Comparison

Bubble Pop! Shooter vs Bubble Around

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

Head to head
About

Bubble Pop! Shooter

An addictive bubble shooter game offering endless entertainment and relaxation for all ages. Explore vibrant levels, solve challenging puzzles, and enjoy offline play. Collect rewards and use boosters to blast your way to victory in this family-friendly brain teaser.

Highlights
  • Addictive bubble shooting gameplay
  • Engaging levels and challenging puzzles
  • Offline play available
  • Star rewards for clearing levels
  • Unlockable super boosters and power-ups
  • Relaxing and stress-relieving
Features
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Welcome to Bubble Pop! Bubble Shooter, an addictive bubble shooter games that offers endless entertainment and relaxation for players of all ages. With many engaging levels and a variety of challenging puzzles, you'll be immersed in a colorful world full of colorful bubbles waiting to be shot down. What's even better? You can play this game offline! Step into the colorful world of Bubble Shooter: Rainbow Cannon and explore the colorful bubbles that are everywhere waiting to burst. This easy to learn, family-friendly game is designed to provide relaxation and excitement for everyone. If you are looking for a relaxing, stress-relieving game to calm your mind, then you should try Bubble Shooter today and join in the bubble burst fun! Fans of Power Blast puzzle games will explode shooting bubbles and improve their skills while playing fun brain games! Feature • Relaxing, stress-relieving time games, enjoy the convenience of playing anytime, anywhere. • Experience simple and easy to learn game mechanics while facing challenging levels that test your skills. • Star Rewards: Earn stars by clearing levels and collect amazing rewards! • Super Boosters: Unlock fantastic boosters and powerups to propel you to victory. • Vibrant levels: Challenge many bubble-popping levels! Don't miss this epic bubble bursting game! Are you ready to get started? Warm up your fingers and get ready for the great explosion game battle. Join the heroic adventure and blast your way to victory. If you love puzzle games and can't get enough exciting brain teasers, then this app is perfect for you. Download Bubble Shooter: Rainbow Cannon now and let the bubble burst party begin! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bubble Around

Engage in a unique bubble shooter experience where you burst bubbles from the inside out. Strategically aim and clear the playfield by matching three or more of the same color, removing connected non-matching bubbles to achieve high scores.

Highlights
  • Inside-out bubble bursting gameplay
  • Strategic aiming with laser line
  • Match-3 or more for removal
  • Clear connected non-matching bubbles
  • Dynamic, distracting background
  • Limited free passes for penalties
Features
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Bubble Around is a bubble shooter game where you shoot the bubbles from the inside out. In this game, the player attempts to clear a playfield that features a grid made of circles, a hexagon of six rows of balloon bubbles, a central projectile balloon, and a laser aiming line. The premise of the game is similar to that of the other version. The player simply needs to remove all the balloons and earn points. That said, the games differ in several ways. This version doesn't offer boosters. Instead, the player can only use their aiming line and a preview of the next balloon bubble at the lower-right corner to aid them. They remove bubbles when they create a cluster of three or more of the same color. They can also remove non-matching ones connected to the removed cluster. The player receives three instead of four free passes that protect them against penalties for failing to make a cluster. If they fail to remove balloons three times, a new row of mixed balloon bubbles appears along all sides of the shape and pushes the remaining preexisting ones into new positions. Bubbles Around! attempts to distract the player with a dynamic background filled with bubbles of varying colors and sizes that appear and disappear at different intervals.

Screenshots

Bubble Pop! Shooter4 screens
Bubble Around3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bubble Pop! Shooter at 1.3K against Bubble Around's 15. Bubble Pop! Shooter also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bubble Pop! Shooter sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Bubble Around sells 9 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 — 4.7 for Bubble Pop! Shooter against 4.6 for Bubble Around. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bubble Pop! Shooter has 1.3K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bubble Pop! Shooter ships an update every 3 days, Bubble Around fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bubble Pop! Shooter versus Bubble Around: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubble Pop! ShooterBubble Around
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better4.6 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHappy Now LimitedStephan Eijer

Customer experience

Bubble Pop! Shooter

All ratings1,299 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Bubble Around

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bubble Pop! Shooter

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$9.991 Month
One-time9
  • Special Bundle$1.99
  • No Ads for 3 Days$1.99
  • No Ads$6.99
Show 6 more
  • Starter Bundle$9.99
  • 10000 Coins$9.99
  • 20000 Coins$17.99
  • 60000 Coins$39.99
  • 100000 Coins$59.99
  • 200000 Coins$99.99
9 purchases

Bubble Around

One-time9
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 5KCurrency$2.99
  • Beginner Pack$4.99
Show 6 more
  • 15KCurrency$4.99
  • Super Booster Pack$4.99
  • Live Pack$4.99
  • VIP Pack$8.99
  • 50K Currency$8.99
  • Infinity Pack$12.99

Questions

Is Bubble Pop! Shooter free?
Bubble Pop! Shooter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bubble Around free?
Bubble Around is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bubble Pop! Shooter or Bubble Around?
Bubble Pop! Shooter is rated higher. Bubble Pop! Shooter averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Bubble Around averages 4.6 from 15 ratings.
Do Bubble Pop! Shooter or Bubble Around have ads?
Both Bubble Pop! Shooter and Bubble Around show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bubble Pop! Shooter or Bubble Around?
Bubble Pop! Shooter ships an update every 3 days, and Bubble Around fortnightly. Most recently, Bubble Pop! Shooter was updated on October 15, 2026 and Bubble Around on October 9, 2026.

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