Comparison

Jewel Beach vs AskMe?

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

Head to head
About

Jewel Beach

Engage in a classic gem-matching solitaire puzzle game with over 300,000 players. Solve sparkling jewel puzzles on a tropical island to find your salvation. Features beautiful graphics, helpful hints, and multiple game modes for both challenge and relaxation.

Highlights
  • Gem matching solitaire gameplay
  • Over 300,000 players
  • Beautiful graphics and sound effects
  • Automatic hints for assistance
  • Challenge and Relax modes
  • Score tracking and leaderboards
  • Progress auto-save
Features
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More than 300,000 people are playing Jewel Beach! ••••• "Be careful you will play this game for hours. Love love love this game" --Mjennie ••••• "I Love This Game!! One of THE BEST GAMES I've played yet!!" --Knightnala82 ••••• "Great game...like a mini bejeweled!!" --mommakram ••••• "Works great & it's totally addicting" --Peeperpops DOWNLOAD JEWEL BEACH NOW! YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID! #1 Family/Kids Game in Macau, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, and El Salvador! Stranded on an island, the sun and the moon are your only friends. But then you start to see beautiful sparkling jewels in the sky... Are you hallucinating, or is solving this puzzle the key to your salvation? EYE CANDY • Lickable graphics and tasty sound effects! • Automatic hints help you out when you get stuck! SCORE TRACKING • Jewel Beach keeps track of your best score so you can show off to your friends! • Post your scores to Facebook to challenge far away friends! • Global high score leaderboards with Game Center! CHALLENGE MORE OR JUST RELAX • Challenge mode strengthens your mental agility! • Relax mode soothes your stress away... • Automatically saves your progress if you take a call or push the home button! (Graphics and Sounds courtesy of Mika Halttunen, used under MIT License, http://www.mhgames.org/jewels/)

About

AskMe?

Create your own trivia questions about your friends and challenge them to answer. Bet stars on your knowledge and earn rewards. Use hints like photos or drawings to help them guess.

Highlights
  • Create custom trivia questions
  • Challenge friends via link
  • Bet stars on answers
  • Use photo, drawing, or map hints
  • Host live trivia rooms
  • Timed questions
Features
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Think you know your friends? Prove it. AskMe? is the trivia game where YOU write the questions. Ask something only your crew would know, add a hint, and send it with one link. Your friend taps the link and plays right away. No code to type and no account needed to answer. BET BEFORE YOU SEE IT Every challenge starts with a bet. Choose how many stars to risk before the question is revealed. Answer right and you win your bet back double. Miss it and your stars swim over to whoever asked. HINTS THAT HOOK Tease the answer with one hint: a photo, a quick drawing, or a pin on the map. LIVE ROOMS Host a room, share the code, and everyone plays the same question at the same time. Every correct answer scores points, so the whole group can see who really knows who. WHY PEOPLE KEEP PLAYING - Questions about your own life, inside jokes, trips and memories - A timer on every question, from 30 seconds to 3 minutes - Your full history of challenges sent and played - New players start with free stars, and star packs are available if you want more Meet the shark. He loves a good question, and he is always fishing for the next one. Write a question. Send the link. See who bites.

Screenshots

Jewel Beach2 screens
AskMe?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jewel Beach at none against AskMe?'s 3. Jewel Beach also leads on ratings volume (809 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). AskMe?'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price 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

Both are free to download. AskMe? sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Jewel Beach asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AskMe? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jewel Beach has 809 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jewel Beach ships an update every 3 months, AskMe? weekly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Jewel Beach versus AskMe?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJewel BeachAskMe?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (809 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings809 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoy Howdy Technology LLCDavid Abecassis

Customer experience

Jewel Beach

All ratings808 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral7.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews247 reviews
Positive74.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative9.7%

AskMe?

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Jewel Beach

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game randomly ends during gameplay
  • Daily pearl rewards not working consistently
  • Top scores not updating properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a pause button
  • Implement a mute/volume control option
  • Introduce new levels or gameplay variations
  • Allow players to earn and use pearls more effectively

AskMe?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Jewel Beach

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

AskMe?

One-time3
  • 5 Stars$0.99
  • 15 Stars$1.99
  • 30 Stars$2.99

Questions

Is Jewel Beach free?
Jewel Beach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AskMe? free?
AskMe? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jewel Beach or AskMe??
AskMe? is rated higher. Jewel Beach averages 4.6 out of 5 from 809 ratings, while AskMe? averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Jewel Beach or AskMe? have ads?
Jewel Beach shows ads; AskMe? does not.
Which is updated more often, Jewel Beach or AskMe??
Jewel Beach ships an update every 3 months, and AskMe? weekly. Most recently, Jewel Beach was updated on November 7, 2026 and AskMe? on November 7, 2026.

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