Comparison

Patience Balls vs Cube Bop

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

Head to head
About

Patience Balls

Engage in a minimalist physics puzzle game designed for a calming and meditative experience. Solve intricate labyrinths and mazes using precision, patience, and logic. This game offers a serene escape while sharpening your reflexes and problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Relaxing Zen-like Gameplay
  • Mind-Teasing Labyrinths and Mazes
  • Physics-Based Challenges
  • Precision and Logic Puzzles
  • Beautiful Minimal Graphics
  • Unlockable Achievements
  • Global Leaderboards
Features
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Master your focus and conquer precision tilt controls in Patience Balls—the ultimate physics-based marble maze puzzle game! Whether you are navigating smooth logic labyrinths or tackling high-precision spatial challenges, test your steady hands, master fine balance, and guide every ball safely to its goal. Patience Balls combines realistic motion physics with clean, minimalist board design. Every movement requires complete spatial control, visual focus, and timing—offering a deeply satisfying physics experience where precision leads to victory. Key Features: • Precision Physics & Gyro Control: Calibrated tilt mechanics tuned for exact spatial accuracy. Every subtle wrist movement directly influences board gravity. • Challenging Marble Mazes: Navigate 3D labyrinths, narrow paths, moving obstacles, and gravity holes designed to test your hand-eye coordination. • Test Your Focus & Patience: Progress through 200+ handcrafted levels ranging from satisfying rolling puzzles to high-precision skill challenges. • Satisfying ASMR & Minimalist Design: Clean visuals paired with tactile rolling physics and crisp audio for an engaging, anti-stress atmosphere. • Seamless Offline Play: No Wi-Fi required. Enjoy zero-friction tilt puzzle gameplay anytime, anywhere. • Track Your Mastery: Unlock unique marble skins, achieve level milestones, and see how your precision balance stacks up on global leaderboards. Steady your hands, master the tilt, and download Patience Balls today!

About

Cube Bop

Tap blocks to clear them before the grid fills up. Earn in-game currency to purchase cosmetic upgrades and power-ups. Compete with friends and players worldwide on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Block tapping gameplay
  • Power-up purchases
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Global leaderboards
  • Multiple game modes
  • Increasing difficulty
Features
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Cube Bop is a simple game. Tap the blocks to make them disappear! If the grid fills, you lose! Buy Power-Ups and Backgrounds from the Bop Shop using Gold Stars you find along the way. Compete with other players, and track your results using the global Game Center leaderboards! With multiple game-modes and increasing difficulty, you can enjoy hours of fun with friends and family!

Screenshots

Patience Balls4 screens
Cube Bop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cube Bop at none against Patience Balls's shown. Cube Bop also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Patience Balls's advantage is ratings volume (580 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Patience Balls sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Cube Bop 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

Cube Bop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patience Balls has 580 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Patience Balls's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cube Bop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patience Balls ships an update every 3 weeks, Cube Bop monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Patience Balls versus Cube Bop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatience BallsCube Bop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (580 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings580 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRicardo MendoncaJoseph Lawlor

Customer experience

Patience Balls

All ratings478 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative13.6%

Cube Bop

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Patience Balls

One-time7
  • 250 Gems$0.99
  • Patience Balls Premium$1.99
  • 400 Gems$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$2.99
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$3.99
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$4.99
  • Remove ads and 2500 Gems$7.99
4 purchases

Cube Bop

One-time4
  • Star Bundle (5)$1.99
  • Star Bundle (10)$3.49
  • Star Bundle (50)$14.99
Show 1 more
  • Star Bundle (100)$29.99

Questions

Is Patience Balls free?
Patience Balls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cube Bop free?
Cube Bop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Patience Balls or Cube Bop?
Cube Bop is rated higher. Patience Balls averages 4.8 out of 5 from 580 ratings, while Cube Bop averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Patience Balls or Cube Bop have ads?
Patience Balls shows ads; Cube Bop does not.
Which is updated more often, Patience Balls or Cube Bop?
Patience Balls ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cube Bop monthly. Most recently, Patience Balls was updated on November 12, 2026 and Cube Bop on November 4, 2026.

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