Comparison

Jelly Drop vs STARCAST

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

Head to head
About

Jelly Drop

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Every tower has a song. Stack squishy jellies with one tap, then play your tower back as a little melody. Jelly Drop is a cozy stacking game about perfect timing. Your jelly glides. You tap. It lands with a wobble and a note. Perfect drops ring bright and keep your stack wide. How high can you build? NO ADS. NO TIMERS. JUST JELLY. Classic, Daily Drop and Cloud Nine are free, with unlimited attempts. No ads, subscriptions, energy timers, paid lives or paid retries. Play fully offline. NEW: TOWER SONG Every landing plays a note, so each stack becomes its own melody. Lean left for lower notes and right for higher ones. Chain perfect drops for harmonies and sparkles. When the round ends, replay your tower song and watch it light up, jelly by jelly. Each Dream Atlas world has its own instrument: harp, marimba, music box, flute, kalimba, glass, chimes and celesta. FIND YOUR RHYTHM Classic is an endless stacker. Off-center landings trim your jelly; perfect drops give a little width back. Build streaks, beat your personal best and unlock new characters. TAKE THE DAILY DROP Everyone gets the same stack pattern each UTC day. Reach 25 jellies, practice your timing and come back tomorrow for a fresh daily challenge. DISCOVER DREAM ATLAS Begin in Cloud Nine for free. Stack 18 jellies to complete an island, and finish with 6 or 12 perfect drops to earn extra stars. Every three perfect drops charge Bloom: choose when to restore width and slow the glide for four seconds. Bloom is always earned through play. A LITTLE MORE WONDER: DREAM PASS One optional, non-consumable purchase opens nine more islands, completing the ten-world Atlas and thirty-star passport: Peach Tide, Moon Milk, Mint Meadow, Honey Dunes, Coral Cove, Crystal Caves, Lantern Lagoon, Aurora Vale and Stardust Summit. Dream Pass also includes Aurora and Pearl jelly styles, plus Cotton Candy and Moonlight themes. Cosmetic extras never change Classic or Daily scoring. MEET THE SQUISH SQUAD Six cute characters unlock free through Classic and Daily play, from soft-hearted Lilac to dreamy Blueberry. SHARE A LITTLE HAPPY Turn your result into an illustrated score card or Dream Atlas postcard and challenge a friend to top it. MADE FOR CALM LITTLE BREAKS • One-tap controls and springy, kawaii jelly animations • Tower Song melodies, musical combos and optional haptics • Local records, character unlocks and a saved star passport • Offline play, Reduced Motion support and no account needed • Designed for iPhone and iPad ALREADY OWN JELLY DROP? Original paid-app owners receive Dream Pass automatically. Restore purchases is available from Dream Atlas or How to play. Purchasing, restoring or first verifying original-owner access requires an internet connection. Progress is saved on your device, with no game account or cross-device sync. Support: https://jelly-drop-nine.vercel.app/support Privacy: https://jelly-drop-nine.vercel.app/privacy

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STARCAST

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What will you stream today? In STARCAST, you're the creator. Pick one of 18 characters, decorate your room, choose a title — and you're live! Squeeze squishies, decorate journals, bracelets and pens, and bake cookies while pretend viewers pour in and cheer you on in the chat. ā–  The more you talk, the more viewers you get Chat while you stream and your viewer count climbs. Say "so pretty!" and your viewers agree. ā–  Subscribe alerts and hearts When your stream gets exciting, hearts float up and "subscribed!" alerts pop in. ā–  Seven kinds of streams Ā· Squishy squeeze (ASMR) — three squishies that each feel different Ā· Slime making — mix in glitter, beads and gummy bears Ā· Phone case decorating — bows, gems and bear charms on your case Ā· Journal, bracelet and pen decorating — beads go on the string, stickers on the page Ā· Cookie making ā–  Earn coins, decorate your room Every stream earns coins, and doing what a viewer asks earns bonus coins. Spend them to unlock new props and room themes for your stream. ā–  My channel Your streams stack up. Over time their views climb and pretend viewers leave comments. Watch them again, give them hearts, and decorate your room to bring in more viewers. ā–  Save your stream as a video Save any stream to Photos as a video with your own voice in it — chat, viewer count, hearts and alerts included, just like it looked live. Sending it outside the app requires a grown-up check first. ā–  Made for kids, safe for families Ā· No sign-up, no ads, no analytics Ā· No in-app purchases — coins come only from streaming Ā· Your child's information never leaves the device Ā· No typing anywhere — even channel names are made by picking words Ā· All chat and comments are ready-made — no messages from strangers Ā· Word recognition happens on the device only

Screenshots

Jelly Drop4 screens
STARCAST4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: STARCAST at none against Jelly Drop's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Jelly Drop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. STARCAST asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Jelly Drop versus STARCAST: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJelly DropSTARCAST
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEthan AcevedoTwo Steps Ahead Co,. Ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jelly Drop

One-time1
  • Dream Pass$2.99
None

STARCAST

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jelly Drop free?
Jelly Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is STARCAST free?
STARCAST is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jelly Drop or STARCAST have ads?
Neither Jelly Drop nor STARCAST shows ads.

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