Bounce Original vs Room and a Half
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bounce Original
Relive the classic Bounce Game experience with this mobile adaptation. Navigate challenging levels, collect rings, and avoid hazards. Compete with friends and enjoy HD graphics on your iPhone and iPad.
- 11 challenging levels
- Collect all rings
- Avoid dangerous thorns
- HD graphics
- Intuitive controls
- Friend score comparison
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For those of you who spent hundred of hours passing levels in classic oldschool Bounce Game, we made this one - Bounce Original. Enjoy 11 teeth-shattering levels, collect all rings and beware of dangerous thorns. Stay in touch with your friends and beat their scores. Most popular game - now on your iPhone and iPad! • Fantastic HD graphics • Original levels • Intuitive controls
Room and a Half
Engage with a cast of humorous characters in a game filled with surprising and challenging levels. Test your skills across over 20 addictive mini-games, culminating in an epic boss fight.
- 20+ addictive mini-games
- Challenging gameplay
- Epic boss fight
- Funny moments
- Unique characters
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Will you be able to win this game? Help an extremely funny and unique set of characters - in a hilarious game that will surprise and challenge you all the way to the final stage.... Features: * 20+ addictive and funny mini games * Tight and challenging gameplay * An Epic boss fight * Lots of funny and sometimes crude moments
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bounce Original at none against Room and a Half's shown. Bounce Original also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (72% vs 58%). Room and a Half's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and chart position (#190 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, 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. Bounce Original sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Room and a Half sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bounce Original holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.4K and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Bounce Original's written reviews are positive against 58% of Room and a Half's.
Bounce Original ships an update every 11 months, Room and a Half every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bounce Original | Room and a Half |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.4K ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews — better | 58.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 1.9K |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #190 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Baulin Roman | PARTY POOPERS LTD |
Customer experience
Bounce Original
Room and a Half
User reviews
Bounce Original
From 4.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Nostalgic gameplay
- 👍 Faithful recreation of original
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 💎 Great for challenging platforming
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches in certain levels
- 🔒 Locked levels require payment
- 🎮 Controls can be unresponsive at times
- 🔍 Incomplete level design in some cases
Room and a Half
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Challenging and fun gameplay
- 🤩 Entertaining and engaging
- 💡 Unique and innovative concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 💸 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🤯 Frustratingly difficult levels
Bugs and requests
Bounce Original
Reported bugs
3 issues- Level 10 missing a ring to get 3 stars
- Ball falls out of bounds on level 6
- Crashes and freezes on some devices
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content
- Option to remap controls
- Ability to save progress across sessions
Room and a Half
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes during boss battles
- Levels sometimes fail to load properly
- Audio issues when device is locked
Requested features
3 requests- Remove ads or provide ad-free option
- Improve stability and fix bugs
- Adjust difficulty curve for better balance
In-app purchases
Bounce Original
- Remove AdsFree
- Unlock levels$1.99
- Add 3 Lives$1.99
Room and a Half
- Play on with 3 hearts2 variants$0.99
- Coin Bundle2 variants$0.99
- Coin Bundle2 variants$1.99
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- Coin Bundle2 variants$2.99
- Coin Bundle$3.99
- Coin Bundle$4.99
Questions
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