Bubble Jewels™ vs ZEBRA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bubble Jewels™
A relaxing and engaging puzzle game where you match and pop colorful bubbles. Enjoy a stress-free experience with no timers, beautiful graphics, and the ability to listen to your own music. Offers both casual and challenging modes for endless fun.
- Easy to learn and play
- Match 3 or more bubbles to drop
- No timers for a relaxing experience
- Beautiful graphics and sound
- Challenge Mode for tricky gameplay
- Easy Mode with no descending ceiling
- Game Center score comparison
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SUPER FUN and 100% FREE! DOWNLOAD NOW! Check out the reviews - you're going to love Bubble Jewels! ••••• "I love this game - it's so easy to play and so easy to learn!" --HoneyX3 ••••• "Very entertaining and makes you concentrate! Very good for the brain!" --BethanyBrian ••••• "A great bubble game and addictive" --Drangonfly9259 EASY TO LEARN AND PLAY! • Just touch the screen to launch a bubble exactly where you want it to go! • Match 3 or more bubbles of the same color and they drop! • Your goal is to clear all the bubbles from the board… You can do it! RELAX WHILE YOU SHARPEN YOUR MIND! • No timers, so take your time and relax • Beautiful graphics and animation • Relaxing sound effects • Listen to your iPod music while playing GOOD TIMES • Simple and elegant gameplay • Endless variety, never the same game twice • NEW - Challenge Mode for players who want a seriously tricky game! (If you are currently in a game and want to switch to Challenge Mode, tap the "restart" curved arrow button to restart your game and choose Challenge Mode) • NEW - Easy Mode where the ceiling never pushes down! • Compare your scores with the world using Game Center • Magic auto-save - go ahead and quit the game, take a phone call, send a text - when you come back, your game will be waiting for you! Get Bubble Jewels now, and start the fun! ------ Thanks for playing Bubble Jewels! If you enjoy it, please tell your friends to try it out! Search the appstore for Boy Howdy to see all our free games! BUBBLE JEWELS is a trademark of Boy Howdy Technology LLC
ZEBRA
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Five houses in a row. Who keeps the zebra? ZEBRA takes Einstein's famous riddle and generates a fresh one every time — always exactly one answer, always reachable by logic alone. Read a clue, rule something out, and watch the last house fall into place. Also known as the Zebra Puzzle or Einstein's Riddle, this is the logic grid puzzle with a twist: you're not just matching pairs, you're working out the order. Left, right, next to, at the end. ◆ Exactly one answer, never a guess Every puzzle is checked by the built-in logic engine before you see it: one unique solution, reachable by deduction alone. Puzzles that fail either test are never shown. ◆ Deduce the order, not just the pairs - The ivory house is immediately to the left of the green house - Milk is drunk in the middle house - The Norwegian lives next to the blue house Combine clues like these to pin down the row, one house at a time. ◆ Features - Four sizes: 3, 4, 5 and 6 houses. Five is the size of the original riddle - The original Einstein zebra puzzle, included - A visual row of houses that fills in as you solve — roofs take their colour once you know it - A question for every puzzle, and houses that light up when you finish - Tap a clue to highlight the houses and cells it refers to; fully used clues dim automatically - Logic hints: the next square you can deduce, and the clue numbers that prove it - Daily Challenge: one shared puzzle for everyone, every day - Weekly Challenge: a new six-house puzzle every Monday - Past dailies: play any day you missed from the calendar - Ranks from Novice to Master Detective, plus nine badges - Auto-X, notes, undo, and continue where you left off - Themes: Classic, Forest, Street, Station, Harbor - Adjustable clue text size and dark mode - English and Japanese ◆ Perfect for - Anyone who has solved Einstein's riddle on paper and wants more - Players who want a different puzzle every time, not one classic recycled - Fans of logic grid puzzles, sudoku and brain teasers looking for something deeper - Players who'd rather learn how to think through a puzzle than be told the answer - A quiet, offline brain game for commutes and flights ◆ Peace of mind - Free to start. No subscription — the only purchase is a single one-time unlock - No third-party ads - Your records stay on your device. No account, no sign-in - Puzzles are generated on your device, so you can play offline. To introduce the developer's other apps, ZEBRA may load public App Store information (no personal data is sent)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bubble Jewels™ at none against ZEBRA's 1. Bubble Jewels™ also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). ZEBRA's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. ZEBRA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bubble Jewels™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bubble Jewels™ ships an update every 2 months, ZEBRA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bubble Jewels™ | ZEBRA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Boy Howdy Technology LLC | torankirite |
Bugs and requests
Bubble Jewels™
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game resets to level 1 after exiting and returning
- Bubble aiming and placement not always accurate
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save progress and resume from last level
- Online leaderboards to compare scores
- More challenging or randomized level designs
- Option to disable ads or purchase ad-free version
ZEBRA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bubble Jewels™
No in-app purchases
ZEBRA
- Premium$4.99









