Oscar's Bubbles vs Smashin' Pumpkins
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oscar's Bubbles
Help Oscar the fish swallow as many floating bubbles as possible. Navigate fast, slow, high, and low bubbles to catch them all. Features multiplayer support for Apple TV, allowing up to three friends to play together.
- Swallow floating bubbles
- Navigate varied bubble speeds and positions
- Multiplayer support for Apple TV
- Collaborative and competitive multiplayer modes
- iOS device acts as Apple TV remote
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Oscar is addicted to bubbles — lots and lots of bubbles. He wants to swallow every one. Good news! Bubbles keep floating by - fast, slow, high low - help Oscar swallow them all. Don’t miss one! ___________________________________________________________ Now, with MULTIPLAYER support for APPLE TV! Play with up to 3 other friends in collaborative or competitive multiplayer mode. • Download and launch Oscar's Bubbles on Apple TV • Launch Oscar on your iOS device and accept the invitation to join a multiplayer game • Your iOS device works like the Apple TV remote to control your fish • Tap to swim and swipe left to right to lunge ahead of other fish and grab the bubble first!
Smashin' Pumpkins
A fast-paced Halloween arcade game where players tap to smash pumpkins within a 60-second time limit. Compete for the highest score by demolishing as many gourds as possible before the witching hour.
- 60-second gameplay sessions
- Simple tap controls
- Randomly appearing pumpkins
- Score based on pumpkins smashed
- Competitive high score challenges
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Smashin' Pumpkins is a fast Halloween arcade game built for quick, satisfying play. Pumpkins fly across the screen—tap to smash as many as you can, chase a new high score and compare your best run on Game Center. Features: • New pumpkins appear for 60 seconds each round • Simple tap-to-smash controls • Random pumpkin paths that test your reactions • Global Game Center leaderboard • Atmospheric Halloween artwork, music and effects • No ads or in-app purchases The clock stops new pumpkins appearing, but every pumpkin already on screen remains in play until it is smashed or escapes. Your final score is then recorded. Smashin' Pumpkins is a paid game with the complete experience included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Oscar's Bubbles at Free against Smashin' Pumpkins's $0.99. Oscar's Bubbles also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Oscar's Bubbles is free to download; Smashin' Pumpkins costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Oscar's Bubbles against 5.0 for Smashin' Pumpkins. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Oscar's Bubbles ships an update every 2 months, Smashin' Pumpkins every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oscar's Bubbles | Smashin' Pumpkins |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Eric Redlinger | NUIFISH LIMITED |
Customer experience
Oscar's Bubbles
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In-app purchases
Oscar's Bubbles
No in-app purchases
Smashin' Pumpkins
No in-app purchases
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