Don't Drop The Sponge vs Bowling Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Don't Drop The Sponge
Tap balloons to keep a sponge from falling in this fun, endless arcade game. It's easy to learn and play, offering simple 2D graphics and sound effects for all ages. Enjoy hours of entertainment with this free experience.
- Endless gameplay
- Easy to play
- 2D graphics
- Fun for kids
- Cool sound effects
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Use your fingers to don't drop the Sponge!!! Don' Drop the Sponge is a cool endless game, very easy and intuitive to play, but it will be hard to stop playing. Hit with your finger the blowing up balloons on the screen and touch the Sponge to prevent it from falling down. Enjoy this cool game the more you can! You can play with your kids. Great Get it now it's FREE! Key Features: • very very easy to play • nice 2D graphics • endless game play • very fun game for kids and babies • cool sound effects Game Great Fun!
Bowling Puzzle
A challenging puzzle game where players aim to knock down all pins with a single ball. Navigate through 120 unique levels, each featuring different obstacle and pin placements. Master the swipe-to-throw mechanic to achieve perfect clears.
- 120 unique puzzle levels
- Clear all pins with one ball
- Strategic obstacle placement
- Swipe-to-throw mechanic
- Progressive difficulty
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120 levels bowling puzzle game! If you kill all the pins with 1 ball and you clear the level! 120 puzzles level placement of obstacles and pin is different offers. - How to play - In any location on the screen, you can throw the ball when you release your finger from the swipe down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bowling Puzzle at 4.5 against Don't Drop The Sponge's 3.5. Bowling Puzzle also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 19 months). Don't Drop The Sponge's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bowling Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bowling Puzzle has 137 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Don't Drop The Sponge's written reviews are positive against 54% of Bowling Puzzle's.
Don't Drop The Sponge ships an update every 19 months, Bowling Puzzle every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Drop The Sponge | Bowling Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (137 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 137 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giuseppe Calcagno | Osawa Shunsuke |
Customer experience
Don't Drop The Sponge
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In-app purchases
Don't Drop The Sponge
No in-app purchases
Bowling Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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