Sparkle HD vs Challenge Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sparkle HD
Embark on an epic marble shooter adventure to banish darkness and save the world. Match three or more orbs of the same color to make them disappear, earning power-ups and discovering magical amulets to overcome challenging levels. Explore diverse game modes and uncover hidden secrets.
- Match-3 orb clearing gameplay
- Discover 10+ powerful amulets
- Utilize over a dozen power-ups
- Multiple game modes (Quest, Challenges, Survival)
- Game Center Achievements
- Colorblind mode
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Pop the Orbs and Save the World on your iPad! Top 10 game in 22 countries! REVIEWS "Highly polished and easily recommended action puzzler." toucharcade.com "It's a blast." gamepro.com - 5/5 "Sparkle has wonderful details and exciting gameplay." appsafari.com - 5/5 "Sparkle has taken over the throne as best marble shooter in the App Store. MUST BUY." appadvice.com - 4.5/5 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 and 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
Challenge Go
Navigate diverse environments, from forests to space, by fighting through levels to reach the portal. Utilize items to overcome obstacles and progress through 100 challenging stages.
- Tile-based action/puzzle gameplay
- Diverse environments (forests, space, ruins)
- Item usage for progression
- 100 challenging levels
- Portal-based level progression
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Challenge Go (aka Challengo / Ray's Challenge) is an action/puzzle game set in an expansive world, inspired by classic block-pushing games like Chip's Challenge and Sokoban. Originally released in 2006, it was quickly featured on the YoYoGames Sandbox where it went on to receive over 30,000 unique downloads. It has since gone through numerous major developments. The latest revamp adds touchscreen controls and sees its expansion to additional platforms. An online high-score system per level allows you to compete against others for the best time. Secrets galore including cheat codes and hidden areas. The goal in Challenge Go is simple: fight your way through each level to the portal to reach the next area. Get lost in forests, swamps, deserts. Walk over the sky in ever-changing weather and light, and even navigate the depths of space. Sneak through cursed ruins, war zones, dark labyrinths and haunted houses. Use items to run faster, open doors, pass hazards, and destroy. 100 levels total to challenge even the most dexterous.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Challenge Go at Free against Sparkle HD's $4.99. Challenge Go also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 11 months). Sparkle HD's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Challenge Go is free to download; Sparkle HD costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Challenge Go holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sparkle HD has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Sparkle HD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Challenge Go's.
Sparkle HD ships an update every 11 months, Challenge Go every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sparkle HD | Challenge Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 10 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 10tons Ltd | Connor Hawke |
Customer experience
Sparkle HD
Challenge Go
Bugs and requests
Sparkle HD
Reported bugs
9 issues- Multiple balls launching at once
- Game glitching during fast gameplay
- App crashes (particularly on day 11 and other levels)
- Premature ball clearing from board with certain power-ups
- Slingshot pulled off board prematurely
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- Random color loading without pattern
- Facebook amulet unlock not working despite sending emails
- iPad case compatibility issues with screen rotation
- Performance issues on iPad 3rd generation retina display
Requested features
11 requests- Multiple player profiles/save slots
- Level skip or restart button
- Additional campaign levels
- Screen rotation support
- Score tracking system
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- Leaderboards
- Same-device multiplayer
- Reset level button without losing lives
- Facebook amulet alternative unlock method
- Better visual distinction for black orbs
- More music and sound variety
Challenge Go
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sparkle HD
No in-app purchases
Challenge Go
No in-app purchases









