Drop & Sort Jellyfish vs Brindle Bounce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop & Sort Jellyfish
Engage in a strategic puzzle adventure where you drop bubbles to match and release colorful jellyfish. Plan your moves carefully to burst bubbles and guide the jellyfish to freedom in increasingly challenging levels.
- Drop bubbles to match colors
- Release colorful jellyfish
- Strategic puzzle gameplay
- Limited moves per level
- Increasingly challenging puzzles
- Satisfying bubble bursts
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Welcome to the enchanting world of Drop Sort, where strategy meets the serenity of the deep blue! Dive into a unique puzzle adventure, and help the adorable jellyfish find their way to freedom. Each level presents a vibrant collection of bubbles, each carrying a set of colorful jellyfish. Your task is to drop a new bubble into the mix, aiming to collide with others housing matching hues. When jellyfish of the same color meet, they magically swap to join together. Achieve the perfect match, and watch the bubble burst, releasing your gelatinous friends! But be mindful of your moves; you have a limited number to achieve your goal. With each successful level, the puzzles become more challenging, pushing you to plan with precision. Can you sort to success and collect the required number of jellyfish? Each burst bubble brings a satisfying pop and a step closer to victory in Drop Sort, where your sharp mind will set the jellyfish free!
Brindle Bounce
Embark on a vertical platforming adventure with a crew of unique heroes. Steer your character between platforms, dodge hazards, and utilize special abilities to climb through diverse worlds. Choose between story-driven missions or endless climbing challenges.
- Vertical platforming gameplay
- Crew of six unique heroes
- Story and Free Climb modes
- Multiple worlds to explore
- Collectible power-ups and outfits
- Customizable hero loadouts
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JUMP INTO THE ADVENTURE. Find your next landing. Keep climbing. Brindle Bounce is a vertical platforming adventure with a crew of six heroes. Your hero bounces automatically; you steer between platforms, dodge hazards and use your Special at just the right moment. Start with the recommended Touch controls, or choose Tilt to steer by gently banking your phone. Animated previews introduce your chosen controls before your first Story or Free Climb run, and you can change controls in Settings. MEET THE CREW Start with Brindle and recruit Riff, Veil, Patch and Bramble, each with a distinct talent and feel. Discover Marlow as your adventure unfolds. Choose your character, outfit and ability in the loadout before taking flight. CLIMB THROUGH FIVE WORLDS Follow a distress call from Earthrise through Edge of Blue, Moonwake and Sea of Stars to The Stranded Ship. Moving platforms, patrols, meteors and laser hazards test your timing as the rescue takes you higher. POWER UP YOUR RUN Collect temporary power-ups, use your hero's special ability and learn when to make your move. Boost upward, find protection or change the rhythm of your climb. New combinations give you more ways to approach the next stretch. STORY AND FREE CLIMB Follow the crew's rescue mission in Story Mode, or keep climbing in Free Climb, the endless mode. Choose Casual, Standard or Expert difficulty and chase personal height records saved on your device. MAKE THE CREW YOUR OWN Collect gems, recruit heroes and unlock cosmetic outfits with matching effects. Explore the Skyway Exchange for more looks and permanent abilities, then head back out with a new loadout. Find your next landing. Answer the call. See how high you can climb.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brindle Bounce at 100% against Drop & Sort Jellyfish's 29%. Brindle Bounce also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Drop & Sort Jellyfish's advantage is ratings volume (280 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Drop & Sort Jellyfish sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Brindle Bounce sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Brindle Bounce holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drop & Sort Jellyfish has 280 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Drop & Sort Jellyfish's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brindle Bounce's.
Drop & Sort Jellyfish ships an update every 8 days, Brindle Bounce every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drop & Sort Jellyfish | Brindle Bounce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (280 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 280 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 224 MB | 339 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | JUSTIN LEE ANDREWS |
Customer experience
Drop & Sort Jellyfish
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Bugs and requests
Drop & Sort Jellyfish
Reported bugs
10 issues- Paid for no ads, but ads still appear
- In-app purchases not working
- Lives not refreshing unless app is open
- Game freezes or crashes
- Levels are impossible to complete due to color randomization
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- Objectives become invisible
- Level 159 broken (move counter shows -1)
- Game starts with tutorial again on higher levels
- Black screen after title screen
- Moves counter shows -1 after dropping first ball
Requested features
8 requests- Fix in-app purchases not working
- Restore purchases functionality
- Add more levels or variety
- Implement an endless mode
- Add more power-ups or variety
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- Option to buy skins or backgrounds
- Link to rate the game in settings
- List on AppAdvice
Brindle Bounce
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drop & Sort Jellyfish
- Immortal Hours$1.99
- 150 Coins$1.99
- Life Saver Bundle$3.99
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- No Ads$7.99
- 800 Coins$7.99
- No Ads Bundle$9.99
- 1800 Coins$14.99
- 4000 Coins$29.99
- 10K Coins$54.99
- 25K Coins$99.99
Brindle Bounce
- Rescue Mech$1.99
- Nightclub Kingpin$1.99
- Neon Night Rider$1.99
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- Storm Ninja$1.99
- Shadow Ninja$1.99
- Tomb Guardian$1.99
- Robot Biker$1.99
- Lab Experiment$1.99
- Gilded Guildmaster$1.99
- Midnight Appraiser$1.99
Questions
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