Avoid The Pipes vs Bubble Shooter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avoid The Pipes
Guide a flying bird through an endless series of pipes. Test your reflexes and aim for the highest score. Compete with friends and players worldwide.
- Addictive physics gameplay
- Retro graphics
- Social challenges
- Worldwide leaderboards
- Enchanting sound effects
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Make this little bird fly for as long as you can. Be warned though, hit any of the pipes and the bird will meet it's end. Think you're ready for the challenge? Download today. What can you expect from Avoid The Pipes: - Super addictive physics gameplay. - Delightful retro graphics. - Social features that allow you to challenge your friends through Facebook and Twitter. - Worldwide Leaderboards that let you aim and become the best player on Earth. - Enchanting sound effects. #AvoidThePipes
Bubble Shooter
Engage in a classic bubble-popping adventure across hundreds of levels. Match and burst colorful bubbles to rescue adorable animals trapped within. Enjoy vibrant graphics and cheerful music in this addictive casual game.
- Match and pop colorful bubbles
- Rescue trapped fish and animals
- Over 300 captivating levels
- Easy to pick up and play
- Powerful boosters available
- Beautiful graphics and animations
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Bubble Shooter is a classic and most playful shooting game. Match and pop colorful bubbles and rescue all cute fish and other lovely animals trapped by bubbles over 300 captivating levels. Bubble Shooter, the most played and famous shooting game since the arcade machines age, first choice for your IOS device. Bubble Shooter Main Features: ●Super easy to pick up and play. ●Play over 300 bubble blasting levels. ●Drag your finger to move the target, aim and shoot! ●Aim carefully and pop 3 more bubbles at a time. ●Rescue lovely fish and animals trapped by colorful bubbles. ●Shoot bubble to clear the same color bubbles to complete the puzzle level. ●Beautiful graphics and animations. Everything is bursting with color. ●Outstanding and cheerful background music. ●With different and addictive levels, your will get more and more interested. ●Powerful boosters like Rainbow and Fire Bubble. Shooting bubbles has never been this fun. Are you extreme enough to take up the challenge of Bubble Shooter? Download it now and enjoy hours of fun with this classic Bubble Shooter game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Avoid The Pipes at none against Bubble Shooter's shown. Avoid The Pipes also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 34 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 9.0). Bubble Shooter's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (76% vs 50%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Avoid The Pipes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bubble Shooter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bubble Shooter holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bubble Shooter has 237 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Avoid The Pipes's written reviews are positive against 76% of Bubble Shooter's.
Avoid The Pipes ships an update daily, Bubble Shooter every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avoid The Pipes | Bubble Shooter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (237 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 237 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JG Applications Ltd | Bubble Blast LTD. - Fun free music games |
Customer experience
Avoid The Pipes
Bubble Shooter
Bugs and requests
Avoid The Pipes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bubble Shooter
Reported bugs
1 issue- Cannot save progress
Requested features
2 requests- Option to watch videos for coins
- Better aiming option
In-app purchases
Avoid The Pipes
- Remove Adverts$0.99
Bubble Shooter
- Tiny Pack of Coins$1.99
- Little Pack of Coins$4.99
- Pack of Coins$9.99
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- Big Pack of Coins$19.99
- Large Pack of Coins$49.99
Questions
Is Avoid The Pipes free?
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