Sparkle the Game vs Flow Free
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sparkle the Game
Engage in a thrilling marble shooter adventure to banish dark orbs and save the land. Match three or more orbs of the same color to make them disappear, earning power-ups and utilizing mystical amulets to overcome challenges. Explore diverse levels and game modes in this polished action puzzler.
- Match-three orb popping gameplay
- Over ten powerful amulets
- Dozens of power-ups
- Multiple game modes (Quest, Challenges, Survival)
- Hand-crafted levels
- Game Center Achievements
- Colorblind mode
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Pop the Orbs and Save the World! REVIEWS "Highly polished and easily recommended action puzzler." toucharcade.com (5/5) "It's a blast." gamepro.com (5/5) "Sparkle has wonderful details and exciting gameplay." appsafari.com (4.5/5) "Sparkle has taken over the throne as best marble shooter in the App Store. MUST BUY." appadvice.com DESCRIPTION Get ready to save the Crowberry Woods in this marble shooter hit! Banish the Orbs of Darkness with your Orb Slinger by tapping where you want your orb to land. Match three same color orbs to make them disappear. Match more to earn amazing Powerups! Don't let the Orbs of Darkness fall into the abyss! Discover more than ten powerful Amulets like Firebolt throughout your journey. Use the Amulets to clear some of the trickier challenges. Embark on an extraordinary journey and reclaim your land! FEATURES - Enjoy hours of top quality action puzzling - Travel through Crowberry Woods and discover more than 10 powerful Amulets - Use over a dozen powerups - Game Center Achievements - Magnificent soundtrack (check the trailer!) - Uncover the 12 secrets of the woods. Hint: Butterflies - Wide selection of different hand crafted levels - 3 game modes: Quest, Challenges, and Survival. - Includes colorblind mode. Check out the gameplay trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQUI9R8mPI
Flow Free
Connect matching colored pipes to create a flow across the board, ensuring no pipes cross or overlap. Solve hundreds of challenging puzzles, with new daily levels available. Enjoy a relaxing or time-trial experience with smooth controls and engaging graphics.
- Warp paths across the board
- Connect matching colors
- Cover the entire board
- Hundreds of free puzzles
- Daily puzzles
- Time Trial mode
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Warps: Discover a new dimension of Flow Free®! Warp paths across the board in this challenging new Flow Free game. Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Warps a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free: Warps features: * Over 2,500 free, warping puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flow Free at Free against Sparkle the Game's $2.99. Flow Free also leads on ratings volume (5.2K vs 23). Sparkle the Game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, update cadence 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
Flow Free is free to download; Sparkle the Game costs $2.99 up front. Flow Free sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Sparkle the Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sparkle the Game holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free has 5.2K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Sparkle the Game's written reviews are positive against 82% of Flow Free's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sparkle the Game | Flow Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better | 4.7 (5.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.6% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 5.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 10tons Ltd | Big Duck Games LLC |
Customer experience
Sparkle the Game
Flow Free
User reviews
Sparkle the Game
From 23 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Addictive and challenging
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and music
- 💎 Variety of power-ups and amulets
- 🕹️ Intuitive controls
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🎨 Difficulty distinguishing colors
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 🕰️ Difficulty spike later in the game
Flow Free
From 5.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Enjoyable puzzles
- 🧠 Challenging gameplay
- 💎 Addictive and fun
- 🎨 Beautiful colors
- 🧩 Satisfying to solve
Room to improve
- 🔍 Puzzles can be too difficult
- 📺 Intrusive ads
- 🔇 Ads ignore sound settings
- 🔒 Progress not saved after reinstall
- 🔘 Confusing UI changes
Bugs and requests
Sparkle the Game
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on startup after updates
- Unresponsive controls at times
- Saved progress not loading correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Colorblind mode
- More levels and content updates
- Ability to save progress and resume
- Leaderboards and achievements
Flow Free
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ads causing app freezes
- Inability to close ads or return to game
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and packs
- Ability to connect dots through warps
- Option to disable flashing/bouncing completion indicators
- Separate names for each Flow Free game
- Ability to share/compete puzzles with friends
In-app purchases
Sparkle the Game
No in-app purchases
Flow Free
- 5 Hints$0.99
- Pastel Colors$0.99
- Neon Rainbow Colors$0.99
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- Fall Harvest Colors$0.99
- Winter Chill Colors$0.99
- Starter Bundle$1.99
- Unlock All Themes$1.99
- Comet Pack$1.99
- Kids Pack$1.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- Unlock All Packs$4.99
- 100 Hints$9.99
Questions
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