Comparison

Word Kitchen vs Ball Sort

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

Head to head
About

Word Kitchen

Test your vocabulary and puzzle-solving skills in a culinary-themed word game. Serve up delicious dishes by finding words, with a helpful hint system available when you need it. It's a great way to relax and train your brain.

Highlights
  • Vocabulary challenges
  • Puzzle solving
  • Culinary theme
  • Stress relief
  • Brain training
  • Hint system
Features
Currently charting
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Can you handle the heat in the Word Kitchen? Use your puzzle solving and vocabulary knowledge to serve up some tasty dishes in the hottest kitchen in town. Great for stress relief and brain training and if you do run into some trouble our hint system is there to help. Service!

About

Ball Sort

A brain-training puzzle game where players sort colored balls into tubes. It offers hundreds of challenging levels that require strategy and focus, with simple tap controls and relaxing visuals.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of challenging puzzles
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Simple tap controls
  • Relaxing visuals and animations
  • Multiple difficulty levels
Features
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Your goal is simple: sort the colored balls into tubes so that each tube contains only one color. But don’t be fooled—levels quickly become more challenging and require strategy, focus, and smart moves. *Train your brain with hundreds of increasingly difficult puzzles *Simple controls – just tap to move balls between tubes *Relaxing gameplay with satisfying visuals and smooth animations *Multiple difficulty levels from easy to expert Can you solve them all?

Screenshots

Word Kitchen3 screens
Ball Sort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Word Kitchen at 4.8 against Ball Sort's 4.1. Word Kitchen also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 27) and review sentiment (67% vs 45%). Ball Sort's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. Word Kitchen sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Ball Sort asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Word Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Kitchen has 10K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Word Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 45% of Ball Sort's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word Kitchen ships an update every 2 months, Ball Sort every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Word Kitchen versus Ball Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord KitchenBall Sort
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10K ratings) — better4.1 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews67.3% of reviews — better45.5% of reviews
Number of ratings10K — better27
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size303 MB195 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperGimica GmbHApperfun

Customer experience

Word Kitchen

All ratings8,628 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive67.3%
Neutral12.2%
Negative20.4%

Ball Sort

All ratings27 ratings
Positive70.4%
Neutral18.5%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Word Kitchen

One-time5
  • Rubies Small$0.99
  • Rubies Small$1.99
  • Rubies Medium$3.99
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  • Rubies Large$5.99
  • Rubies Largest$11.99
None

Ball Sort

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Word Kitchen free?
Word Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ball Sort free?
Ball Sort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Word Kitchen or Ball Sort?
Word Kitchen is rated higher. Word Kitchen averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Ball Sort averages 4.1 from 27 ratings.
Do Word Kitchen or Ball Sort have ads?
Both Word Kitchen and Ball Sort show ads.
Which is updated more often, Word Kitchen or Ball Sort?
Word Kitchen ships an update every 2 months, and Ball Sort every 3 weeks. Most recently, Word Kitchen was updated on November 7, 2026 and Ball Sort on November 7, 2026.

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