Comparison

Sliceball vs Arrow Tap

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

Head to head
About

Sliceball

A one-tap timing game where players hold to slice through a stack and release at the perfect moment to land a ball. It features over 200 levels with changing environments and unlockable skins, playable offline.

Highlights
  • One-tap slicing and dropping
  • Over 200 challenging levels
  • Five distinct room environments
  • Unlockable ball and item skins
  • Offline play supported
  • Real physics simulation
Features
Read full description

Slice the stack. Time the drop. Land the ball. Sliceball is a one-tap timing game built around a single perfect moment - the instant you stop slicing and let the ball fall. Hold to carve down through the stack, release at the right height, and the ball drops clean onto the table. Release too early and it never lands. Hold too long and it shatters. That is the whole game. It takes five seconds to learn and a lot longer to get good at. FEATURES - Over 200 hand-built levels that get genuinely tricky - Five rooms, and the room changes every 20 levels - One-tap, one-handed controls - hold to slice, release to drop - Real physics: every slice tumbles and falls differently - A shop full of unlockable skins - swap the ball for an eyeball, a bomb or a spiked mine, or trade sticky notes for cheese, notepaper, poker chips, cards, cartridges or vinyl - Earn coins by clearing levels and spend them in the shop - Plays fully offline - no wifi needed - Free to play, no in-app purchases WHY YOU WILL KEEP PLAYING Every level is a reflex test you can read in a second and miss in a hundred ways. The slicing feels good, the landing is satisfying, and a run takes about fifteen seconds - right for a queue, a commute, or ten minutes before bed. No timers. No lives. No waiting. Just slice, drop, and go again. Free to play, supported by ads.

About

Arrow Tap

A brain-teasing puzzle game where you draw a single line to guide an arrow to cover all targets on the board. Enjoy a continuously challenging experience with daily boards and unlockable achievements. Play offline with no time pressure.

Highlights
  • Single-stroke line drawing
  • Arrow path planning
  • Target cell coverage
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Daily challenge boards
  • Achievement collection
  • Offline gameplay
Features
Read full description

One board. One line. One tap. Arrow Tap: Brain Teaser is a thinking game played with a single gesture. Read the board, work out which cells your arrow has to sweep, and draw that route in one stroke. Then let go: the arrow sets off with real speed and acceleration, and the run that follows is exactly the one your plan earned. WHAT A ROUND FEELS LIKE Read the board and find the route. Draw the whole line in one stroke. Let go, and watch the run play out. Cover every target cell to close the board. Nothing here is timed. Nothing hurries you. A LADDER THAT KEEPS CLIMBING Boards arrive one after another across five difficulty bands — Easy, Normal, Hard, Expert, Master — sorted by how many arrows a board asks of you. The next one is chosen to match the way you are playing, and the ladder has no end. THE DAILY BOARD A new board goes up every day. Close it to add another day to your chain, and see how long you can keep that chain unbroken. Skip a day and it starts again at one. WHAT FILLS UP AS YOU PLAY Three collections grow alongside you: Records for the numbers you hit, Awards for the milestones you cross, and Challenge Trophies for the special boards. Every solved board is scored out of three stars, depending on how many hearts you kept and how much help you needed. WHEN YOU WANT A NUDGE Reveal the next move with a hint, or switch on the guide to see which way the resting arrows are facing. You begin each board with three hearts; lose them and the board resets, though further along you can watch a video to carry on from where you left off. Free to play, supported by ads that never block a board — and it runs with no connection at all.

Screenshots

Sliceball4 screens
Arrow Tap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sliceball at 5.0 against Arrow Tap's 4.7. Arrow Tap's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 days) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sliceball holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sliceball ships an update every 2 days, Arrow Tap daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sliceball versus Arrow Tap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSliceballArrow Tap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan MayranChong CheungYuk

Customer experience

Sliceball

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arrow Tap

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sliceball

No in-app purchases

None

Arrow Tap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sliceball free?
Sliceball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrow Tap free?
Arrow Tap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sliceball or Arrow Tap?
Sliceball is rated higher. Sliceball averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Arrow Tap averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Sliceball or Arrow Tap have ads?
Both Sliceball and Arrow Tap show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sliceball or Arrow Tap?
Sliceball ships an update every 2 days, and Arrow Tap daily. Most recently, Sliceball was updated on October 7, 2026 and Arrow Tap on October 15, 2026.

Other comparisons