Comparison

Patience Balls vs Glider Game

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

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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

Glider Game

Experience a 3D paper airplane adventure with endless exploration and challenging races. Unlock new gliders and upgrades by flying through rings. Enjoy this free game with no in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • 3D paper airplane gameplay
  • Endless biome exploration
  • Race through gates
  • Unlock gliders and upgrades
  • Free to play
Features
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Play Glider, a free 3D paper airplane game. Explore endless biomes or race through gates in Free Roam, or fly through rings to unlock gliders and upgrades. Play free!

Screenshots

Patience Balls4 screens
Glider Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glider Game at none against Patience Balls's 7. Glider Game also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Patience Balls's advantage is ratings volume (542 vs 4). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Glider Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Glider Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patience Balls has 542 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Patience Balls versus Glider Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatience BallsGlider Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (542 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings542 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRicardo MendoncaFutureVersion

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

Glider Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Patience Balls free?
Patience Balls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glider Game free?
Glider Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Patience Balls or Glider Game?
Glider Game is rated higher. Patience Balls averages 4.7 out of 5 from 542 ratings, while Glider Game averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Patience Balls or Glider Game have ads?
Patience Balls shows ads; Glider Game does not.

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