Comparison

WallBalls vs Ripple Runner

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

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About

WallBalls

This addictive puzzle game challenges you to strategically build walls to isolate bouncing balls. Explode all the balls within a time limit or capture territory in a classic arcade-style mode. Utilize special powers and clever tactics to conquer increasingly difficult levels.

Highlights
  • Build walls to isolate balls
  • Explode balls to clear levels
  • Capture territory in Dominate mode
  • Time-based challenges
  • Utilize special powers
  • Compare scores with friends
Features
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WallBalls is a fast puzzle game about drawing a line in the right place at the right time. Balls bounce around the board. You swipe to build a wall. If a ball hits the wall before it is finished, the wall breaks. That is the whole game, and it gets hard quickly. TWO WAYS TO PLAY ISOLATE Trap every ball in a room of its own before the 30 second clock burns out. Each level adds a ball. DOMINATE Wall off the board piece by piece and leave the balls as little space as you can. You have five lives, and every broken wall costs one. FIVE POWER-UPS • Bolt: walls build fast • Sun: one more life • Magnet: drag the balls where you want them • Flame: burn one ball • Clock: stop time for 5 seconds NEW IN 2.0 • A complete redesign: a sharper board, pixel art power-ups and clearer menus • Built for current iPhone and iPad screens • No ads • English and Spanish Game Center leaderboards for both modes.

About

Ripple Runner

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You can't move the orb directly. You can only send waves. Ripple Runner is a minimalist physics puzzle where every tap creates an expanding pressure wave. When the ring touches the orb, it pushes. Your job is to read the geometry, time the pulse, and guide the object into the target — using as few taps as you can. It's a game about restraint. About one perfect tap instead of three panicked ones. THREE WORLDS, ONE PHYSICS — The Void: a glowing orb drifts through dark, geometric space — The Scroll: an ink drop bleeds across aged parchment — The Pond: a single leaf floats on still water, leaving a quiet wake The puzzle is the same. The feeling is completely different. WHAT'S INSIDE — 90 hand-crafted levels across 6 chapters — Story Mode with a single undo per attempt — Precision Mode: no undo, weekly leaderboards — Endless Mode: how far can one orb travel? — Daily Challenge: one new puzzle every morning, global ranks — 3-star rating on every level — par the pulses, master the level DESIGNED FOR CALM — No timers. No ads. No energy bars. No forced waits. — Plays beautifully offline, on the train, in airplane mode — Original generative ambient music for each world — Plays silently and feels just as good ONE-FINGER PLAY, INFINITE DEPTH The control is a tap. The depth is in the timing — when the ring is expanding, where its edge will meet the orb, how the falloff weakens the further it travels. Beginners clear the first chapter in an afternoon. Mastering Chapter 6 takes weeks. A puzzle game for people who appreciate that the smallest interface hides the deepest game. Built by a small studio. No tracking, no third-party SDKs beyond what's needed to keep your progress synced. Tap. Breathe. Solve.

Screenshots

WallBalls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: WallBalls at 2 against Ripple Runner's —. Ripple Runner's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. WallBalls sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Ripple Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WallBalls versus Ripple Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWallBallsRipple Runner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKZ LabsAurel Rexhaj

In-app purchases

6 purchases

WallBalls

One-time6
  • Magnet x 5$0.99
  • Life Up x 5$0.99
  • Burning Balls x 5$0.99
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  • Lightening Bolt x 5$0.99
  • Stop Watch x 5$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Ripple Runner

One-time1
  • Unlock Ripple Runner$3.99

Questions

Is WallBalls free?
WallBalls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ripple Runner free?
Ripple Runner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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