Comparison

Bad Marbles vs Rats N' Lasers

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

Head to head
About

Bad Marbles

A fast-paced arcade game where players must quickly smash red marbles while sparing green ones to earn rewards and achieve high scores. Customize your experience with earned diamonds to unlock new visuals and sounds.

Highlights
  • Smash red marbles, spare green ones
  • Collect diamonds for rewards
  • Unlock unique customizations
  • Set and beat high scores
  • Customize gameplay experience
  • Fast-paced skill challenge
Features
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It's a fast-paced challenge of skill and timing in Bad Marbles! Smash red marbles before they cross the screen and spare the green ones to collect diamonds, unlock tons of unique rewards, and set a high score! Intense Gameplay Keep your eyes on the screen as you tap away the bad marbles while letting the good ones roll by. Miss a red marble and you lose a life, but let a green marble pass and your score climbs! Streaks and Rewards As you get better, the game rewards you. Let enough good marbles pass and you’ll start a streak, earning diamonds to unlock new rewards. Slow down time, explode bad marbles, or change up the background, ramp, and music to keep things fresh and exciting! Customize Your Experience Every diamond you earn can be used to customize your gameplay. From new ramps and special backgrounds to dynamic soundtracks that make each game unique, you’re in control! Climb the Ranks With every bad marble you smash and every green marble you spare, each tap brings you closer to a new high score! Beat your friends and claim the title of Bad Marbles champion!

About

Rats N' Lasers

Navigate a deadly laboratory as a rat, dodging lasers and breaking crates. Use powerups and collect cheese to escape increasingly difficult experiments. Test your reflexes and see how far you can go in this challenging arcade game.

Highlights
  • Dodge lasers
  • Break crates
  • Use powerups
  • Collect cheese
  • Escape laboratory
  • Increasing difficulty
Features
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In Rats N' Lasers, you are a rat trapped in a series of experiments by a group of mad scientists! Outsmart them by dodging lasers, breaking crates and using powerups to escape this deadly laboratory! Collect as much cheese as you can and swipe your way through increasingly harder tests! How far can you go? Download Rats N' Lasers to find out!

Screenshots

Bad Marbles4 screens
Rats N' Lasers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rats N' Lasers at none against Bad Marbles's shown. Bad Marbles's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Bad Marbles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rats N' Lasers sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bad Marbles against 5.0 for Rats N' Lasers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bad Marbles ships an update every 3 days, Rats N' Lasers every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bad Marbles versus Rats N' Lasers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBad MarblesRats N' Lasers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings88
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB137 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTyler GreenStudios Sketchy Coin Inc

Customer experience

Bad Marbles

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rats N' Lasers

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bad Marbles

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
6 purchases

Rats N' Lasers

One-time6
  • 10 Ratbucks$0.99
  • 60 Ratbucks!$2.99
  • Remove ads!$3.99
Show 3 more
  • 130 Ratbucks!$4.99
  • 210 Ratbucks!$7.99
  • 300 Ratbucks!$10.99

Questions

Is Bad Marbles free?
Bad Marbles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rats N' Lasers free?
Rats N' Lasers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bad Marbles or Rats N' Lasers?
Bad Marbles and Rats N' Lasers are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Bad Marbles or Rats N' Lasers have ads?
Bad Marbles shows ads; Rats N' Lasers does not.
Which is updated more often, Bad Marbles or Rats N' Lasers?
Bad Marbles ships an update every 3 days, and Rats N' Lasers every 10 days. Most recently, Bad Marbles was updated on November 4, 2026 and Rats N' Lasers on November 4, 2026.

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