Comparison

Rolling Ball Rescue vs CalystrixCard Carnival

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

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Rolling Ball Rescue

Features
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Rolling Ball Rescue is a calm pipe puzzle. Twist elbows, slide oak barrels, then let a pink marble fall under gravity into the basket. Grab three stars, beat the par clock, or just enjoy the roll. Classic routes, precision lays, a daily yard, plus Basket Catch and Valve Pulse for high scores. Offline, no stamina, reset anytime. Verdant Falls moss tower. iPhone, portrait and landscape.

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CalystrixCard Carnival

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CalystrixCard Carnival is a collection of three original card puzzles, each with its own rule set. One idea holds them together: a deck of cards is a wonderful set of puzzle pieces, and a Joker is the piece that fits anywhere. Joker Orbit asks you to plant cards on three turning rings around a Joker star. Every card you plant makes the whole orrery drift, so you are always planning one step into a board that is about to move. Joker Bloom treats cards as seeds. Each suit grows its own way โ€” hearts spread sideways, diamonds run diagonally, spades creep downward, clubs send out a single runner. Four touching plots of one suit bloom and lock in. Plant in the wrong order and your garden strangles itself. Joker Prophecy shows you the future. You can see the next three cards and the exact square each one will land on. You cannot stop them โ€” but you can spend Joker tokens to redirect them, change their suit, or turn them wild. Then you satisfy the omens the stage demands. Every one of the 36 stages is built from a fixed seed, so a stage is the same puzzle for everybody, every time. Skill decides the outcome, not the shuffle. Features โ€ข Three original puzzles, 36 hand-authored stages, three stars to earn on each. โ€ข Joker Orbit โ€” a drifting three-ring orrery. Nudge a ring, spend a Freeze, align the rays. โ€ข Joker Bloom โ€” suit-directed growth on a 6ร—6 garden, with Joker Suns that revive everything nearby. โ€ข Joker Prophecy โ€” turn-based and untimed. See what is coming, then bend it with Joker tokens. โ€ข Versus (2โ€“6 players) โ€” the host picks one puzzle and stage, everyone solves an identical board, and the best score takes the round. Placing earns XP for everyone. โ€ข No internet, no accounts, no data leaving your device โ€” versus runs peer-to-peer over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. โ€ข Failed attempts still earn XP, so progress only ever moves forward. โ€ข Progression: levels, XP, stars, solve streaks, achievements, a leaderboard, plus Stats and a full run History. โ€ข Sound and haptics, both switchable.

Screenshots

Rolling Ball Rescue4 screens
CalystrixCard Carnival4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CalystrixCard Carnival at every 6 days against Rolling Ball Rescue's every 6 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rolling Ball Rescue ships an update every 6 months, CalystrixCard Carnival every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Rolling Ball Rescue versus CalystrixCard Carnival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRolling Ball RescueCalystrixCard Carnival
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size24 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVan Huan TruongZEYNEP UMUT

In-app purchases

None

Rolling Ball Rescue

No in-app purchases

None

CalystrixCard Carnival

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rolling Ball Rescue free?
Rolling Ball Rescue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CalystrixCard Carnival free?
CalystrixCard Carnival is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rolling Ball Rescue or CalystrixCard Carnival have ads?
Neither Rolling Ball Rescue nor CalystrixCard Carnival shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rolling Ball Rescue or CalystrixCard Carnival?
Rolling Ball Rescue ships an update every 6 months, and CalystrixCard Carnival every 6 days. Most recently, Rolling Ball Rescue was updated on October 31, 2026 and CalystrixCard Carnival on October 29, 2026.

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