Comparison

Gem Factory! vs Sling N Smash

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

Head to head
About

Gem Factory!

Features
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Welcome to Gem Factory! Get ready to embark on an exciting mining adventure where your logic and puzzle-solving skills will be put to the ultimate test. Grab your trusty pickaxe, break the tiles, and uncover the precious gems hidden beneath! In Gem Factory, your goal is to find specific gem shapes hidden in a grid to unlock the vault door at the top of the screen. You have a limited number of pickaxe swings for each level, so you must carefully plan every move. Tap the tiles to break them, reveal the glowing gems, and collect the exact shapes needed to progress. As you advance, the challenge grows! You will encounter new obstacles like Ice Blockers and Rock Blockers that require extra effort to break. Can you dig smart, manage your limited moves, and clear all the levels? Features: Unique Puzzle Mechanics: A fun blend of tile-breaking and hidden-shape-finding gameplay. Strategic Gameplay: Manage your limited pickaxe moves to find the right gems without failing. Challenging Obstacles: Overcome ice, rocks, and tricky layouts as you progress to higher levels. Brain-Teasing Levels: Each stage requires careful planning and deduction. Crisp Graphics: Enjoy satisfying tile-breaking animations and beautiful gem designs. Play Offline: No internet connection is required. Enjoy digging anytime, anywhere! Download Gem Factory today, start breaking those tiles, and become the ultimate gem master!

About

Sling N Smash

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Pull back the sling. Let go. Watch the whole thing come down. Sling N Smash is a physics demolition game about one simple pleasure: firing a steel ball into a carefully built structure and watching it fall apart. Every shot is real physics โ€” nothing is scripted, nothing is faked. Two identical shots never collapse the same way. Golden balls are trapped inside the structures. Free them, and they roll down the tilted table into their cradles below. Fill every cradle and the level is yours. REAL MATERIALS, REAL BEHAVIOUR โ€ข Glass shatters on contact โ€” your ball punches straight through and keeps going โ€ข Wood splits and splinters, one solid hit at a time โ€ข Concrete takes real punishment before it finally gives โ€ข Marble never breaks โ€” smash what holds it up instead FIND THE ONE PERFECT SHOT Aim for the support, not the wall. Bank off a bumper to load your shot with extra power and take a tower down in one hit. Knock a beam loose and let the collapse do the rest โ€” falling debris damages whatever it lands on, so the best shots start a chain you never planned. NO TIMERS, NO SCORE, NO STRESS There is no clock and no high score to chase. Just you, a limited handful of balls, and a structure that wants to stay standing. Take as long as you like lining up the shot. WHEN A SHOT ISN'T ENOUGH โ€ข BOMB โ€” your next ball detonates on impact โ€ข TRIPLE SHOT โ€” fire three balls in a row, only one comes off your budget โ€ข PLAY ON โ€” out of balls with one golden ball left? Keep going BUILT TO FEEL GOOD Every impact lands with a weight you can feel: the world holds its breath for a fraction of a second, shards catch the light, dust hangs in the air, and the last golden ball rolls home in slow motion. Play it with headphones and haptics on. Free to play. Play offline. One hand, portrait, any time you have a minute.

Screenshots

Gem Factory!4 screens
Sling N Smash4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gem Factory! and Sling N Smash are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Gem Factory! ships an update every 2 days, Sling N Smash daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Gem Factory! versus Sling N Smash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGem Factory!Sling N Smash
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.5 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size117 MB244 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNebih BasaranMehmet Fatih Sahin

In-app purchases

None

Gem Factory!

No in-app purchases

None

Sling N Smash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gem Factory! free?
Gem Factory! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sling N Smash free?
Sling N Smash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gem Factory! or Sling N Smash have ads?
Both Gem Factory! and Sling N Smash show ads.
Which is updated more often, Gem Factory! or Sling N Smash?
Gem Factory! ships an update every 2 days, and Sling N Smash daily. Most recently, Gem Factory! was updated on November 5, 2026 and Sling N Smash on October 31, 2026.

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