Balloons vs Bubble Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balloons
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This is a mobile game - Play starts the game, balloons float up which players pop by tapping on them before the time runs out or before the balloons reach the bottom of the screen. Each round completed adds more time and more balloons than the previous round. Upload Balloon Image allows the player to decorate the balloons with an image from their camera roll. Players can turn on or off the popping sound of balloons being popped.
Bubble Brain
A vibrant puzzle game where you solve creative rebus-style word puzzles using images, letters, and symbols. Engage in various game modes, earn rewards, and unlock characters. Fun for all ages.
- Rebus-style word puzzles
- Multiple game modes
- Unlockable characters and rewards
- Category-based puzzles
- Progress tracking
- Power-ups
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Think outside the bubble with Bubble Brain: Word Puzzles! Bubble Brain is a colorful and creative puzzle game that challenges players to solve clever rebus-style word puzzles using pictures, letters, symbols, and clues. Every puzzle encourages you to look at words in a new way, make surprising connections, and put your problem-solving skills to the test. Choose how you want to play: • Pick a Category – Explore puzzles featuring animals, food, jobs, places, colors, and more. • Bubble Ladder – Climb through increasingly challenging puzzle levels and unlock new Bubble Brain characters. • Bubble Rush – Race against the clock and solve as many puzzles as possible. • Bubble Bomb – Keep solving before time runs out and see how long you can survive. Build winning streaks, earn coins and gems, unlock achievements, collect rewards, and use helpful power-ups when a puzzle has you stumped. Track your progress and challenge yourself to improve your best scores. With colorful characters, playful animations, multiple difficulty levels, and hundreds of brain-teasing puzzles, Bubble Brain offers fun challenges for kids, families, and word-puzzle fans of all ages. Can you solve them all? Download Bubble Brain and start thinking outside the bubble!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Balloons at none against Bubble Brain's 9. Bubble Brain's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Bubble Brain sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Balloons asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Balloons | Bubble Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 285 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ANDREW YUFENG MA | Bubble Crew Productions LLC |
In-app purchases
Balloons
No in-app purchases
Bubble Brain
- 20 Coins$0.99
- 3 Gems$0.99
- 75 Coins$2.99
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- 12 Gems$2.99
- Limited Time Offer$2.99
- Starter Bundle Deal$3.99
- 175 Coins$4.99
- 24 Gems$4.99
- Go Ad-Free Bundle$4.99









