Comparison

Pipe Drop vs Space Bubble Puzzle

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

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About

Pipe Drop

A fast-paced puzzle game where players arrange falling pipes to create paths for water. Master the mechanics to achieve high scores and overcome increasingly difficult challenges with unique obstacles and power-ups.

Highlights
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Over 50 levels
  • Hands-on tutorial
  • 8 power-ups
  • Unlockable strategies
  • Unique obstacles
  • High resolution graphics
Features
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Pipes are falling fast, and you have to clear them before they reach the top of the screen! Try to last as long as you can, or make the longest paths you can and go for the high score! Easy to learn and difficult to master! Even your grandma will be filling pipes in no time, and gamers will find an awesome challenge mastering the techniques necessary to resist the onslaught of high-speed obstacles. Numerous challenges await you as you attempt to unlock and uncover all the secrets of Pipe Drop! Pipe Drop is a Tetris-style puzzle game that's easy to pick up and hard to put down. Grab falling blocks and slide them into place. Tap on blocks to spin them into long paths of pipes, then release the water and watch your path disappear. Long paths of pipes unlock special abilities such as bombs, and teleport blocks. We think it's a lot of fun, and hope you do too! It's the first game released by our fledgling development studio Serpenti Sei. Features: * Highly addictive gameplay - you'll never want to quit! * Over 50 levels to reach, with new obstacles introduced at every turn! * A hands-on tutorial that will teach anyone to play Pipe Drop like a pro. * 8 power ups, each offering a different way to improve your game! * Unlock new pairs of power ups to access new strategies! * Unique obstacles confront you as you advance further in the game! * Beautiful artwork featuring extra special graphics for those that reach the highest levels! * High resolution graphics optimized for Retina Display. Now Game Center-enabled! Check out our trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmoFZpSjfpo

About

Space Bubble Puzzle

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Space Bubble Puzzle is a kind of unique game that combines Sudoku with a match-3 puzzle. Enjoy the exhilaration of connecting blocks to remove them all at once! Blocks of the same color increase your score even more! There's no time limit, so you can play at your own pace and relax. Start playing in your spare time, stop midway, and resume anytime! Game Features: 1.Simple but addicting mechanics ・Place blocks of different shapes on a 9x9 board and erase them ・You can erase the placed blocks by lining them up vertically or horizontally ・You can erase blocks even if you place them without gaps in a 3x3 area ・You can increase your score by connecting blocks of the same color to erase them 2. A chance to get a high score! Activate Fever Time! ・When you erase a certain number of blocks, Fever Time is activated for 30 seconds ・During Fever Time, you can use useful items without consuming coins or watching videos ・Rotate the blocks you've been dealt or replace them with other blocks to erase them one after another! ・When Fever Time ends, the gauge will go to 0 and the next activation condition will be displayed immediately 3. Achieve the conditions to increase your level and aim for a high score! ・Achieve the conditions within the specified number of turns to move on to the next level! ・As you increase the level, the clearing conditions increase, and the difficulty increases! ・Place blocks of the same color to erase colored obstacle squares! ・Rainbow colored blocks can be ignored as obstacle squares!

Screenshots

Pipe Drop4 screens
Space Bubble Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Space Bubble Puzzle at none against Pipe Drop's 1. Space Bubble Puzzle also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Pipe Drop's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). 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. Pipe Drop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Space Bubble Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipe Drop ships an update every 6 months, Space Bubble Puzzle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pipe Drop versus Space Bubble Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe DropSpace Bubble Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerpenti Sei LLCYuta Kamiya

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipe Drop

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

Space Bubble Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipe Drop free?
Pipe Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Bubble Puzzle free?
Space Bubble Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pipe Drop or Space Bubble Puzzle have ads?
Space Bubble Puzzle shows ads; Pipe Drop does not.
Which is updated more often, Pipe Drop or Space Bubble Puzzle?
Pipe Drop ships an update every 6 months, and Space Bubble Puzzle monthly. Most recently, Pipe Drop was updated on October 12, 2026 and Space Bubble Puzzle on October 27, 2026.

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