Comparison

Fat Dragon vs Marble Machine Medley

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

Head to head
About

Fat Dragon

Guide a hungry dragon by drawing paths to collect desserts and avoid hazards. This puzzle game challenges your memory and spatial reasoning as obstacles vanish when you draw. Master levels to achieve high scores and compete with friends.

Highlights
  • Draw paths to guide the dragon
  • Collect all desserts
  • Avoid spikes and holes
  • Use short-term memory for obstacles
  • Arcade mode with cupcake ratings
  • Survival mode for high scores
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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Help Fat Dragon get fatter by eating all of the desserts and avoiding spikes and holes. Guide him by drawing a path for him to follow. Sounds simple enough right? The catch is that when you enter draw mode, the obstacles and desserts disappear. Use ground references and your short term memory to draw the best path. Avoid obstacles and eat all of the desserts to win each level. Try to get a 3 cupcake rating in Arcade mode or go for a High Score in Survival mode. Compete against friends with Game Center leader boards.

About

Marble Machine Medley

A unique puzzle game where you design and build marble machines to guide marbles into cups. Progress through different modes, collect jewels, and unlock fun mini-games. Customize the game's appearance with earned coins.

Highlights
  • Design and build marble machines
  • Guide marbles to cups
  • Multiple game modes (One Cup, Two Cups, Jewel Collect)
  • Unlockable marble mini-games
  • In-game currency for themes
  • Customizable graphics and sound
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Tinker with the marble machine to make the marbles reach the cup! Marble Machine Medley is a game that lets you show off your best puzzle-solving skills by tinkering with marble machines. Each level starts you off with an empty machine that you can add pieces to. Your job is to set up the machine so that when you run it, you send the marbles on the right paths and into the right cups. The initial One Cup mode starts you off focusing on yellow marbles and introduces you to all of the marble machine pieces you'll need to play the rest of the game. After that, you'll move on to the Two Cups mode where you'll use your knowledge of marble machine features to handle both yellow and red marbles. Once completing that, you'll move on to the Jewel Collect mode where you'll make the marbles collect jewels as they navigate each machine to reach the cups. Additionally, as you earn stars from completing levels in the main game, you'll unlock some fun little marble minigames that you can play anytime you like. And with the coins you earn from playing the minigames, you can add themes that transform the look and feel of the game with new graphics and sound effects. There's a lot to discover in this unique puzzle game, so if you like tinkering with gadgets and watching them run, Marble Machine Medley might be just the game you're looking for.

Screenshots

Fat Dragon4 screens
Marble Machine Medley3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fat Dragon at 5.0 against Marble Machine Medley's 4.3. Fat Dragon also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Fat Dragon sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Marble Machine Medley sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fat Dragon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fat Dragon versus Marble Machine Medley: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFat DragonMarble Machine Medley
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB171 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTuna Bowl Software LLCPalbuzzo, LLC

Customer experience

Fat Dragon

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Marble Machine Medley

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Fat Dragon

One-time9
  • 3 Markers$0.99
  • 5 X-Marks$0.99
  • 3 Extra Lives$0.99
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  • 9 Markers$1.99
  • 15 X-Marks$1.99
  • 7 Extra Lives$1.99
  • 20 Markers$2.99
  • 30 X-Marks$2.99
  • 15 Extra Lives$2.99
3 purchases

Marble Machine Medley

One-time3
  • Neon Theme$1.99
  • Upgrade$3.99
  • Upgrade Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Fat Dragon free?
Fat Dragon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marble Machine Medley free?
Marble Machine Medley is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fat Dragon or Marble Machine Medley?
Fat Dragon is rated higher. Fat Dragon averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Marble Machine Medley averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Fat Dragon or Marble Machine Medley have ads?
Neither Fat Dragon nor Marble Machine Medley shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fat Dragon or Marble Machine Medley?
Fat Dragon ships an update every 2 months, and Marble Machine Medley every 2 months. Most recently, Fat Dragon was updated on October 23, 2026 and Marble Machine Medley on October 24, 2026.

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