blend of multiple challenges in brain games. IQ test-based challenges are available, try to solve them and be the winner of the challenge in mini-brain puzzle games. Train your brain with updated tricky puzzles and daily challenges in ASMR games. Take the ultimate challenge of all-in-one cool math games and mini-challenge games. Get ready for the brain test IQ in drawing games all in one place. HOW TO PLAY:- - Tap, tap and tap to overcome each challenge - Test your reflexes, creativity, and precision skills - Achieve high scores and unlock more challenges
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tricky Challenge at 22K against Tricky Cups's 10. Tricky Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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. Tricky Cups sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Tricky Challenge sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Tricky Cups against 4.6 for Tricky Challenge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tricky Challenge has 22K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tricky Cups ships an update every 4 months, Tricky Challenge every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tricky Cups | Tricky Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) | 4.6 (22K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 38.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 22K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — 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 | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 1.1 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sridhar Sekar | KHIZER RAZA |
Customer experience
Tricky Cups
Tricky Challenge
Bugs and requests
Tricky Cups
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tricky Challenge
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not registering correctly
- Ads blocking gameplay
- Inability to close ads
Requested features
4 requests- More game mode options
- Ability to choose mini-games
- Reduced ad frequency
- New level designs
In-app purchases
Tricky Cups
- Small Coin Pack$0.99
- Medium Coin Pack$1.99
- Pro Pack$2.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99
- Large Coin Pack$3.99
- Beginner's Pack$4.99
- Ultimate Pack$4.99
- Huge Coin Pack$6.99
- Premium Pack$9.99
- Mega Coin Pack$9.99
Tricky Challenge
- Remove Ads$1.99
- VIP Pack$4.99
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