Comparison

Bubble Wars vs Touch Round

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

Head to head
About

Bubble Wars

Engage in a strategic bubble-popping war where you aim and shoot to match three or more same-colored bubbles. Conquer challenging levels by bursting bubbles on a spinning ring, adapting your strategy in real-time to defeat the expanding bubble army.

Highlights
  • Spinning bubble ring mechanics
  • Attack and Defend game modes
  • Match 3+ same-colored bubbles to burst
  • High score tracking
  • Fast-paced arcade gameplay
  • Simple and accurate controls
Features
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Bubble Wars – Played by over 10 million users across the world, is an epic bubble shooter game featuring amazing bubble busting levels and addictive gameplay with serious bubble shooting and popping fun. Get on a war with the colorful world of bubbles, literally. What’s more? This bubble shooting game is completely FREE! Make a combination of 3 or more bubbles with same color to make them explode! To make it more exciting, the entire army of bubbles sits on a spinning ring full of bubbles. Each time you shoot the bubbles, the bubble ring spins, thus changing the dynamics of your strategy in real time. Challenge your hunger and test your skills to shoot, pop and defeat the army of bubbles in Bubble Wars.. ## Challenging Game Modes ## Attack mode: Shoot colored bubbles at the bubble spinner circle and try to shrink it. If you get 3 or more colors in a row the bubbles burst and are destroyed. Otherwise the circle can grow again. Once it is large enough to hit you, the game ends. Defend modes: Shoot colored bubbles at a bubble spinning ring that surrounds you. If you get 3 or more colors in a row the bubbles burst are destroyed. Otherwise the ring can start shrinking around you. Once it reaches you, the game ends. ## Awesome Features ## -- Exciting Gameplay -- Exploding Bubbles – Just Point and Shoot -- Multiple Bubble Combinations -- High Scores to keep a tab and challenge yourself. -- Fast Paced Arcade Game -- Accurate and Simple controls -- Continuous updates -- And much much more... Original and widely played bubble shooter arcade game is back with serious fun and shooting challenges of course. 
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About

Touch Round

Race on over 20 circuits with more than 40 cars, each with unique characteristics. Compete against friends on Game Center leaderboards by sending your scores from iPhone and Apple Watch. Experience realistic physics or a simpler, constant velocity mode.

Highlights
  • Tap to turn right/left on iPhone/iPad
  • Digital Crown control on Apple Watch
  • Realistic car physics with drifting
  • Over 20 circuits and 40 cars
  • Game Center leaderboard integration
  • Two game versions: advanced and simple
Features
Currently charting
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How to play? - For iPhone and iPad, depending the circuit, tap the right side of the screen to turn right, tap the left side of the screen to turn left. - For Apple Watch, move the "Digital Crown" wheel 2 versions of the game: - Version 2: More complete version. The cars have realistic physics, with drifting, rev counter, gear change... - Version 1: Simpler version. the original game for Apple Watch. Constant velocity. A fast racing game designed for Apple Watch. For now more than 20 circuits and 40 cars to choose, all with different characteristics. Do you want to compete against your friends? You can send the score obtained on the iPhone and Apple Watch to the Game Center leaderboard. To submit the Apple Watch score to the ranking: 1- The iPhone and Apple Watch must be linked. 2- Play with the Apple Watch and before sending the score, open the app on the iPhone (It's important to open the iPhone app after playing with the watch). When you press "Send Score" from Apple Watch, a screen on the iPhone with the score will be ready to send. Now you can know if you are the fastest player on the Apple Watch!

Screenshots

Bubble Wars4 screens
Touch Round4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bubble Wars at none against Touch Round's 1. Bubble Wars also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Touch Round's advantage is chart position (#159 vs unranked) and review sentiment (56% vs 47%). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Touch Round sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bubble Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bubble Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 559 and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Bubble Wars's written reviews are positive against 56% of Touch Round's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bubble Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, Touch Round every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Bubble Wars versus Touch Round: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubble WarsTouch Round
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (559 ratings) — better4.1 (1.9K ratings)
Positive reviews47.5% of reviews56.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5591.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#159 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperModular Dreams IncTocapp Games S.L.

Customer experience

Bubble Wars

All ratings559 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive47.5%
Neutral13.3%
Negative39.2%

Touch Round

All ratings1,853 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive56.2%
Neutral13.9%
Negative29.9%

User reviews

Bubble Wars

From 559 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Highly addictive and fun
  • 👍 Relaxing and distracting gameplay
  • 💡 Unique 'inside-out' bubble shooting mechanic

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
  • 🔁 Progress not saved when exiting the game
  • 🎨 Difficulty distinguishing between similar colors
  • 🔊 Loud audio with no volume controls

Touch Round

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good game for Apple Watch
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 💡 Fun to cure boredom
  • 🚀 Great graphics for a watch game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🎮 Controls are too sensitive on watch
  • 💰 Pay-to-win with overpowered CPU cars
  • 🤖 CPU cars behave erratically

Bugs and requests

Bubble Wars

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Bubbles disappearing or passing through other bubbles
  • Game resetting to level 1 after phone calls or app exits
  • Screen going black or app crashing on certain devices
  • Controls becoming unresponsive or inaccurate

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add level saving and progress tracking
  • Provide color-blind accessibility options
  • Implement an ad-free paid version
  • Allow customization of background and visuals

Touch Round

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes when trying to race certain tracks
  • Car controls only turn right, not left
  • Lap times not registering correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Ability to customize CPU cars
  • More track variety
  • Better visual indicators for turns

In-app purchases

None

Bubble Wars

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Touch Round

One-time1
  • No Ads & Unlock All Cars$1.99

Questions

Is Bubble Wars free?
Bubble Wars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touch Round free?
Touch Round is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bubble Wars or Touch Round?
Bubble Wars is rated higher. Bubble Wars averages 4.4 out of 5 from 559 ratings, while Touch Round averages 4.1 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Bubble Wars or Touch Round have ads?
Both Bubble Wars and Touch Round show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bubble Wars or Touch Round?
Bubble Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, and Touch Round every 2 months. Most recently, Bubble Wars was updated on October 14, 2026 and Touch Round on October 15, 2026.

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