Comparison

Cups And Balls! vs Little Architect. 3D Bricks

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

Head to head
About

Cups And Balls!

A casual puzzle game where players tap numbered balls to clear them. Balls reveal others behind them, and colored balls fill matching cups. The goal is to clear cup towers by filling them completely.

Highlights
  • Tap numbered balls
  • Match balls to cups
  • Clear cup towers
  • Color matching
  • Casual gameplay
Features
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Tap on balls with numbers! When the ball in front goes, the ones behind open up Balls fill same color cups! When the cup fill up, the ones under open up Blast All The Cup Tower!!!

About

Little Architect. 3D Bricks

Features
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Little Architect turns your child into a tiny brick builder — right on your phone or tablet. Pick a picture, follow the colorful step-by-step instructions, and tap to place each brick in a beautiful 3D world. When the build is done, free-explore unlocks — rotate, zoom, and admire what your child just made! Designed for kids ages 4–10. Builds work fully offline. No ads. No accounts. Free to play, with one optional in-app purchase to unlock everything. WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN BUILD • 49+ pre-designed pictures: heart, star, house, tree, car, robot, fish, plane, penguin, dragon, castle, rocket, dinosaur, butterfly and more • Three difficulty levels: easy, medium, and hard • Seasonal theme packs: Classic, Winter, Ramadan, Summer FEATURES KIDS LOVE • Real 3D scenes — rotate, zoom, and look around • Tap-to-place bricks with satisfying sound and haptics • Hint button for the next brick when stuck • Confetti celebration and 1–3 stars per build • Free-explore mode unlocks when the picture is complete • Beautiful, calming colors and soft shadows BUILT FOR FAMILIES • Up to 4 sibling profiles with avatars • Family Competition: race head-to-head on the same picture • Personal gallery of every build your child finishes • Badges for first builds, speed, no-hint runs, and collectors • Parental gate on all destructive actions SAFE & KID-FRIENDLY • 100% offline — works in airplane mode • No ads and no behavioral tracking — nothing sold to data brokers • No sign-up and no personal data collected • English and Turkish supported LEARNING THROUGH PLAY Little Architect develops spatial thinking, patience, color recognition, and step-by-step problem solving — all dressed up as joyful, screen-time-worthy play. Phone and tablet ready. iPad-optimized. Start your child's first brick adventure today! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://littlearchitect.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

Cups And Balls!4 screens
Little Architect. 3D Bricks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cups And Balls! at none against Little Architect. 3D Bricks's 2. Cups And Balls! also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Little Architect. 3D Bricks's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Little Architect. 3D Bricks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Cups And Balls! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cups And Balls! ships an update every 2 days, Little Architect. 3D Bricks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cups And Balls! versus Little Architect. 3D Bricks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCups And Balls!Little Architect. 3D Bricks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (12 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKemal kaan UysalMustafa Demir

In-app purchases

None

Cups And Balls!

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Little Architect. 3D Bricks

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
One-time1
  • 3D Brick Builder – Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Cups And Balls! free?
Cups And Balls! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Little Architect. 3D Bricks free?
Little Architect. 3D Bricks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cups And Balls! or Little Architect. 3D Bricks have ads?
Cups And Balls! shows ads; Little Architect. 3D Bricks does not.
Which is updated more often, Cups And Balls! or Little Architect. 3D Bricks?
Cups And Balls! ships an update every 2 days, and Little Architect. 3D Bricks every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cups And Balls! was updated on October 30, 2026 and Little Architect. 3D Bricks on November 7, 2026.

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