Comparison

Patience Balls vs Screw It

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

Screw It

A relaxing precision game where players tap and hold to drill screws into wood. Time your actions perfectly to achieve high scores and avoid mistakes. It's a time-attack challenge focused on careful execution.

Highlights
  • Precision drilling gameplay
  • Tap and hold controls
  • Time-attack mechanics
  • High score challenges
  • Relaxing experience
Features
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A relaxing game about drilling screws into wood just the right amount. Tap and hold to join wood with screws in this precision time-attack game. Time your screws perfectly to achieve high scores. But, make sure you pay attention to your handy work, or you might just screw up!

Screenshots

Patience Balls4 screens
Screw It3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Patience Balls at 4.7 against Screw It's 2.0. Patience Balls also leads on ratings volume (537 vs 1) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). Screw It's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. Patience Balls sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Screw It asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Patience Balls holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patience Balls has 537 ratings behind it against 1, 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 50% of Screw It's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patience Balls ships an update every 3 weeks, Screw It daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Patience Balls versus Screw It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatience BallsScrew It
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (537 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings537 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRicardo MendoncaShortbread Games Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Patience Balls

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

Screw It

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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
None

Screw It

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Patience Balls free?
Patience Balls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screw It free?
Screw It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Patience Balls or Screw It?
Patience Balls is rated higher. Patience Balls averages 4.7 out of 5 from 537 ratings, while Screw It averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Patience Balls or Screw It have ads?
Patience Balls shows ads; Screw It does not.
Which is updated more often, Patience Balls or Screw It?
Patience Balls ships an update every 3 weeks, and Screw It daily. Most recently, Patience Balls was updated on October 30, 2026 and Screw It on October 10, 2026.

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