Diamond Twist Mania vs Bust
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diamond Twist Mania
Engage in a captivating match-3 puzzle game where you form lines of three or more diamonds to blast them. Strategize with special booster diamonds and overcome various level objectives to achieve high scores. Train your brain with hundreds of challenging levels.
- 351 challenging free levels
- 5 distinct level types (Score, Crystal, Dig, Pearl, Ice)
- Special booster diamonds
- Obstacles and chain blasting mechanics
- HD quality animations and graphics
- Progressively challenging gameplay
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Form a line of three or more diamonds of the same color and you can blast them on the spot. The bigger the group the bigger the score you get and the bigger the chance of generating special booster diamonds. At more advanced levels you will need to use these diamonds in a very strategic manner in order to win. It may seem difficult at first, but once you get a feeling of the game, you will love it. Are you ready to train your brain and exercise your mind? Download and play now! 351 levels for you to enjoy - for FREE. FEATURES - 351 free levels of challenging puzzles that will keep your brain active. Each level will present you with a different game grid of diamonds and you will have to come with better and better strategies in order to win. - 5 types of levels: • Score - Get a certain number of points to win • Crystal - Clear all the crystals on the board • Dig levels - Dig your way down to the goal line and reach the target score to finish this level • White Pearl levels – Collect all the white pearls on board • Ice levels - Clear all the ice and reach the target score to finish this level. - Levels must be completed in a certain amount of moves or within a time limit - 7 types of special booster diamonds - 7 types of obstacles - DiamondPedia section, where you can find out more about different booster diamonds and obstacles - Exuberant HD quality animations and graphics - Addictive, progressively more challenging and fun as you move up through the levels! - Chain blasting. Try and trigger chain blasting as it will get you bigger scores and increase your chances of getting special diamonds. - If you achieve the game objective, for each move left a diamond will be transformed into a row buster or column buster diamond. With each transformed diamond you will receive 1000 points. - Diamond Twist Mania is completely free to play. You can complete all levels without making a single purchase. However, if you want to speed up your progress, you can make in-app purchases to get extra moves, time or lives. The account owner should always be consulted beforehand. By downloading this game, you confirm that you agree to our terms of service: http://www.gsoftteam.com/eula If you have any technical problems, please email us directly at support@gsoftteam.com. Please, don’t leave support problems in our comments – we don’t check those regularly and it will take longer to fix any issues that you might encounter. Thank you for your understanding!
Bust
Match three or more same-colored bubbles to rescue astronauts trapped in time bubbles. Explore four distinct play modes, including a casual option for relaxed play, a timed challenge, and two puzzle modes with endless or hand-designed levels. Create and play your own levels with the built-in editor.
- Match-3 bubble popping gameplay
- Rescue trapped astronauts
- Four distinct play modes
- Built-in level editor
- Casual, Timed, and Puzzle modes
- Game Center leaderboards
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Astronauts are trapped in time bubbles. Match 3 or more of the same color bubbles to rescue them. Bust-A-Bubble has 4 play modes plus a built in level editor. Design and play your own levels. Casual mode allows you to play at your leisure with no pressure to finish the level. Timed mode will drop the bubbles down every 8 shots. Finish the level before the bubbles cross the terminator line. Puzzle mode uses a custom algorithm to build an endless number of levels that are quickly completed when making all the right shots. PB2X Puzzle mode includes 456 hand designed puzzles from the Puzzle Bobble 2X game. Make all the right shots to finish each level quickly. Bust-A-Bubble has multiple Game Center leaderboards. Can you top all of them? How many astronauts can you rescue?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bust at 5.0 against Diamond Twist Mania's 4.3. Bust also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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. Diamond Twist Mania sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Bust asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bust holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Diamond Twist Mania's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bust's.
Diamond Twist Mania ships an update every 6 months, Bust every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diamond Twist Mania | Bust |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | G Soft Team | Les Bird |
Customer experience
Diamond Twist Mania
Bust
In-app purchases
Diamond Twist Mania
- 30 Gold2 variants$0.99
- Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 1$0.99
- Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 10$0.99
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- 160 Gold$3.99
- 160 Gold$4.99
- 330 Gold$6.99
- 330 Gold$9.99
- 700 Gold$11.99
- 700 Gold$19.99
- 1500 Gold$39.99
Bust
No in-app purchases
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