Fruit Salad vs Candy Mania
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fruit Salad
Engage in a vibrant fruit-matching puzzle game with slot machine mechanics. Line up three or more fruits of the same kind to trigger exciting "fruit features" and aim for jackpots. Enjoy a fresh, addictive experience with strategic gameplay and Game Center integration.
- Match 3, 4, or more fruits
- Slot machine power-ups
- Fruit features for matching 4+
- Jackpot opportunities
- Payout table for strategy
- Game Center integration
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A fresh fill up of fruity goodness for your favorite Match-3 fruit matching swapper! Free with no IAPs. If you like lining up 3, 4 or more of a kind and slot machine powerups then you will love Fruit Salad™! Match four or more for a cool 'fruit feature'. Spins, Wilds, Nudges, Blends and more. Now with Game Center and a fresh selection of fruit! Now with a fresh selection of fruit - WARNING: It's addictive! A manic maelstrom of fruit matching fun with a twist! How much fruit juice can you make from your selection of fruit? Will you hit the jackpot? Some fruits are worth more than others! FEATURES Payout table to help you strategically target your squashes! Each level introduces a more valuable fruit. Line up 5 for a Jackpot! Match 4 for a Spin, Nudge, Blend or Mystery feature! Now with Game Center! NB Please note that playing Fruit Salad does not count as one of your Five a Day. No real fruits were harmed during the making of this game.
Candy Mania
Connect matching sweet candies to create explosive combos and achieve high scores in this challenging puzzle game. With 72 levels and special power-ups, it offers a relaxing yet engaging experience for players of all ages.
- 72 challenging levels
- 3 special stars/power-ups
- Easy to play for all ages
- Fire star clears a row
- Water star clears surrounding candies
- Ice star freezes candies
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Candy Mania is a new branch of sweet candies game. Sweet candies can make you crazy and sweet in the life. Sweet and cute candies with the simple gameplay will bring players relaxation, relieving stress. Connecting same sweets candies and get score. More candies connected, more combos explosion with cool animation effects. It's easy, enjoyable but very challenging! Features: - 72 challenging levels and 3 special stars - Easy to play for all ages - The Fire star can clear candies in one row - The Water star can clear candies around - The Ice star can freeze the frozen candies. The most challenge candy frenzy game ever
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fruit Salad at weekly against Candy Mania's every 5 months. Fruit Salad also leads on ratings volume (267 vs 46). Candy Mania's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Fruit Salad against 4.4 for Candy Mania. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fruit Salad has 267 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Fruit Salad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Candy Mania's.
Fruit Salad ships an update weekly, Candy Mania every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Fruit Salad | Candy Mania |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (267 ratings) — better | 4.4 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 267 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mastersoft | Van Hung Tran |
Customer experience
Fruit Salad
Candy Mania
Bugs and requests
Fruit Salad
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing at higher levels
- Inconsistent performance across devices
- Issues with volume controls and muting
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to pause and resume games
- Option to restart from last completed level
- Customizable difficulty settings
- Leaderboards and achievements
Candy Mania
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fruit Salad
No in-app purchases
Candy Mania
No in-app purchases
