Festival Blast vs Thread the Bolt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Festival Blast
A festive puzzle game where you tap and collect items from crowded shelves to match three identical objects. Plan your moves carefully to avoid overflowing the collection area and clear shelves inspired by Lunar New Year celebrations. Utilize smart boosters to overcome tricky levels.
- Shelf-match puzzle gameplay
- Lunar New Year theme
- Tap and collect items
- Strategic move planning
- Undo, Clear, and Shuffle boosters
- Progressive difficulty levels
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Welcome to Festival Blast – a festive shelf-match puzzle inspired by the joy of the Lunar New Year! Festival Blast brings a fresh twist to classic match-3 gameplay. Instead of swapping tiles, you’ll tap and collect items directly from crowded shelves. Match three identical items to clear them, plan every move carefully, and make sure the shelf doesn’t overflow! A Unique Shelf-Match Experience Items appear inside layered shelves filled with colorful festival decorations. Choose wisely—once your collection area is full, the game is over. Strategy matters more than speed! Lunar New Year Theme Red lanterns, firecrackers, lucky charms, and festive designs bring the warmth and excitement of Spring Festival to every level. Smart Boosters for Tricky Moments Undo: Take back your last move and rethink your strategy. Clear Booster: Remove up to 3 matched items to free space instantly. Shuffle: Refresh the shelf layout to discover new matching opportunities. Progressive Challenge Levels start easy and gradually become more complex, introducing tighter shelf space and more item types to test your planning skills. Easy to Play, Hard to Master Simple tap controls make Festival Blast perfect for quick breaks, while deeper strategy keeps you coming back for more. Can you clear every shelf and master the festival chaos? Download Festival Blast now and enjoy a joyful puzzle journey!
Thread the Bolt
A strategic puzzle game where players must fit colored blocks into a designated area. Blocks can only be cleared when placed under a matching colored nut, requiring careful planning and color matching to solve each level.
- Color-matching block placement
- Strategic move planning
- Limited space management
- Board clearing puzzles
- Precision fitting challenges
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Thread the Bolt – a puzzle game where strategy meets precision! Your goal is simple: fit the three blocks from below into the designated area. But here's the challenge—every block has a color, and it can only be cleared when placed under a matching-colored nut above. Plan your moves carefully. You'll need to manage the limited space while matching the right colors. One wrong placement could block your way! Think ahead, fit them in, and clear the board. Ready to thread the bolt?
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Verdict
Festival Blast and Thread the Bolt both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 34% of Thread the Bolt's written reviews are positive against 15% of Festival Blast's. Thread the Bolt also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Festival Blast's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Festival Blast holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 147 and 100 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 15% of Festival Blast's written reviews are positive against 34% of Thread the Bolt's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Festival Blast ships an update weekly, Thread the Bolt fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Festival Blast | Thread the Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (147 ratings) — better | 4.1 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 34.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 147 — better | 100 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Oanh Bui The | RAHMAN BIN ADEN |
Customer experience
Festival Blast
Thread the Bolt
In-app purchases
Festival Blast
No in-app purchases
Thread the Bolt
No in-app purchases
Questions
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