Snowball vs Zombiez!
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.
Zombiez!
Guide adorable zombies through challenging puzzles to reclaim their belongings from grave robbers. Utilize unique abilities like climbing, digging, and teleporting to overcome traps and outsmart enemies in over 40 levels.
- Climb, dig, and teleport zombies
- Solve crazy puzzles
- Lead a team of undead
- Overcome trap-filled mazes
- Use 8 tactical tools
- 40 sadistic stages
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*NOW FREE for a LIMITED TIME!* it’s a ZOMBIE EMERGENCY! but this time, you’re ON THEIR SIDE! ► ► ► ► ► climb, dig, TELEPORT, and PARACHUTE these CUTE little ZOMBIES to victory through the CRAZIEST PUZZLES you’ve ever seen! ► ► ► ► ► Some graverobbers just raided the wrong graves! Now it’s up to you to help the zombies get back what’s theirs! Lead a team of hapless undead through trap-filled mazes and outsmart the thieves with tools and timing. Those poor zombies already died once--don’t let it happen again! ► ► ► ► ► • FIENDISH puzzle action! • ADORABLE undead! • SECRET shortcuts! ► ► ► ► ► • 8 TACTICAL tools! • 40 SADISTIC stages! • 3 DERANGED difficulties! ► ► ► ► ► http://twitter.com/TRINITIgames http://facebook.com/TRINITIgames
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Zombiez! at 4.4 against Snowball's 2.9. Zombiez! also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 48%). Snowball's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Zombiez! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Snowball asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zombiez! holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 185 and 99 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Snowball's written reviews are positive against 75% of Zombiez!'s.
Snowball ships an update every 9 months, Zombiez! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowball | Zombiez! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (185 ratings) | 4.4 (99 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 75.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 99 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 3.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Paul Ewers | Triniti Interactive Limited |
Customer experience
Snowball
Zombiez!
User reviews
Snowball
From 185 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Great time waster
- 👍 Cool graphics
- 👍 Simple to pick up and play
Room to improve
- 👎 Not worth the price
- 👎 Lacks features
- 👎 Repetitive gameplay
- 👎 Annoying music
- 👎 Poor controls (older versions)
Zombiez!
From 99 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
- 👍 Lemmings-style mechanics
- 🎮 Fun zombie theme
- 💡 Good balance of challenge and fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unresponsive controls
- 🔍 Difficulty targeting specific zombies
- 💰 Possible pay-to-skip levels
- 📢 Intrusive ads in a paid app
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
Zombiez!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Certain levels deemed impossible to complete
- Inconsistent touch recognition
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and updates
- Zoom/pan functionality
- Improved performance and responsiveness
In-app purchases
Snowball
No in-app purchases
Zombiez!
- Warp Gate$0.99
