Comparison

Splash Sort vs Jam Bus

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

Head to head
About

Splash Sort

Match and sort bath toys to fulfill specific crate orders. Strategically use a limited bench to store toys for future needs, planning ahead to clear the tub. Enjoy a relaxing, pressure-free puzzle experience with layered gameplay.

Highlights
  • Match bath toys to crate orders
  • Strategic bench for toy storage
  • Layered toy arrangement
  • Pressure-free gameplay
  • Progressive level map
  • Toy collection display
Features
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Splash Sort: Tub Tidy 3D Bath time is over. The toys never got the message. They are still floating in there — dolphins, toy cars, drums, letter blocks, puzzle cubes, kites, juice cartons, tiny rubber figures — sliding over one another, sinking half out of sight and bobbing back up somewhere else entirely. One tubful at a time, you are going to get every last one of them out. THE CRATES DECIDE, THE TUB DELIVERS Look at the crates sitting above the water before you touch anything. They tell you exactly what this round wants: three green crocodiles, three dolphins, three red letter blocks. That is your shopping list. Now go and find them. Tap a toy the crates are asking for and it goes towards that order. Land all three and the crate closes in a splash, water flying everywhere, and a fresh order takes its place. One finger, one tap, no dragging, no swiping, no combos to memorise. You are never hunting blind, either. When three of a kind are showing on the surface together they glow with a soft outline. The game does not hide anything from you. It just buries it. THE BENCH HOLDS FIVE Here is where it gets interesting. The toy an order wants is not always reachable — it might be pinned under a drum, tucked behind a fire engine, or still somewhere below the surface and yet to float up. Meanwhile you can see other toys you know a later order will ask for. So you bench them. Five round slots sit under the crates, and anything you lift that nothing currently wants waits there until its turn comes round. Get it right and a benched toy slots straight into a new order the moment that order appears, clearing almost for free. Get it wrong and those five slots fill with things nobody ever asks for — and when the fifth one goes, the level is over. There is no clock anywhere on screen. Nothing ticks, nothing rushes you. Every bit of pressure in this game comes from five small circles and how carefully you spend them. THINKING A ROUND AHEAD The toys sit in layers, not spread out flat, and the water keeps shifting them. A pair you were saving can drift under something heavier while you are looking the other way, and clearing one order rearranges what you can reach for the next. So the good players are not the fast ones. They are the ones holding one slot back for the crocodile they know is coming, and lifting a cube they do not need yet just to see what is underneath it. Levels are short, but most of them turn on two or three decisions. A star meter in the corner climbs as orders close, and levels open one after another along a path that winds across the bathtub on the map. Some tubs are stacked deeper than others, some throw in more kinds of toy, and some run two orders side by side, which is when five slots starts to feel very small indeed. TWENTY-SEVEN TOYS TO FISH OUT Everything you pull out of the water is recorded on a display shelf in the bathroom. Toys you have not met yet sit there as grey silhouettes and pop into full colour the first time you find one — twenty-seven altogether. A tank, a rocket, a crocodile and a few others stay stubbornly grey for a good while. Each entry counts how many times you have cleared it and pays coins at ten, twenty-five and fifty. A BATHROOM THAT BECOMES YOURS Coins go straight back into the room. Brush icons sit on the tub, the shower curtain and the floor tiles — tap one and swap that piece for something else. A coral-blue tub with starfish round the rim, a soft pink one, a new curtain, fresh tiling underfoot. Mix them however you like; nobody is grading your taste. Warm tiles, gold fittings, a rubber duck riding the bubbles. Change one piece at a time and the plain little bathroom you started in slowly becomes a room you designed. And it is the same room you play in: the tub on your map screen is your tub, the shelf is your shelf, and every level you clear pays for the next thing on it. Tap. Match. Splash. Then go and pick a nicer tub.

About

Jam Bus

Guide colored buses to clear matching sand layers. Plan routes carefully to avoid traffic jams and crashes. Solve increasingly complex logic puzzles with satisfying sand-clearing effects.

Highlights
  • Tap to move buses
  • Match bus color to sand color
  • Clear lower sand layers
  • Avoid traffic crashes
  • Solve logic puzzles
  • Relaxing color-matching
Features
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Clear colorful sand with buses, plan each route, and avoid every crash.Tap the right bus, clear the sand, and escape the traffic jam. Jam Bus: Sandfall brings a fresh twist to bus jam, color puzzle, and traffic escape gameplay. Colorful sand is stacked in layers, and every bus has its own color and direction. Tap the right bus, collect the matching sand, and clear the board step by step. Sounds simple at first, but every move can change the whole puzzle. Plan carefully before you tap. Some buses may block each other. Some paths may cross. Some sand colors can only be cleared after the lower layers are gone. To win, you need to observe the board, choose the right order, and keep every bus moving without a crash. How to play • Tap a bus to move it along its route • Match each bus with the same color sand • Clear lower sand layers to unlock the ones above • Avoid traffic crashes when paths cross • Solve each level with smart sequencing Why you’ll enjoy Jam Bus: Sandfall • Easy tap controls • Relaxing color-matching gameplay • Clever bus parking jam puzzles • Satisfying sand-clearing effects • Increasingly tricky routes and layers • Clean visuals and smooth puzzle flow • Great for quick breaks and brain training Every level is a small logic challenge. A bus may look ready to move, but its route might block another vehicle. A color may be visible, but the sand below it must be cleared first. Think ahead, follow the arrows, and find the perfect order to clear the whole sandfall. If you enjoy bus games, parking jam puzzles, color sort games, traffic escape challenges, or relaxing logic games, Jam Bus: Sandfall gives you a colorful new puzzle to solve. Start with one bus, clear one color, and let the sand fall into place.

Screenshots

Splash Sort4 screens
Jam Bus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Splash Sort at none against Jam Bus's 10. Jam Bus's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly) and review sentiment (15% vs 0%). 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. Jam Bus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Splash Sort asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splash Sort ships an update weekly, Jam Bus daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Splash Sort versus Jam Bus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplash SortJam Bus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (9.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews14.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—9.4K — better
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#34 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB403 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVicApp GameNova Games Technology Limited

Customer experience

Splash Sort

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Jam Bus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive14.9%
Neutral25.6%
Negative59.5%

In-app purchases

None

Splash Sort

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Jam Bus

One-time10
  • Super gold$2.99
  • Paradise Perks$4.99
  • Paradise Perks$7.99
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  • Remove ADS$9.99
  • Bus Pass$9.99
  • Paradise Perks$10.99
  • Paradise Perks$15.99
  • coinpackage$29.99
  • coinpackage$54.99
  • coinpackage$99.99

Questions

Is Splash Sort free?
Splash Sort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jam Bus free?
Jam Bus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Splash Sort or Jam Bus have ads?
Both Splash Sort and Jam Bus show ads.
Which is updated more often, Splash Sort or Jam Bus?
Splash Sort ships an update weekly, and Jam Bus daily. Most recently, Splash Sort was updated on November 9, 2026 and Jam Bus on November 10, 2026.

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