Comparison

Ball Python King vs Pixel Patch

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

Head to head
About

Ball Python King

This game simulates breeding ball pythons using a realistic genetics engine. Pair snakes, incubate eggs, and discover rare morphs. Catalog your collection and trade with other players.

Highlights
  • Realistic genetics engine
  • Breed and hatch new morphs
  • Morphdex for cataloging
  • In-game marketplace
  • Card packs and events
  • Build and display collection
Features
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Welcome to Ball Python King — the breeding game for reptile lovers and genetics geeks. Pair your snakes, incubate the eggs, and watch new morphs hatch from a real genetics engine. Recessive, dominant, co-dominant, het and super forms all behave exactly like the real hobby — chase compound hets and stack genes to hatch combos worth a fortune. REAL GENETICS Every clutch runs on an authentic Punnett-square engine. Learn how het, homozygous and super forms work as you breed. BREED & HATCH Pick a pair, see the odds for every possible offspring, lay a clutch and hatch your next grail morph. MORPH DEX Discover and catalog single genes and combos. Your dex fills in as you breed and buy. MARKET Shop a marketplace of standout animals to fill the gaps in your projects and get inspired by top collections. CARD PACKS & EVENTS Open starter packs and limited-time event banners for a shot at rare, rotating morphs. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Grow a gallery of your own hatchlings, filter by morph, and show off your rarest animals. Ball Python King is free to play. Optional gem packs are available if you want to speed things up — every drop rate is disclosed in-app. Start hatching. Your dream morph is one clutch away. SUBSCRIPTION Breeder Pass — US$4.99/month, auto-renewing. Unlocks minting of brand-new morph combos and includes 200 new-combo mints every 30 days. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hsinyuyen.github.io/ballpython-legal/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://hsinyuyen.github.io/ballpython-legal/privacy-policy.html

About

Pixel Patch

Cultivate a charming pixel-art farm where crops grow even when you're offline. Discover rare mutations, build relationships with villagers, and complete quests. Enjoy a complete, ad-free, and purchase-free experience with a one-time payment.

Highlights
  • Crops grow while away
  • Discover rare crop mutations
  • Build relationships with villagers
  • Complete quests and challenges
  • Customize farmer appearance
  • Seasonal in-game events
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Your garden keeps growing while you're away. Pixel Patch is a cozy pixel-art farming game with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no data collection. Pay once, play at your own pace. GROW A REAL FARM - 22 crops across 7 rarity tiers, from everyday vegetables to legendary finds - Crops keep growing while you're away, so your farm never stands still - Water your plants to speed up their growth, or place sprinklers to boost the crops around them CHASE THE RARE STUFF - Every harvest has a chance to mutate into something special: Golden, Rainbow, Diamond, Ancient, or the vanishingly rare Celestial - Track every discovery in the Collection Book MEET THE VILLAGE - Three shopkeepers, each with their own personality, dialogue, and friendship level - Take on NPC requests, daily quests, a weekly challenge, and full story questlines for each character ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO - Customize your farmer's overalls, shirt, and hat colors - 81 achievements to unlock - Daily login rewards and Mystery Crates - Treasure digging with hidden relics and curiosities - Seasonal events throughout the year: Halloween, Christmas, Cherry Blossoms, and the Lantern Festival MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND Every sprite is hand-drawn pixel art. Every sound is synthesized in code. There are no stock assets anywhere in this game, just one person's farm, built one feature at a time. NO ADS. NO IN-APP PURCHASES. NO DATA COLLECTION. Pixel Patch is a one-time purchase. That's the whole business model. No ads interrupting your farm, no pressure to spend more, and nothing about you is ever sent to us or to any third party. Your save can optionally back up to your own iCloud account so you never lose progress, but it's yours alone, we can't see it.

Screenshots

Ball Python King4 screens
Pixel Patch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel Patch at 100% against Ball Python King's 25%. Pixel Patch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Ball Python King's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On update cadence, 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

Ball Python King is free to download; Pixel Patch costs $2.99 up front. Ball Python King sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pixel Patch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ball Python King ships an update every 2 weeks, Pixel Patch every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ball Python King versus Pixel Patch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBall Python KingPixel Patch
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuan Ru WuCrian Padayachee

Customer experience

Ball Python King

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Pixel Patch

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Ball Python King

One-time4
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 550 Gems$4.99
  • 1200 Gems$9.99
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  • 2600 Gems$19.99
None

Pixel Patch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ball Python King free?
Ball Python King is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Patch free?
Pixel Patch costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ball Python King or Pixel Patch have ads?
Neither Ball Python King nor Pixel Patch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ball Python King or Pixel Patch?
Ball Python King ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pixel Patch every 10 days. Most recently, Ball Python King was updated on October 6, 2026 and Pixel Patch on October 12, 2026.

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