Snowball vs Chain Slayer
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.
Chain Slayer
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Strategize your moves to defeat all enemies in one turn! Use items wisely and conquer the battlefield.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Snowball at none against Chain Slayer's shown. Chain Slayer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Snowball ships an update every 9 months, Chain Slayer every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowball | Chain Slayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (185 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ewers | Macaca Games Inc. |
In-app purchases
Snowball
No in-app purchases
Chain Slayer
No in-app purchases
