Bloom Jump vs Marek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Bloom Jump
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Bloom Jump is a classic 2D side-scrolling platformer with crisp pixel-art worlds and tight, responsive controls โ easy to pick up, fun to master. Run, jump, and stomp your way through five hand-designed levels: Green Meadows, Rocky Cliffs, Sky Gardens, Dark Caves, and Final Heights. Collect coins and gems, bounce off springs, dodge spikes, and outsmart walkers, flyers, and chasers on your way to the flag. FEATURES โข 5 hand-crafted levels with parallax pixel-art backgrounds โข Smooth 60 FPS platforming with springs, one-way platforms, and stompable enemies โข Coins, gems, and a flag goal in every level โ three lives, three hearts โข Original chiptune music and retro sound effects โข Play your way: touch controls, game controller, or keyboard โข Available in 13 languages Pure, old-school platforming โ no timers, no ads getting in your way. Just you, the jump button, and the next level. Grab your coins and reach the flag!
Marek
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Marek just wants to reach the door at the top. Gravity, hazards, and his own appetite have other plans. It's a retro-inspired, one-screen climbing platformer: ladders, moving platforms, rolling kegs, bouncing sausages, and fire vents stand between our hero and the top of each level. Clear it and the next round of chaos starts immediately - no rest for the weary. There's a real mystery behind the chaos, too. Someone's launching illegal flying sausages and runaway kegs out of hidden hatches across the country, and only one man is thirsty enough to investigate. Follow the trail level by level, with a bigger comic-panel reveal every few rounds. Forty rounds across eight escalating chapters, each stranger than the last - a taproom, a kitchen, a cellar, a lift shaft, a rooftop, a hilltop monastery, a grand festival, and places even weirder than that. Run out of lives mid-chapter and you bounce back to that chapter's start, not all the way to square one. Clear all forty and Endless mode keeps things going for as long as you can survive it. Controls are simple on purpose: touch anywhere and drag to move, hold still or tap to hop, tap twice quickly for a bigger hop. Prefer a dedicated jump button instead? Switch to two-thumb mode in Settings and the screen splits into a move side and a jump side, either hand. No fiddly on-screen buttons in the default mode, no combos, no menus mid-run. A few things are worth grabbing on the way up. A gold pan makes you briefly hazard-proof. A glowing bottle is a free life, no questions asked. A glowing pretzel is pure bonus points, and frankly, a fine snack. Every level is built for a two-to-three-minute burst, so it's as at home in a waiting room as on a couch. No ads, no analytics, no tracking - Marek works entirely offline, and your best score never leaves your device. Play in English, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Czech, Slovak, or Portuguese - switch anytime from Settings. A love letter to the one-screen arcade platformers of old, reskinned with an original, cheerfully chaotic festival theme. Climb fast, dodge the chaos, reach the top.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Bloom Jump at 4 against Marek's 2. Marek's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Bloom Jump | Marek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Skelpo GmbH | Matteo Limardo |
In-app purchases
Bloom Jump
No in-app purchases
Marek
No in-app purchases
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