Square Siege vs The Balance Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Square Siege
A fast-paced arcade game where players must strategically crush falling squares to prevent them from filling the screen. The primary objective is to achieve the highest score possible by surviving the onslaught and clearing the play area.
- Crush falling squares
- Prevent screen fill
- High score focus
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Strategic survival
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Crush squares into walls before they fill up the screen and smother you. Surviving is important, but getting a high score is the goal of the game.
The Balance Challenge
A simple yet addictive game where players tap the left or right side of the screen to collect stars. Missing even one star results in a game over. Challenge your friends to beat your high score.
- Tap left/right screen controls
- Collect all stars
- Avoid missing stars
- Challenge friends' scores
- Simple gameplay
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Amazing game that may keep you "glued" to your phone, especially when you will try to beat your friend's best score of 10. GAME RULES: - Tap the Left side of the screen - Tap the Right side of the screen - Collect all stars. You miss one star, it's game over Do you think you can follow these simple rules? ________________________ Contact us for feedback or just say Hi: kayla.sue.tucker@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Square Siege at 5.0 against The Balance Challenge's 4.5. Square Siege also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). The Balance Challenge's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 49 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. The Balance Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Square Siege asks for nothing beyond the download.
Square Siege holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Square Siege ships an update every 49 months, The Balance Challenge every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square Siege | The Balance Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 49 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diego Cathalifaud | Takumi Sato |
Customer experience
Square Siege
The Balance Challenge
In-app purchases
Square Siege
No in-app purchases
The Balance Challenge
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
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