Comparison

What the Cubes vs Pop Flow 3D

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

Head to head
About

What the Cubes

Solve intricate cube puzzles by strategically deploying buses to collect colored blocks. Unravel complex sculptures by finding the correct order to free buried cubes and fill your transport.

Highlights
  • Shred cube sculptures
  • Figure out bus order
  • Watch freed cubes sprint
  • Outsmart special buses
  • Savor final send-off
Features
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What The Cubes turns everything into cubes, and everything into a puzzle. Chubby elephants and grinning robots, strawberries, lighthouses, UFOs, matryoshka dolls — a whole world sculpted from colorful little blocks. Your job: shred each sculpture down to nothing. Your only tool: buses. Send in a bus, and every cube of its color breaks free and comes running, tumbling off the art and hopping aboard until the bus is full and rolls away. Sounds easy — until you look closer. The color you need is buried under three others. Seats are limited. Parking is tight. Send the wrong bus and it sits there half-empty, clogging a lane while the cubes it's waiting for stay trapped deep in the sculpture. This is a real puzzle: somewhere in that pile of cubes is the right order, and you have to find it. Study the shape, figure out what's on top of what, send the bus that unlocks the next one — and the whole sculpture unravels in one glorious chain of sprinting cubes. That moment, when the plan clicks and the shape dissolves, is what What The Cubes is all about. And the puzzles keep finding new ways to fight back. Colors hide deep inside, revealed only as the outer layers strip away. Mystery buses arrive with their color under wraps. Frozen buses need cubes to thaw. Linked buses insist on leaving together, and locked buses wait for a key. Every level is a fresh shape with a fresh knot to untangle — and once it's gone, another is always waiting. In What The Cubes, you will: - Shred adorable cube sculptures, from tiny cacti to fire trucks and pirate flags - Figure out the right bus order to free the cubes buried deepest - Watch freed cubes come sprinting to their bus — the reward for every good move - Outsmart frozen, hidden, linked, and locked buses as the puzzles get craftier - Savor that perfect final send-off when the last cube hops aboard Every sculpture is a knot made of cubes. The buses are how you untie it. Can you clear them all? Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pop Flow 3D

Engage in a satisfying 3D color matching puzzle by rotating balloon sculptures and using colorful monkey shooters to pop matching balloons. Hundreds of levels offer a range from relaxing to challenging, with fun boosters to aid your progress.

Highlights
  • 3D color matching gameplay
  • Rotateable balloon sculptures
  • Monkey shooters with color matching
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Fun boosters
  • Satisfying visual and sound effects
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Pop Flow is the 3D color match puzzle that is simple to play and hard to stop. Rotate a floating balloon sculpture, choose your colorful monkey shooters, and pop every balloon of the matching color to complete levels. One tap is all it takes. HOW TO PLAY - Tap a monkey to send it out - Each monkey only pops balloons of its own color - Rotate the 3D object to find hidden colors - Clear the board before your bench fills up FEATURES - Satisfying color match gameplay - Real 3D levels you can rotate and study - Adorable monkey shooters and bright art - Juicy pops with delightful effects and sound - Hundreds of levels from relaxing to challenging - Fun boosters: Claw Machine, Shuffle, Turbo Fan, and Extra Bench Slot HUNDREDS OF LEVELS From your first easy pops to tricky color puzzles, every level adds a fresh twist. New blockers, new shapes, and smarter challenges keep the flow going. Whether you want to relax with a few quick pops or test your brain on a tough board, Pop Flow is the color match puzzle that fits any moment. Download now and start popping!

Screenshots

What the Cubes4 screens
Pop Flow 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pop Flow 3D at every 5 days against What the Cubes's fortnightly. Pop Flow 3D also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (76 vs 21). What the Cubes's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. What the Cubes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pop Flow 3D sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for What the Cubes against 4.8 for Pop Flow 3D. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 76 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of What the Cubes's written reviews are positive against 92% of Pop Flow 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What the Cubes ships an update fortnightly, Pop Flow 3D every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
What the Cubes versus Pop Flow 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat the CubesPop Flow 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (21 ratings)4.8 (76 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2176 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size342 MB291 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFeel Games Yazilim Oyun ve Bilisim Teknolojileri Anonim SirketiFortune Mine Games

Customer experience

What the Cubes

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pop Flow 3D

All ratings76 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

What the Cubes

One-time10
  • Offer 2$1.99
  • Offer 5$4.99
  • Offer 7$6.99
Show 7 more
  • No Ads$6.99
  • Offer 8$7.99
  • No Ads Bundle$9.99
  • Offer 15$14.99
  • Offer 30$29.99
  • Offer 55$54.99
  • Offer 100$99.99
10 purchases

Pop Flow 3D

One-time10
  • PopFlow.Pack_1.99$1.99
  • PopFlow.Pack_5.99$5.99
  • PopFlow.Pack_7.99$7.99
Show 7 more
  • PopFlow.Pack_9.99$9.99
  • PopFlow.Pack_14.99$14.99
  • PopFlow.Pack_39.990$39.99
  • PopFlow.Pack_49.99$49.99
  • PopFlow.Pack_59.99$59.99
  • PopFlow.Pack_74.99$74.99
  • PopFlow.Pack_99.99$99.99

Questions

Is What the Cubes free?
What the Cubes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pop Flow 3D free?
Pop Flow 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, What the Cubes or Pop Flow 3D?
Pop Flow 3D is rated higher. What the Cubes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Pop Flow 3D averages 4.8 from 76 ratings.
Do What the Cubes or Pop Flow 3D have ads?
Both What the Cubes and Pop Flow 3D show ads.
Which is updated more often, What the Cubes or Pop Flow 3D?
What the Cubes ships an update fortnightly, and Pop Flow 3D every 5 days. Most recently, What the Cubes was updated on October 13, 2026 and Pop Flow 3D on October 12, 2026.

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