Comparison

Permutopia vs Ball Sort Dream

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

Head to head
About

Permutopia

Engage your mind with a variety of unique permutation puzzles. Solve challenges by rearranging pieces to restore order, featuring diverse mechanics like sliding, twisting, and rotating. Enjoy logic, pattern, and spatial reasoning tasks designed for both short bursts and extended play.

Highlights
  • Variety of permutation puzzles
  • Sliding, twisting, rotating mechanics
  • Logic and pattern challenges
  • Spatial reasoning tasks
  • Puzzles for quick or long sessions
  • Clean interface
Features
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Permutopia is a collection of permutation puzzles built around one idea: rearrange the pieces until everything is back in place. Some puzzles are inspired by classic sliding-tile games. Others use twisting, rotating, shifting, and cycling moves, with each puzzle introducing its own rules and patterns. Features: • A wide variety of permutation-style puzzles • Sliding, twisting, rotating, shifting, and cycling mechanics • Logic, pattern, and spatial reasoning challenges • Puzzles for both quick sessions and longer solves • A clean, focused interface Turn disorder into order, one move at a time.

About

Ball Sort Dream

A relaxing yet challenging puzzle game where players sort colored balls into tubes. It offers thousands of levels with no timers or penalties, allowing for a stress-free brain training experience suitable for all ages.

Highlights
  • Thousands of challenging levels
  • No timer or penalties
  • Undo and add bottle options
  • Brain training and logical thinking
  • Simple and addictive gameplay
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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Ball Sort Dream is a challenging ball sorting game that will keep you entertained for hours! Sort the colored balls in the tubes until all the balls of the same color are in the same tube. A relaxing brain teaser! This classic color sorting game is simple to play but challenging to master. Simply tap to remove a colored ball from one bottle and stack it into another until all the balls of the same color are in the same bottle. There are thousands of puzzles of varying difficulty. The more challenging the puzzle, the more careful you need to be with each step. Don't take any steps lightly, or you might get stuck! This Ball Sort game is the perfect puzzle game to train your brain and logical thinking. * Key Features - A completely free color sorting game - Thousands of challenging levels with varying difficulty levels and endless fun - No timer, enjoy Ball Sort puzzles at your own pace - No penalties, you can restart the current level at any time - Use "Undo" to return to previous steps, or click "Add" to add additional bottles - Train your brain in a relaxing game - Simple yet addictive gameplay - A family game suitable for all ages How to Play: ● Tap the tubes to move the balls. ● If there are two or more balls of the same color, only balls of the same color can be stacked together. ● The first rule is to place all balls of the same color into one tube, cup, or drinking bottle to successfully complete the sorting level. ● Additionally, if you get stuck at any point in a sorting level, you can return to a previous step or add more tubes, cups, or drinking bottles to help you master the art of sorting. Classic sorting challenges combined with innovative gameplay create a world of sorting! Enjoy the ball sorting game, challenge yourself with color sorting and immerse yourself in the thrilling world of sorting challenges!

Screenshots

Permutopia4 screens
Ball Sort Dream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Permutopia at 5.0 against Ball Sort Dream's 4.7. Ball Sort Dream's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Permutopia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ball Sort Dream sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Permutopia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ball Sort Dream has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Permutopia ships an update every 10 days, Ball Sort Dream weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Permutopia versus Ball Sort Dream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPermutopiaBall Sort Dream
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (41 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings141 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB204 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGeorge HauserFloral Game

Customer experience

Permutopia

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ball Sort Dream

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Permutopia

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$5.99
11 purchases

Ball Sort Dream

One-time11
  • Relife Bundle$0.99
  • Starter Bundle$0.99
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
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  • Value Bundle$4.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99
  • Booster Pack3 variants$7.99
  • Advanced Bundle$9.99
  • Star Pass$9.99
  • 10000 Coins$14.99
  • 25000 Coins$29.99
  • 50000 Coins$59.99

Questions

Is Permutopia free?
Permutopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ball Sort Dream free?
Ball Sort Dream is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Permutopia or Ball Sort Dream?
Permutopia is rated higher. Permutopia averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Ball Sort Dream averages 4.7 from 41 ratings.
Do Permutopia or Ball Sort Dream have ads?
Both Permutopia and Ball Sort Dream show ads.
Which is updated more often, Permutopia or Ball Sort Dream?
Permutopia ships an update every 10 days, and Ball Sort Dream weekly. Most recently, Permutopia was updated on September 29, 2026 and Ball Sort Dream on October 13, 2026.

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