Comparison

Blue Rebound vs Tether Arcade

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

Head to head
About

Blue Rebound

A physics-driven arcade platformer where timing is key. Tap to amplify bounces, navigate challenging obstacles, and race against the clock. Build your own levels and compete on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Physics-driven bouncing ball gameplay
  • Tap-timed controls
  • Hand-tuned campaign levels
  • Ghost racing and speedrun modes
  • Daily challenges
  • Integrated level editor
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Blue Rebound is a physics-driven bouncing-ball platformer built around one idea: the only control is timing. The ball bounces on its own. You tap to amplify each bounce โ€” perfectly timed taps launch you higher, and pressing against a wall ricochets you off it. Read the rhythm, thread the spikes, lava, saws and wrecking balls, and reach the goal. THE CAMPAIGN A growing, hand-tuned campaign, each level with its own character and hand-illustrated cover โ€” from gentle prairie hops to the Conveyor Inferno. Earn a medal on every level, then come back for gold. RACE THE CLOCK โ€ข Ghost racing โ€” every gold time saves a ghost. Race yourself and shave milliseconds. โ€ข Speedrun mode โ€” cleared an area? Sprint every level back-to-back against the world. โ€ข Daily challenge โ€” a fresh hand-built level every day. Keep your streak alive. GAME CENTER Leaderboards for every level, area speedruns and boss fights, plus achievements that turn mastery into a checklist worth finishing. BUILD YOUR OWN A full level editor is built right in. Drag and drop platforms, walls, spikes, lava, saws, moving platforms, conveyors, stars and goals. Rotate, resize, set patrol paths, pick the sky and cover art, test instantly, and keep up to eight levels in progress โ€” each playable right from the title screen. FAIR AND QUIET Free to play with a generous run of levels. A single one-time unlock opens the full campaign, the level editor and every theme โ€” no subscriptions, no ads, ever. No tracking, no analytics: the only network features are optional Game Center leaderboards and achievements. iPhone, iPad and Mac. Universal landscape, iOS 17+. Play with touch, or keyboard, mouse and controller on Mac.

About

Tether Arcade

Features
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Tether is a one-touch arcade game. No account, no sign-in, no in-app purchases and no ads. It works fully offline. HOW TO PLAY Hold anywhere to hook the nearest anchor and swing around it. Release to fly off along the tangent, then hold again to catch the next one. There is no brake and no undo - just how far you get before the wipeout. SKIM THE SAWS Saws sit between the anchors. Cutting close to one without touching it stacks your multiplier, so the tighter your line, the faster the score climbs. Play it safe and you score slowly. Play it greedy and you score fast. DAY STREAK Come back on consecutive days and your streak raises the score floor you start every run from. SKINS New looks unlock as your best score climbs, from the first at 60 all the way to 1500. SHARE Every run ends with a card of your score, ready to share. LANGUAGES The game reads the device language at launch and shows its text in whichever of its thirteen supported languages matches: English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French, Bengali, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian and Thai. Any other language falls back to English.

Screenshots

Blue Rebound4 screens
Tether Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Blue Rebound at none against Tether Arcade's shown. Tether Arcade's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Blue Rebound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tether Arcade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Rebound ships an update every 3 days, Tether Arcade every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Blue Rebound versus Tether Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue ReboundTether Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 4 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size213 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPascal PeltriauxAdolfo Orlandini

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Blue Rebound

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$4.99
1 purchases

Tether Arcade

One-time1
  • Tether Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Blue Rebound free?
Blue Rebound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tether Arcade free?
Tether Arcade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blue Rebound or Tether Arcade have ads?
Tether Arcade shows ads; Blue Rebound does not.
Which is updated more often, Blue Rebound or Tether Arcade?
Blue Rebound ships an update every 3 days, and Tether Arcade every 4 days. Most recently, Blue Rebound was updated on October 25, 2026 and Tether Arcade on October 24, 2026.

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