Linx vs Balloons Match Blast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linx
Connect matching colored squares by drawing lines between them. Avoid bouncing balls and time limits to advance through hundreds of challenging levels. Utilize power-ups and special modes to overcome obstacles and achieve high scores.
- Connect matching colored squares
- Avoid bouncing balls
- Bonus power-ups and modes
- Hundreds of challenging levels
- Shake to shuffle squares
- Save game progress
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Linx is a fun, addictive game that gets fast and frantic very quickly! Draw "linx" between squares of the same colour/style. Draw the required amount for that level and you advance to the next. It's not as simple as you think though. In your way are balls that bounce around the screen. Hit a ball with your line while you're drawing it and you lose a life. Take too long to draw a link, and you lose another life. There are also certain combinations of linx that make your line wider for a short time making it harder to avoid the balls. It's really not all that bad - there are bonuses to be had: squares that count as any colour, bombs that remove other squares, and smart bombs that remove all squares of that colour. You'll also get extra lives, extra seconds for your timer, and you can even remove balls from play. On top of that, an invulnerability mode means you won't lose a life if a ball hits your line, and killer mode lets you remove a ball from the game by hitting it with your line! It's fun, it's fast, it's Linx! ** REVIEWS ** "The gameplay on Linx is great... Overall, an excellent app; I would not hesitate to find another product from this developer in the future." "This is one of the most entertaining apps I have on my iPhone, and that's coming from a person that filled up all of his home screens!" "It's refreshing to try something new." "This game is very addictive." Features: - Great graphics and addictive gameplay! - Fast-paced action - Bonus combos! Invulnerability mode and 'killer' mode - Choose from five tile styles - Shake your device to shuffle the squares - Levels grow in difficulty, more colours, fewer bombs etc. - Four game difficulties - Save a game to play it later - Sound effects and original in-game music - Hundreds of levels!
Balloons Match Blast
Match and pop at least three balloons to advance through exciting adventure islands. Utilize special skills and explore various matching directions. Collect items and aim for the best score while sharing your progress with friends.
- Match 3+ balloons
- Progress through adventure islands
- Utilize special skills
- Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal matching
- Break rocks, blocks, and bubbles
- Collect special items
- Dozens of levels
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Match and pop at least 3 balloons to progress through adventure islands. Do more matching and cap special skills. Explore horizontal, vertical, or diagonal matching. Break rocks, break blocks and pop bubbles. Collect special items. Different islands, different adventures and dozens of levels. Make you the best score and share on social media with your friends! Anyone who plays the game will have special thanks!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Balloons Match Blast at Free against Linx's $0.99. Balloons Match Blast also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). Linx's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (97% vs 67%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Balloons Match Blast is free to download; Linx costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Linx holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Linx has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Linx's written reviews are positive against 67% of Balloons Match Blast's.
Linx ships an update every 4 months, Balloons Match Blast every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Linx | Balloons Match Blast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Haynes | Alperen Karagoz |
Customer experience
Linx
Balloons Match Blast
In-app purchases
Linx
No in-app purchases
Balloons Match Blast
No in-app purchases
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