Ball Playing vs Roly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ball Playing
Tap colorful balls to roll them across the screen. The ball's movement is influenced by gravity and your device's tilt, creating a relaxing and immersive experience. Enjoy a calming sensation as you guide the ball.
- Tap to roll colorful balls
- Ball movement influenced by device tilt
- Gravity simulation
- Relaxing and immersive gameplay
- Calming sound effects
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◆◆15 million (*1) total downloads reached!!◆◆ Tap the colorful balls and enjoy the comfort! You will be healed by a mysterious feeling like being in the water. Tap to roll a colorful ball. The ball rolls according to the inclination of the smartphone. If you follow the ball slowly, you will feel relaxed! 【how to play】 ・ Tap to roll the ball. ・ The ball rolls little by little toward the back of the screen. ・ At the same time, it rolls up, down, left and right under the influence of gravity according to the inclination of the smartphone. ・ When you press the button on the upper left, the device will not be affected by the tilt of the device and will gradually fall toward the back of the screen. musics: Sound effect material: Pocket Sound – http://pocket-se.info/ *1 Total download count of Monois apps (As of July 2019)
Roly
Tap on rolling creatures to transform them into balls and collect them in cups. Once they escape, catch them again! Explore vibrant mazes with your collected creatures. Designed for young children with a safe, ad-free environment.
- Catch rolling creatures
- Collect creatures in cups
- Play in mazes
- Simple operation for kids
- Catching Mode
- Maze Mode
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Touch the Roly-polys to turn them into balls. Collect them in the cups. When the Roly-polys run out of the cup, catch them again! Can you catch all 20? Collect lots and play with them in the mazes! Features - Simple operation for kids - Catching Mode and Maze Mode - Fun experience of the Roly-poly World at close range For safety play, we use parental gate. Kids will not see: - Third-party advertising - Links to social networks - Personal data request Spoke Co., Ltd. will continue to release apps with communication elements that can be enjoyed by small children and their families.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Roly at 5.0 against Ball Playing's 4.1. Roly also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 18 months). Ball Playing's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (97 vs 5). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Roly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ball Playing asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ball Playing has 97 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Ball Playing's written reviews are positive against 90% of Roly's.
Ball Playing ships an update every 18 months, Roly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ball Playing | Roly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (97 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 90.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | monois Inc. | Spoke Inc. |
Customer experience
Ball Playing
Roly
In-app purchases
Ball Playing
No in-app purchases
Roly
- New kind of roly-poly$2.99
