Nothing vs Bal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nothing
A sci-fi puzzle game where a single swipe moves the entire board. Blocks slide, fall with changing gravity, and disappear in matches, but the rules evolve. Each level is a unique challenge to understand and exploit the mechanics.
- Single swipe board movement
- Shifting gravity mechanics
- Colliding with devices
- Pattern recognition challenges
- Evolving game rules
- Level-based experiments
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Nothing is a sci‑fi puzzle game where a single swipe sets the whole board in motion: blocks slide, fall with shifting gravity, collide with strange devices, and vanish in clean 3‑matches… until the rules start bending back. Each level is a contained experiment: learn what the world wants, spot the pattern, and use it against the void.
Bal
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Bal is a Knights & Knaves logic puzzle game. You meet a group of people — knights always tell the truth, knaves always lie — and figure out who is who from their statements. Features: • Thousands of puzzles with classic and whodunit modes • Adaptive difficulty — puzzles matched to your skill level • Multiple puzzle types: normals (wildcards), sanity/belief, compound statements • Track your rating and compete on the ranking Sign in with Google, Apple, GitHub, or Discord. No ads, ever. Currently free to play, may add in-app payments for unlimited puzzles or new puzzle types in the future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bal at none against Nothing's 1. Bal also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Nothing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nothing ships an update every 3 weeks, Bal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nothing | Bal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nothing AG | Steven Scott Kaye |
In-app purchases
Nothing
- Unlock All Levels$0.99
Bal
No in-app purchases
