Comparison

Bubble Wars vs Mabayui

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

Mabayui

Features
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Mabayui is a small rail shooter in which sound and light build up as you play. Shapes drift towards you along a rail. Press and trace across them to catch up to eight, then let go to fire. Every shot lands on the beat and adds a note. Catch one and you hear one; catch eight at once and the music swells, the colours spread across the screen and the whole picture starts to warp. Nothing is loaded from a recording. Every sound is synthesized on the device as you play, from sine waves and filtered noise, and the picture reads the same strength as the music, so what you see and what you hear rise and fall together. Leave it alone for a few seconds and Mabayui plays itself. Watch and listen, or touch the screen at any moment to take over. There are five stages, each with its own music and visuals. ProgressiveSpectrum, Hardcore and FullOn are free. Tide is a dub techno stage set in deep-blue water, with glowing jellyfish. Lattice is a geometric stage where dots join into a glowing grid. Both are available as separate one-time in-app purchases. You can restore your purchases on other devices using the same Apple Account. - Press and trace to catch, let go to fire - Every shot on the beat; the music layers up with what you catch - Plays itself when you leave it - Headphones or a speaker are worth it - Three stages free; Tide and Lattice are in-app purchases - Plays offline. No sign-up, no ads, no data collected iPhone (landscape) and iPad (any orientation). A work by senneroflove. Published by Nodera LLC.

Screenshots

Bubble Wars4 screens
Mabayui4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bubble Wars at none against Mabayui's 2. Bubble Wars also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Mabayui's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price and iOS requirement 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. Mabayui sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Bubble Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bubble Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, Mabayui every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bubble Wars versus Mabayui: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubble WarsMabayui
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (625 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings625 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperModular Dreams IncNodera LLC

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

Mabayui

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bubble Wars

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Mabayui

One-time2
  • Tide$1.99
  • Lattice$1.99

Questions

Is Bubble Wars free?
Bubble Wars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mabayui free?
Mabayui is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bubble Wars or Mabayui have ads?
Bubble Wars shows ads; Mabayui does not.
Which is updated more often, Bubble Wars or Mabayui?
Bubble Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, and Mabayui every 3 days. Most recently, Bubble Wars was updated on November 10, 2026 and Mabayui on November 6, 2026.

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