Bead Tower vs Doodle Drift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bead Tower
Construct a towering structure by merging colorful beads and sending them down slides. Aim to build the highest tower possible for endless entertainment and satisfying gameplay.
- Build bead towers
- Unlock colorful slides
- Merge beads
- Send beads rolling
- Stack higher
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Build the ultimate Bead Tower! Unlock colorful slides, merge beads, and send beads rolling for endless fun. Aim high, stack higher, and watch your tower grow!
Doodle Drift
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Drift the pencil. Draw the beat. Doodle Drift turns each 30-second rhythm race into a line you draw by steering. Read the lane ahead as paper gliders, erasers, ink spirits, binder clips, and crumpled comets rush toward you across a vast drawn landscape. Follow the pulses, pick your opening, and make the drift yours. THREAD THE CLOSE CALLS Incoming doodles create a new decision on every route: read the blocked lane, drift into the opening, or skim past for a near miss. Clean beats build Flow. Keep the run alive to reach Flow Fever, where the page, music, and feedback flare together. Each encounter has its own hand-drawn character, backed by responsive sound and haptics. CHARGE YOUR INK Bank eight clean pickups, then spend them on one beat. Ink Surge turns the next eight beats into a risk and a reward: every clean pickup and close shave adds to a bonus you only keep if you finish the phrase without a miss. Your pencil becomes a bright marker, and the surge stays visible in the line you file. Spend it early for a safe payout, or hold it for a harder phrase worth more. FILE A LINE THAT IS YOURS Finish a run to see your actual trace filed on the page—not a perfect drawing substituted for your mistakes. Line and Beat combine into your Groove grade, with B, A, and S targets to chase. Replay against your saved best line and refine the next run across six authored routes with progressive hazards. CHOOSE YOUR JOURNEY Race one design at a time in Journey, take on a five-page Expedition with one life per page, or see how many pages you can file in Endless Drift. Adventure progress and best page counts are saved between sessions. EARN STARLIGHT. EQUIP A CHARM. Journey Stars build Starlight and unlock three play-style charms. Paper Wings keeps pickup rings open longer. Moon Thread builds Flow faster. Comet Ink rewards stylish close shaves. Choose a charm at Adventure checkpoints and shape the run around how you play. PLAY YOUR WAY Tilt your iPhone or use Hold Sides to steer without motion permission. Learn a route in Practice before taking on a one-life race. Mute sound while haptics stay on, and use reduced motion for a calmer presentation. START WITH THE FREE BLUEPRINT CUP Lightning, Shooting Star, and Rocket are free to play. Journey, Expedition, Endless Drift, Journey Stars, Starlight, and charms are part of the game—no subscription, paid lives, or paid revives. OPEN NIGHT NOTES ONCE The optional Full Sketchbook purchase unlocks Comet, Cassette, and Moon Cat: three after-dark routes with midnight-paper effects. It is a one-time, non-consumable purchase, not a subscription. Restore Purchases is available for an existing purchase. No paid lives. No paid revives. Just another page and another chance to draw the beat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Doodle Drift at none against Bead Tower's shown. Doodle Drift also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). Bead Tower's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price and in-app purchases 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. Bead Tower sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Doodle Drift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bead Tower ships an update every 10 days, Doodle Drift every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bead Tower | Doodle Drift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Gijung Kim |
Bugs and requests
Bead Tower
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes/doesn't load
- Compatibility issues
Requested features
2 requests- Offline mode
- Reduce ads
Doodle Drift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bead Tower
- Manager$2.99
- Financier$2.99
- Engineer$2.99
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- 50 Tickets$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Bundle Pack$5.99
- 30 Tickets & No Ads$5.99
- Mega Bundle$8.99
- Big Vault Pack$11.99
- Ultra Bundle$12.99
Doodle Drift
- Full Sketchbook$2.99
Questions
Is Bead Tower free?
Is Doodle Drift free?
Do Bead Tower or Doodle Drift have ads?
Which is updated more often, Bead Tower or Doodle Drift?
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