Comparison

Dots and Bubbles vs Apex Rumble

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

Head to head
About

Dots and Bubbles

Guide a bouncing ball through challenging levels by activating and deactivating special dots. Discover unique physics with elements like Black Holes and Direction Boosters. Solve over 90 intriguing puzzles with clever combinations.

Highlights
  • Ball bounce control
  • Special dot mechanics
  • Over 90 levels
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Ingenuity-based puzzles
Features
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In this game you engage by activating and deactivating specific dots in the playfield to control the play ball‘s bounce, guiding it towards the goal. As you progress through increasing difficulty levels, you’ll encounter various special dots, such as »Black Holes«, »Direction Boosters«, and »Bubbles«, each adding an unique twist to the game‘s physics. With over 90 diverse and intriguing levels, you are challenged to solve each one using your ingenuity and clever combinations. „Dots & Bubbles“ promises a fun and dynamic gaming experience for players of all levels.

About

Apex Rumble

Embark on an arcade adventure to rebuild a fallen city by smashing enemy towers, collecting resources, and strategically using boosters. Grow your character by consuming smaller towers while avoiding larger ones to progress through increasingly challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Rebuild Apex City
  • Smash enemy towers
  • Collect Voxel Brix and blueprints
  • Grow by consuming towers
  • Utilize six powerful boosters
  • Progress through 60 levels
  • Unlock GameCenter achievements and leaderboards
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Embark on an epic arcade adventure in the ruins of Apex City! The once thriving metropolis has fallen victim to the Voxel Vandals. Your mission is to rebuild the entire city. Recover the stolen blueprints, smash enemy towers, create Voxel Brix and build! You have six powerful boosters and a well-calibrated Blueprint Proximeter at your disposal. The people of Apex City count on you. Don't let them down. Blast your way through endless, colorful arcade levels filled with both danger and goodies. Feel the vertigo as you grow and feel the pulse as you dodge past the bigger towers. How high can you reach? - Build: Collect Voxel Brix, find blueprints and restore Apex City to its former glory. - Grow: Gobble up all the small colorful towers to grow but watch out for the big black towers. - Boosters: Use boosters like Fungus, Frost and Tornado to strategically beat challenges. - Combos: Build color combos to grow faster. - Progress: Smash your way through 60 levels of increasing intensity and unlock three stars on each course. - Rewards: Collect gifts and unlock invaluable loot to max out your journey. - Achievements: Conquer 12 GameCenter achievements and show what you're all about. - Compete: Climb the GameCenter leaderboard and challenge your friends. In a sea of colorful towers, you quickly realize that the key to success lies in growing fast. Smash the small colorful towers to grow and watch out for the big black towers. As you grow, black towers will turn into your next colorful snack. But beware, there are towers out there, larger than anything, and they're coming for you. Use boosters to gain an advantage. Each booster offers a unique strategic twist. Freeze your rivals with Frost, eat Fungus for temporary dominance, or summon a Tornado to suck up scores of nearby towers and skyrocket. Collect gifts filled with boosters and add them to your arsenal to use at just the right moment. Apex City awaits! Let's go!

Screenshots

Dots and Bubbles4 screens
Apex Rumble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dots and Bubbles at 4.2 against Apex Rumble's 3.0. Dots and Bubbles also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 1). Apex Rumble's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Dots and Bubbles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Apex Rumble sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dots and Bubbles holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dots and Bubbles has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Dots and Bubbles's written reviews are positive against 63% of Apex Rumble's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dots and Bubbles ships an update fortnightly, Apex Rumble every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dots and Bubbles versus Apex Rumble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDots and BubblesApex Rumble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (17 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB169 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTim KretzPatrik Hedmalm

Customer experience

Dots and Bubbles

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Apex Rumble

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dots and Bubbles

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
12 purchases

Apex Rumble

One-time12
  • Revive 25$0.99
  • Fungus 25$0.99
  • 100 Coins$1.99
Show 9 more
  • Thunder 100$1.99
  • Immortal 100$1.99
  • Revive 100$1.99
  • Fungus 100$1.99
  • 500 Coins$2.99
  • Thunder 500$3.99
  • Immortal 500$3.99
  • Revive 500$3.99
  • Fungus 500$3.99

Questions

Is Dots and Bubbles free?
Dots and Bubbles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apex Rumble free?
Apex Rumble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dots and Bubbles or Apex Rumble?
Dots and Bubbles is rated higher. Dots and Bubbles averages 4.2 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Apex Rumble averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dots and Bubbles or Apex Rumble have ads?
Both Dots and Bubbles and Apex Rumble show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dots and Bubbles or Apex Rumble?
Dots and Bubbles ships an update fortnightly, and Apex Rumble every 3 days. Most recently, Dots and Bubbles was updated on September 10, 2026 and Apex Rumble on June 9, 2026.

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