Manic Marble vs Gothball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Manic Marble
Guide a marble through challenging 3D levels using your device's motion controls. Tilt and turn to navigate obstacles and beat the clock to unlock new stages. Experience vibrant graphics and an original soundtrack.
- Guide marble through 3D levels
- Tilt and turn controls
- Dodge moving obstacles
- Unlock levels by beating par time
- 3D graphics and physics
- Original soundtrack
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The original Manic Marble is back - with all levels totally free! (If you want even more levels - check out Manic Marble 4- also free!) Guide your marble through six crazy 3D levels, each with its own unique theme. Fly over jumps and dodge moving obstacles by tilting and turning your iPhone. Complete your current level in less than the "par" time to unlock the next one. Features: -Powerful 3D graphics and physics engine provided by SIO2 Interactive -Intuitive accelerometer-based control system -Original soundtrack by Nothing Labs
Gothball
Embark on an action-adventure journey controlling a unique character through hand-designed levels. Solve puzzles, overcome traps, and battle enemies with power-ups in this exploration game with an original story.
- Devious puzzles, traps, and enemies
- Gorgeous hand-designed levels
- Intuitive controls
- Power-ups and bonus levels
- Original story with cinematic score
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Gothball is a new action-adventure game where you control the interesting being known as the Gothball... A simple and fun game of exploration and adventure that will capture the imagination. Gothball rolls, jumps and blasts it's way through tons of levels with enemies, traps and puzzles. * devious puzzles, traps, and enemies * gorgeous hand designed levels * intuitive controls, super fun gameplay * booty-kicking power-ups and bonus levels * original story with cinematic score
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Manic Marble at none against Gothball's shown. Manic Marble also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Gothball's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Manic Marble against 4.2 for Gothball. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Manic Marble's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gothball's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Manic Marble | Gothball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rich Olson | andrew bell |
Customer experience
Manic Marble
Gothball
Bugs and requests
Manic Marble
Reported bugs
15 issues- Controls not sensitive enough
- Controls too sensitive
- Steering sensitivity needs improvement
- Hard to steer on sharp turns
- Doesn't turn when needed
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- Fall is too long
- Weird fart music on levels 3 & 6
- Music on levels 3 and 7 are farting sounds
- Can't get past level one
- Controls are slugish and badly implemented
- Menus and method of getting to levels are terrible
- Graphics can be confusing
- Difficult to differentiate between ramp and obstacle
- Time restraint makes it frustrating
- Game ends abruptly in free version
Requested features
14 requests- More levels
- New themes
- Map maker
- Option to listen to own music
- Reset button
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- Optional time restraint
- Update existing app instead of new version
- Better background graphics
- Ability to change marble designs
- Increase par on each level
- Add break or reverse option
- Better graphics
- Different color marbles with different capabilities
- Expand on current app instead of new app
Gothball
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Manic Marble
No in-app purchases
Gothball
No in-app purchases
