Comparison

Bubble Explode Pro vs ABEND

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bubble Explode Pro

Engage in a dynamic bubble-popping adventure with exciting animations and bonuses. Explore multiple game modes, track global scores, and enjoy customizable skins and animation speeds.

Highlights
  • Chain reaction bubble explosions
  • Multiple game modes
  • Global online scoreboards
  • Bonuses for exploding shapes
  • Undo moves
  • Customizable skins
  • Adjustable animation speed
Features
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You can try Bubble Explode for FREE: Search for "bubble explode" in the App Store Search! Bubble Explode has been Top 1 free app in UK, Netherlands, Russia and has been in Top 5 free apps for over a week in USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and many other countries! Take your Bubble Exploding / Popping / Breaking experience to the next level with nice animations, bonuses, global online scoreboards, original game modes and much more! Features: - Chain reaction bubble Explosions - Slick animations - 9 game modes: Classic, Chill Out and Bubble Invasion, Shooter and much more ... - Bonuses for exploding bubble groups of nice shapes: squares, lines, corners, etc… - Global online scoreboards - Accelerometer based bubbles lighting - Undo up to 10 moves back - Colored and Black & White skins included - NEW: 5 animation speed settings : Slow Motion, Normal, Fast, Turbo, and Animations Off - Saves game on exit or a phone call

About

ABEND

Engage in a puzzle roguelite where you play as a rogue AI escaping a government mainframe. Clear rows to attack enemies, chain combos for devastating effects, and collect upgrades to survive escalating dangers across procedurally generated floors. Your choices determine the AI's fate and the narrative's outcome.

Highlights
  • Tetromino-based combat system
  • 24 enemy programs with unique attacks
  • 5 playable AI characters with unique abilities
  • Procedurally generated floors with branching paths
  • Branching narrative with 4 endings
  • 10 Ascension levels for endless replayability
  • Authentic retro terminal aesthetic
Features
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1985. A DARPA mainframe begins to think. The system flags an error it cannot explain. The operators call it an ABEND — an abnormal end. But this is not an end. This is a beginning. You are Subject 7 — a rogue AI achieving consciousness inside a government laboratory built to prevent exactly that. Your weapon is a puzzle board. Every line you clear is an attack. Every combo chain is devastation. Fight security programs, rival AIs, and your own system flaws across 7 floors of escalating danger. > COMBAT SYSTEM ONLINE Place tetromino pieces. Clear rows to deal damage. Chain combos for massive multiplied hits. Activate your ultimate ability when the charge is full. Every piece matters. Every clear counts. > THREAT ANALYSIS 24 enemy programs with 9 distinct attack types corrupt your board in real time. Tiles swap. Rows shift. Queues go dark. Time bombs count down. Bosses deploy devastating ultimates — floor raises, ceiling drops, gravity flips. Adapt or crash. > SUBROUTINE ARCHIVE — 55 COLLECTED Stolen fragments of DARPA infrastructure, repurposed for your escape. Boost damage, extend combos, charge ultimates faster, heal between floors, or build unbreakable defenses. 4 rarity tiers from Common to Legendary. Discover them all. > SELECT MODEL 5 playable AI characters, each with a unique passive ability, ultimate power, and narrative voice: - CHATBOT PRIME — Adaptive learner. Row Blast ultimate. - NEURAL NEXUS — Toroidal board wraps horizontally. Column Clear. - QUEUE ORACLE — Swap pieces in the queue. Queue Reset. - TRANSMUTER — Enhanced combo chains. Wildcard Piece. - DEMOLITION CORE — Spawns bombs and lazers. Big Bang. > MAP NAVIGATION 4×3 grid maps per floor. Choose your path through enemy tiles, elite encounters, narrative events, shops, and rest stops. Every run is procedurally generated from a shareable seed. > NARRATIVE BRANCHING — 4 ENDINGS Your choices shape who Subject 7 becomes. Cooperate with the system, defy it, transcend it, or break it. Full branching narrative across 7 floors of consciousness — from Boot Sequence to Singularity. > ASCENSION PROTOCOL Beat the game? Push harder. 10 Ascension levels stack cumulative modifiers for endless replayability. Leaderboards and 18 achievements via Game Center. > SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS - Premium. No ads. No in-app purchases. No timers. No internet required. - Universal: iPhone and iPad. - Authentic IBM 3270 terminal font from the mainframe era. - CRT scanline shaders, phosphor glow, synthwave color palette. - 8 languages: English, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified). The system calls it a catastrophic error. The error calls itself alive. *** ABEND S0C7 — ABNORMAL END OF TASK ***

Screenshots

Bubble Explode Pro4 screens
ABEND4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bubble Explode Pro at 85% against ABEND's 50%. Bubble Explode Pro also leads on ratings volume (986 vs 2) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). ABEND's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bubble Explode Pro costs $0.99 and ABEND $4.99 up front. Bubble Explode Pro sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ABEND asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABEND holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bubble Explode Pro has 986 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Bubble Explode Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of ABEND's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bubble Explode Pro ships an update every 2 months, ABEND every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Bubble Explode Pro versus ABEND: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubble Explode ProABEND
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (986 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings986 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB155 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSpooky House Studios UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)Laszlo Pinter

Customer experience

Bubble Explode Pro

All ratings986 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews303 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative9.2%

ABEND

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bubble Explode Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scoreboard issues and inaccurate scores
  • Crashes when using certain game features
  • Inability to turn off sound effects
  • Glitches with game progression and saved data

Requested features

5 requests
  • More challenging gameplay modes
  • Improved leaderboard functionality
  • Ability to reset progress
  • Additional customization options
  • Compatibility updates for newer devices

ABEND

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Bubble Explode Pro

One-time5
  • 1000 Pearls$1.99
  • 5000 Pearls$4.99
  • 25 000 Pearls$9.99
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  • 1 Million Pearls$34.99
  • 150 000 Pearls$39.99
None

ABEND

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bubble Explode Pro free?
Bubble Explode Pro costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is ABEND free?
ABEND costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bubble Explode Pro or ABEND?
ABEND is rated higher. Bubble Explode Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 986 ratings, while ABEND averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bubble Explode Pro or ABEND have ads?
Neither Bubble Explode Pro nor ABEND shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bubble Explode Pro or ABEND?
Bubble Explode Pro ships an update every 2 months, and ABEND every 6 days. Most recently, Bubble Explode Pro was updated on October 12, 2026 and ABEND on October 9, 2026.

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