Comparison

Kick BackBack vs Ball Escape

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

Head to head
About

Kick BackBack

Engage in a turn-based, top-down shooter strategy game for two players. Aim to knock your opponent into a goal with projectiles. Easy to pick up, but challenging to master.

Highlights
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Local PvP multiplayer
  • Top-down shooter
  • Projectile-based combat
  • Goal-oriented objective
  • Easy to learn, hard to master
Features
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Kickback is a turn-based, local PvP, top-down shooter strategy game in which two players shoot projectiles to knock the other into a goal. Very easy to learn, but HARD TO MASTER.

About

Ball Escape

Bounce a ball through rotating rings, finding gaps and collecting power-ups. Upgrade your ball's stats and abilities to progress through 50 levels or challenge yourself in an endless mode. Customize your ball's appearance and enjoy offline gameplay.

Highlights
  • Break rings and find gaps
  • Upgrade ball stats and power-ups
  • 50 challenging levels
  • Endless mode for high scores
  • Daily challenges
  • Unlockable ball skins and trails
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Break the rings. Find the gaps. Pick your next power-up. Ball Escape is a casual physics game about a bouncing ball and the rings standing in its way. Earn cash from hits, choose when to upgrade Damage or Income, and build a combination of powers that keeps your run going. 50 LEVELS TO CLEAR Work through rotating rings, squares, spikes, and changing patterns. Later levels mix shapes, add opposing openings, combine gravity with multiball, and change the size of your ball. Break a ring or slip through its opening to reach the next one. PICK YOUR POWER-UPS Choose from Power, Income, Bounce, Fire, and Freeze. Try different combinations and discover synergies as your run develops. KEEP GOING IN ENDLESS Face quickly escalating waves in short runs and try to beat your best. Come back for the Daily Challenge, too. BUILD UP BETWEEN RUNS Spend earned coins on permanent starting stats. Collect tokens to improve your Powerup cards through level 10. Earn Style Points from first clears, milestones, and permanent upgrades. MAKE IT YOURS Unlock ball skins and colorful trails in the Style Lab. Adjust music, sound effects, and haptics in Settings. Ball Escape includes advertising and optional in-app purchases. Fast Forward is an optional purchase. Remove Ads disables automatic interstitial ads; optional rewarded ads remain available. Keys can open chests with randomized Powerup card rewards; the odds are shown in the game before purchase. The campaign and Endless can be played offline. Purchases, ads, refreshing the Daily Challenge and restoring unlocks need an internet connection. Progress and consumable balances are stored locally. There is no account-based cloud save. Support: https://playballescape.com/support.html Privacy: https://playballescape.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Kick BackBack2 screens
Ball Escape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kick BackBack at none against Ball Escape's 6. Kick BackBack also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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. Ball Escape sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Kick BackBack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kick BackBack against 5.0 for Ball Escape. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kick BackBack versus Ball Escape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKick BackBackBall Escape
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMid-Pacific InstituteCARSON JOEL FRISCIC

Customer experience

Kick BackBack

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ball Escape

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kick BackBack

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Ball Escape

One-time6
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Key Cache$1.99
  • Coin Vault$1.99
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  • Fast Forward$2.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Ascendant Cache$4.99

Questions

Is Kick BackBack free?
Kick BackBack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ball Escape free?
Ball Escape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kick BackBack or Ball Escape?
Kick BackBack and Ball Escape are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Kick BackBack or Ball Escape have ads?
Ball Escape shows ads; Kick BackBack does not.

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