Snowball vs Mecha Drop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snowball
Guide a penguin on a journey to collect snowflakes and build a giant snowball. Navigate treacherous crumbling floors with simple swipe or tilt controls. Enjoy an ad-free and purchase-free gaming experience.
- Collect snowflakes
- Build a snowball
- Crumbling floor mechanic
- Swipe controls
- Tilt controls option
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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Snowball is easy to play, but hard to master. Play as a penguin trying to collect enough snowflakes to make his very own snowball, but watch out as the floor crumbles below! Simply swipe to move, or enable classic tilt controls via the options menu. The game contains no ads or in-app purchases. Snowball has been available exclusively for iPhone since 2008.
Mecha Drop
Engage in a vibrant anime-style match-3 puzzle battle. Select from diverse heroes, each with unique abilities, to strategically match weapons and defeat opponents or achieve high scores. Experience fast-paced gameplay inspired by classic puzzle titles.
- Match-3 puzzle gameplay
- Unique hero abilities
- Versus mode
- Time Attack mode
- Anime art style
- 8 playable heroes
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An anime hero match-3 inspired by Puzzle Fighter® and Puzzle Bobble®. Choose from 8 unique heroes. Match weapons to slots. Defeat your opponent in Versus or beat high scores in Time Attack. Each hero has unique attributes and abilities that you can use to maximize your damage and score. Get in touch: mechadrop.com support@mechadrop.com facebook.com/mechadrop x.com/mechadrop
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mecha Drop at 100% against Snowball's 48%. Mecha Drop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Snowball's advantage is ratings volume (185 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mecha Drop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snowball has 185 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Snowball's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mecha Drop's.
Snowball ships an update every 9 months, Mecha Drop every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowball | Mecha Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (185 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ewers | Bright and Shiny Games |
Customer experience
Snowball
Mecha Drop
Bugs and requests
Snowball
Reported bugs
2 issues- Poker invite message appears every time
- Sound plays even on vibrate
Requested features
6 requests- Add levels
- Add mission mode
- Add unlockable characters
- Option to turn off sound
- Remove poker invite message
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- Option to revert to older version
Mecha Drop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snowball
No in-app purchases
Mecha Drop
No in-app purchases
