Gothball vs PHOTON³ (PhotonCube)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gothball
Embark on an action-adventure journey controlling a unique character through hand-designed levels. Solve puzzles, overcome traps, and battle enemies with power-ups in this exploration game with an original story.
- Devious puzzles, traps, and enemies
- Gorgeous hand-designed levels
- Intuitive controls
- Power-ups and bonus levels
- Original story with cinematic score
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Gothball is a new action-adventure game where you control the interesting being known as the Gothball... A simple and fun game of exploration and adventure that will capture the imagination. Gothball rolls, jumps and blasts it's way through tons of levels with enemies, traps and puzzles. * devious puzzles, traps, and enemies * gorgeous hand designed levels * intuitive controls, super fun gameplay * booty-kicking power-ups and bonus levels * original story with cinematic score
PHOTON³ (PhotonCube)
A unique puzzle game where players manipulate light beams to solve challenges. Use "Reflect," "Combine," and "Split" to direct seven colored lights to their matching goals across over 50 stages. Requires basic knowledge of light science and creative thinking.
- Reflect, Combine, and Split light beams
- Direct seven colored light beams
- Solve over 50 puzzle stages
- Stage editing functionality
- Play user-created stages via QB codes
- Unlock all stages and features
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Photon Cube is a unique puzzle game utilizing the function of light. "Reflect" "Combine" "Split" "Lift" "Carry" "Turn" "Push" Direct seven colored light beams! The stage is cleared when all lights are directed to their colored goals! What you need to clear the 50 plus stages is just a little knowledge on the science of "light". And an "infinite imagination"! Price: - App body: (free) ** Some paid content is available. Please be sure to check the terms of use when using it. Not purchased: - You can play up to "Planet 1" of MainStory. - "Stage edit" is not available. - You can play by "QB code" input. ** "QB code" is a stage created by other people in "stage edit" coded. It is common to all platforms and can be distributed by Twitter and others. ** Up to three "QB codes" can be saved. All stage release ticket: - MainStory's "Planet" will be released and will be able to play. Stage edit function Open ticket: - "Stage Edit" will be available. - It becomes possible to save three or more "QB codes". All opening tickets: - "Release of all stages" "Stage Edit" will be able to play. ** It is a profitable pack.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PHOTON³ (PhotonCube) at 5.0 against Gothball's 4.2. PHOTON³ (PhotonCube) also leads on ads (none vs shown). Gothball's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 38 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. PHOTON³ (PhotonCube) sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Gothball asks for nothing beyond the download.
PHOTON³ (PhotonCube) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Gothball ships an update every 4 months, PHOTON³ (PhotonCube) every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gothball | PHOTON³ (PhotonCube) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | andrew bell | SMILEAXE Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Gothball
PHOTON³ (PhotonCube)
In-app purchases
Gothball
No in-app purchases
PHOTON³ (PhotonCube)
- "Stage Edit" open ticket.$0.99
- All stages open ticket.$1.99
- Full feature open ticket.$2.99
Questions
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