Comparison

Bubble Wars vs School Time 3D

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

School Time 3D

Navigate a boy through a maze-like school environment, avoiding obstacles and challenges to reach the destination on time. Collect bonuses and power-ups while using strategy to find the best path. This adventure game tests skills and reflexes, offering educational benefits in time management and problem-solving.

Highlights
  • Maze-like school navigation
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Time-based challenges
  • Bonus and power-up collection
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Time management education
Features
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The game is set in a high school or middle school, and the player must guide the boy through a maze-like environment, avoiding obstacles and challenges along the way. The goal of the game is to reach the target destination before time runs out, while also collecting bonuses and power-ups along the way. The player must use their wits and strategy to find the best path through the school Multiple levels, each with a different target destination and set of challenges. As the player progresses through the levels, the challenges will become more difficult, requiring more skill and strategy to complete. Overall, "School Time" is an exciting and challenging adventure game that will test the player's skills and reflexes as they navigate through the school's lobbies and hallways to reach their target on time. This game can be a fun way to educate on time management, problem solving and to some extent map reading and spatial awareness. A portion of our revenue will be given to charitable causes. Smashin Games has decided to go the route of "paid app" to eliminate the use of annoying ads and have more control what kids see to make sure quality remains intact.

Screenshots

Bubble Wars4 screens
School Time 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: School Time 3D at 100% against Bubble Wars's 47%. School Time 3D also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). Bubble Wars's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 4).

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 Wars is free to download; School Time 3D costs $2.99 up front. School Time 3D sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bubble Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

School Time 3D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bubble Wars has 559 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Bubble Wars's written reviews are positive against 100% of School Time 3D's.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Bubble Wars versus School Time 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubble WarsSchool Time 3D
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.4 (559 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings559 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.511.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB442 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperModular Dreams IncNavinium Investments, LLC

Customer experience

Bubble Wars

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

School Time 3D

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

School Time 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bubble Wars

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

School Time 3D

One-time4
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
  • Coin pack 2$3.99
  • Coin pack 3$5.99
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  • Coin pack 4$12.99

Questions

Is Bubble Wars free?
Bubble Wars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is School Time 3D free?
School Time 3D costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bubble Wars or School Time 3D?
School Time 3D is rated higher. Bubble Wars averages 4.4 out of 5 from 559 ratings, while School Time 3D averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Bubble Wars or School Time 3D have ads?
Bubble Wars shows ads; School Time 3D does not.

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