Snowball vs Blong
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.
Blong
Experience a unique solo twist on classic arcade games. This title blends the familiar gameplay of Pong with elements of Arkanoid for a fresh challenge. It offers an engaging, ad-free experience for players seeking simple yet addictive fun.
- Solo Pong gameplay
- Arkanoid elements
- Addictive challenge
- Free to play
- Ad-free experience
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Blong is a super fun game and you should play it. It's like a game of Pong you play by yourself but with a little Arkanoid mixed in. It's free, and there's no ads or anything, so just download it, why not?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blong at 100% against Snowball's 48%. Blong also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.9) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). Snowball's advantage is ratings volume (185 vs 3) and update cadence (every 9 months vs every 26 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Blong holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snowball has 185 ratings behind it against 3, 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 Blong's.
Snowball ships an update every 9 months, Blong every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowball | Blong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (185 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ewers | Will Carlough |
Customer experience
Snowball
Blong
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
Blong
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snowball
No in-app purchases
Blong
No in-app purchases
