Comparison

Pocket Adventures vs Curious Ball

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Adventures

Create, play, and share action-platform levels in a dynamic online community. Explore immersive themes and earn rewards by engaging with creators and friends. Compete on leaderboards for a fun experience for all ages.

Highlights
  • Create custom levels
  • Play user-generated levels daily
  • Immersive themes
  • Online community interaction
  • Social sharing
  • Earn rewards and unlock content
Features
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“It’s like Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Castlevania, Sly Cooper, Megaman, & Sonic The Hedgehog packed into one awesome game that can fit in your pocket!” –Jack S., Seattle, WA Pocket Adventures takes the “PLAY, CREATE, &, SHARE” concept to the next level by giving players the tools and power to create immersive action-platform styled levels! NEW LEVELS EVERY DAY Players like you from around the world are making fun and challenging levels for you to play, every single day. Do you think you can beat them all? IMMERSIVE THEMES Bored playing with the Temple theme? Want to play in Space? Or as a Super Hero? No problem! We’ve provided 3 action-packed themes to keep the fun going on and on! You can switch the theme whenever you want! DYNAMIC, ONLINE COMMUMITY Is a level too easy or too hard? Let the creator know! Get involved with the creators and communicate with them to build up a community of great levels. GET SOCIAL Did you just create an amazing level? Share it with all of your friends and family on Facebook, via email, or challenge the community! Show them your masterpiece and challenge them to a fun experience! EARN PRIZES & REWARDS Get rewarded by playing, creating, and sharing levels! Use these rewards to unlock new levels and in-game content. SIRQUL INTEGRATION Integrated with the newest and hottest social, location, mobile platform of 2013, Pocket Adventures creates a mind-blowing experience for all ages. Good luck. We’ll see you on the leaderboards! Learn more about Pocket Adventures and other FREE games at http://sirqul.com/pocketadventures CONTACT: pocketadventures@sirqul.com WEBSITE: http://www.sirqul.com FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/sirqul TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/sirqul About Sirqul, Inc. Pocket Adventures is powered by Sirqul.com, a Seattle-based startup that has created a ubiquitous social platform enabling consumers and brands to create their own distributed, Social-Location-Mobile solutions as a means of driving awareness and engagement through viral adoption. Pocket Adventures is one of many applications that Sirqul will release this year leveraging the Sirqul platform.

About

Curious Ball

Experience a physics-based platformer with unique levels and unlockable objects. Create and share your own maps with an online editor, and play levels designed by other users for endless fun.

Highlights
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Unlockable objects
  • Online map editor
  • Share custom maps
  • Play user-created levels
Features
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Unlock objects that are different from each other in different levels enjoy and fun! New generation Bounce Ball game! You can make beautiful maps with online editor and you can share with other players! You can play the maps created by other users!

Screenshots

Pocket Adventures4 screens
Curious Ball4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pocket Adventures and Curious Ball both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Curious Ball's written reviews are positive against 40% of Pocket Adventures's. Curious Ball also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). Pocket Adventures's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, 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. Pocket Adventures sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Curious Ball asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pocket Adventures against 5.0 for Curious Ball. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of Pocket Adventures's written reviews are positive against 100% of Curious Ball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Adventures ships an update every 5 weeks, Curious Ball every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pocket Adventures versus Curious Ball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket AdventuresCurious Ball
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB138 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSirqul, Inc.Giray BAL

Customer experience

Pocket Adventures

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Curious Ball

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pocket Adventures

One-time6
  • 1000 tickets$0.99
  • 2500 tickets$1.99
  • 6000 tickets$4.99
Show 3 more
  • 12000 tickets$9.99
  • 25000 tickets$19.99
  • 50000 tickets$39.99
None

Curious Ball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Adventures free?
Pocket Adventures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Curious Ball free?
Curious Ball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Adventures or Curious Ball?
Pocket Adventures and Curious Ball are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Pocket Adventures or Curious Ball have ads?
Curious Ball shows ads; Pocket Adventures does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Adventures or Curious Ball?
Pocket Adventures ships an update every 5 weeks, and Curious Ball every 2 months. Most recently, Pocket Adventures was updated on October 15, 2026 and Curious Ball on October 24, 2026.

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