Balance Color Balls! vs Astro Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balance Color Balls!
A rolling ball puzzle game where players tilt their device to align and erase same-colored balls. Features multiple game modes including normal, endless, and time attack, with 30 stages.
- Tilt controls for ball movement
- Match 4+ same-colored balls
- Normal, Endless, and Time Attack modes
- 30 challenging stages
- Game Center high score integration
- Bomb power-ups
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New style rolling ball action puzzle game "Abound Balance Color Balls! - Tilt & Rolling Ball Game! -" appears for iPhone series application! This Paid Full Version has many (30) stages and Ads FREE! You roll more than one ball at a time with tilting the iPhone/iPod touch. The balls are fixed to the grids when the time limit becomes. You align the same color balls with four or more in the horizontal and vertical grids, and then the balls will be erased. You touch the screen to stop and to move again the balls, using bombs, you get over a pinch. The devices of iPhone series can make the new style action puzzle game 'Balance Color' without conventional devices. This includes the Normal Game such as clear the stage and the Endless Game such as earnestly erase until the balls fill all grids and the Time Attack Game such as compete for time to clear. [How to play the game] Normal Game...You erase all signd ball to clear the stage. Endless Game...No time limit and endless in the chosen stage. Time Attack Game...Compete for time to clear. You select a stage to play. In the endless game and the time attack game, you can select from the stage which is already cleared or played. [Basic rules of the game] You tilt the iPhone/iPod touch to manipulate the balls which appear on the screen. When the time shown 'time' is displayed 0, the ball is fixed in a grid. You align the same color balls with four or more in the horizontal and vertical grids, and then the balls will be erased. Before the balls fixed in grids, the balls will be erased occasionally. The balls include white sign in upper right is all erased, then the stage clear. The ball bounces on the wall, its movement is limited, but over the wall four or more same color balls are aligned, and then they will be erased. The blinking grid is next appearing ball, it shows next ball's color and place. [Game Over conditions] If all the grids fill the balls, the game is over. In the normal game, if the time left is 0 ,the game is over. In the time attack game, if time exceeds 10 minutes, the game is over. ***Ver 2.1.0 or later, you can send high score to Game Center ! +++Total High Score and Stage 1-5 Endless Score and Stage 1-5 Time Attack Time+++ We look forward to your participation.*** more information: http://www.katapu.net/appli/en/balancecolor.php
Astro Shift
A puzzle game where you match three or more star balls of the same color to erase them. A black hole threatens the stars, and you must use star power to save them. Rotate the board to overcome deadlocks and continue matching.
- Match three or more star balls
- Erase star balls by matching
- Black hole threat mechanic
- Rotate board to solve puzzles
- Collect star power
- Save stars
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◇What's this game? This game is three match games which shift star balls horizontally and erase them. The star tends to be inhaled by the black hole which appeared suddenly. If star balls is erased in three matches, star power will reach a star. Let's send star power to a star and save a star. ◇Three match You will shift star balls horizontally and three or more star balls of the same color as length or width will arrange. ◇Rotate Button Let's push a rotation button, if it becomes a deadlock. A push on a button will rotate the position of star balls 90 degrees. The number of times that it can rotate will increase, if star balls is erased.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Astro Shift at Free against Balance Color Balls!'s $1.99. Balance Color Balls!'s advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
Astro Shift is free to download; Balance Color Balls! costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Balance Color Balls! ships an update every 7 months, Astro Shift every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Balance Color Balls! | Astro Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | katapu.net | turu3net |
Customer experience
Balance Color Balls!
Astro Shift
In-app purchases
Balance Color Balls!
No in-app purchases
Astro Shift
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Balance Color Balls! free?
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Do Balance Color Balls! or Astro Shift have ads?
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