Kick BackBack vs Ball Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Turn-based gameplay
- Local PvP multiplayer
- Top-down shooter
- Projectile-based combat
- Goal-oriented objective
- Easy to learn, hard to master
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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.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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.
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Both are free to download. Ball Escape sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Kick BackBack asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Kick BackBack | Ball Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mid-Pacific Institute | CARSON JOEL FRISCIC |
Customer experience
Kick BackBack
Ball Escape
In-app purchases
Kick BackBack
No in-app purchases
Ball Escape
- 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
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