Circle vs ba
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circle
Guide a jumping circle to avoid a dangerous line. Test your reflexes and see how far you can progress in this simple yet challenging arcade game. Compete for the highest score.
- Tap to jump
- Avoid the line
- Endless gameplay
- Score tracking
- Challenging reflexes
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Make the circle jump and avoid hitting the line! How far can you go?
ba
A minimalist arcade game where players defend a central circle by colliding with incoming dots. Control the ball's speed and spin to survive increasingly challenging waves. Compete for the top spot on the leaderboard.
- Circle defense gameplay
- Tap to spin left/right
- Hold to increase speed
- Progressively harder levels
- Leaderboard competition
- Minimalist design
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ba - 14th in "focus" (aa, uu, ff, au, rr, ao, rl, sp, th, ki, ci, sn, lo, ba, ov, sh, fi, do, ru & ti) Defend the circle at all costs. Touch and hold to increase the speed of the ball, collide with dots entering to stay alive. Tap on the left side to spin left, tap on the right to spin right. You can also top the leaderboard with your best score / longest survival. See how long you can last, as it gets progressively harder and harder. Thanks for all your support, I hope you're enjoying the "focus" series thus far. Handmade in Australia, General Adaptive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ba at none against Circle's shown. ba also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Circle's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (5.5K vs 14). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Circle sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and ba sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Circle holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circle has 5.5K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Circle's written reviews are positive against 67% of ba's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Circle ships an update every 2 months, ba every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circle | ba |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (5.5K ratings) — better | 3.9 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.5K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 324 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | General Adaptive Apps Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Circle
ba
Bugs and requests
Circle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Diamonds not counting properly in challenges
- Game screen not fitting properly on newer devices
- Tapping not registering correctly
Requested features
4 requests- More race levels and challenges
- Ability to customize circles
- Option to play own music
- Pause button during gameplay
ba
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Circle
- 400 Diamonds$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- 1000 Diamonds$1.99
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- 3000 Diamonds$4.99
- 5000 Diamonds$6.99
ba
- Remove Ads$1.99
