Comparison

Color Stack Sort vs Gumball!

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

Head to head
About

Color Stack Sort

Features
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Sort colored liquids into matching tubes in this relaxing puzzle game. Tap to pour, match colors, and clear each level. Use undos and hints when you need help, earn coins for stars, and unlock hundreds of levels at your own pace. Play as a guest or sign in to save progress. Optional in-app purchases include Remove Ads, coin packs, and bundles. Rewarded videos may be offered for extra hints, undos, and bonus coins. Free to play. Support: thenorthapps@gmail.com Privacy: https://sites.google.com/view/thenorthapps/home

About

Gumball!

A relaxing puzzle game where you sort colorful gumballs into prize capsules. Enjoy a satisfying, untimed sorting experience reminiscent of classic gumball machines. Play with one hand and unwind with thousands of levels.

Highlights
  • Relaxing ball sorting gameplay
  • Gumball machine theme
  • Untimed levels
  • One-handed play
  • Thousands of levels
  • Collectibles and boosters
Features
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Remember those capsule gumball machines growing up? Gumball! is the relaxing ball sort puzzle that brings that feeling back. Swap colorful gumballs, snap on a lid, and unwind with every tap. Gumball! is a free ball sort puzzle. Tap a prize capsule, swap matching gumballs into another, and keep going until every capsule is one perfect color. No timer. No rush. Just a clean, satisfying sort you can play with one hand. This is the gumball machine as a puzzle. The tubes are prize capsules. The balls are candy colored gumballs. When a capsule fills with four of a kind, the lid snaps on, the capsule shrinks, and it drops into the machine. The machine fills as you play. HOW TO PLAY • Tap a capsule, then tap another. • Matching gumballs swap over if the colors match and there is room. • Fill every capsule with a single color to win. Glass clinks. Lids thunk. Capsules rattle into the globe. It scratches the same itch as a ball sort, color sort, water sort, or marble sort, just quieter and wrapped in a toy you already know. • Untimed levels you can finish in a minute or sit with for a while. • One finger. Portrait. Couch, commute, or in bed. • Thousands of levels, including HARD and SUPER HARD. • Mystery foil gumballs and new capsule twists as you go. • A gumball machine that opens onto collectibles, coins, and boosters when you fill it. If you want a relaxing color sort that still feels like a toy, not a kids cartoon and not a mess of pop ups, this is it. Bright, simple, and hard to put down, like the grocery store machine you remember. Open it after a long day. In a waiting room. One more level in bed. Play until the machine is full. Swap the colors. Make the machine happy. Gumball! from Staple Games. Support: staplegames.com/contact.html Privacy: staplegames.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Color Stack Sort4 screens
Gumball!4 screens

Verdict

The call

Color Stack Sort and Gumball! are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Color Stack Sort sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Gumball! sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Stack Sort ships an update every 10 days, Gumball! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Color Stack Sort versus Gumball!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor Stack SortGumball!
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (181 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—181 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrashant NikamStaple Games

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Color Stack Sort

One-time10
  • 600 Coins$3.29
  • 1,800 Coins$7.49
  • 3,800 Coins$14.99
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  • Plus Bundle$24.99
  • 12,000 Coins$34.99
  • Pro Bundle$39.99
  • 30,000 Coins$54.99
  • Mega Bundle$69.99
  • 72,000 Coins$74.99
  • Ultimate Bundle$89.99
11 purchases

Gumball!

One-time11
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • 1,000 Coins$1.99
  • No Ads$3.99
Show 8 more
  • Helper Pack$7.99
  • 5,000 Coins$7.99
  • 10,000 Coins$14.99
  • Power Pack$19.99
  • 25,000 Coins$29.99
  • Mega Pack$49.99
  • 60,000 Coins$59.99
  • 110,000 Coins$99.99

Questions

Is Color Stack Sort free?
Color Stack Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gumball! free?
Gumball! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Color Stack Sort or Gumball! have ads?
Both Color Stack Sort and Gumball! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Stack Sort or Gumball!?
Color Stack Sort ships an update every 10 days, and Gumball! weekly. Most recently, Color Stack Sort was updated on October 25, 2026 and Gumball! on October 29, 2026.

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