Connect Diamonds Mania vs Smart Marbles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connect Diamonds Mania
Connect groups of three or more identical diamonds by sweeping across them to create explosive chain reactions. Progress through 351 unique levels with varied objectives and challenges, utilizing special diamonds strategically to achieve high scores and overcome obstacles.
- 351 unique levels
- Multiple game objectives
- Timed and move-limited levels
- Special diamond types
- HD graphics and animations
- Progressively difficult challenges
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Play an addicting game of connect diamonds. Connect groups of identical diamonds by sweeping across. You must connect 3 or more diamonds in order to ignite a blast. Trace a path from the first diamond to the last diamond from that group without overlapping. When ready, release the diamonds you connected and they will blast one by one. Connecting a large group of diamonds will earn you bigger and bigger scores and the chance to generate special diamonds. At advanced levels you may need to use strategic special diamonds in order to win. What are you waiting for? This is an awesome game with 351 levels for you to enjoy. FEATURES - 351 free levels of addictive fun, each one unique and filled with amazing challenges that will keep your brain active. Each level will present you with a different game grid of diamonds you have to connect. - 5 game objectives: achieve the target score, break all diamond and crystal cells, treasure hunting in which you have to dig your way down to the goal line, pearl hunting and ice levels where you have to stop the ice from spreading. - 2 types of levels: levels with limited moves and levels with a time limit - 7 types of special diamonds. - 7 types of obstacles. - Electrifying HD quality graphics and animations on your phone and tablet - Addictive, progressively more difficult as you move up through the levels! - 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!
Smart Marbles
A classic marble solitaire puzzle game where the goal is to remove all marbles except one. Jump marbles over each other to clear the board. Offers a simple reset function to restart the game.
- Marble jumping mechanics
- Clear marbles to solve puzzles
- Single-player gameplay
- Reset game function
- Simple grid-based puzzles
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Smart Marbles is an iPhone6 app for marble solitaire. The game is simple: select a marble and then select an empty space in the grid that is two spaces over. Another marble must be placed between the selected marble and the destination space. Once the marble has jumped over the middle marble, the middle marble will be taken off the board. The object of the game is to remove all marbles except the last. Use the reset button to return the game to the original marble positions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Marbles at 5.0 against Connect Diamonds Mania's 4.5. Smart Marbles also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Connect Diamonds Mania's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Connect Diamonds Mania sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Smart Marbles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Marbles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Connect Diamonds Mania's written reviews are positive against 83% of Smart Marbles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Connect Diamonds Mania ships an update every 6 months, Smart Marbles every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connect Diamonds Mania | Smart Marbles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | G Soft Team | David Johnson |
Customer experience
Connect Diamonds Mania
Smart Marbles
In-app purchases
Connect Diamonds Mania
- 30 Gold2 variants$0.99
- Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 1$0.99
- Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 10$0.99
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- Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 11$0.99
- 160 Gold$3.99
- 160 Gold$4.99
- 330 Gold$9.99
- 700 Gold$11.99
- 700 Gold$19.99
Smart Marbles
No in-app purchases
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