Ball King vs Watame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ball King
Experience arcade basketball with a twist, throwing quirky objects through the hoop. Compete with friends and millions of players across various game modes and unlockable environments.
- Throw unique objects
- Compete with friends
- Two exciting game modes
- Unlock new environments
- Unlock new objects to throw
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Want to feel like King? Throw ducks, frogs or even old radios through the basket and crush your friends score! Join 3 million players and compete in two exciting game modes and unlock new environments to play in and new objects to throw! No pop-up advertisements or timers stopping you from playing, just pure fun! Enjoy the game!
Watame
Guide a cotton character on a relaxing journey through diverse worlds, collecting stars while overcoming physics challenges, puzzles, and avoiding traps. This game offers a visually minimalist experience with a calming soundtrack, perfect for on-the-go play.
- Physics-based challenges
- Puzzle solving
- Minimalist visual design
- Relaxing soundtrack
- Portrait mode gameplay
- Collect stars
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Helps to this lovely cotton on his journey to get the stars! Watame combines skill and puzzle in a game on that you'll control a little cotton character on a relaxing journey through different worlds. Get all stars avoiding traps, physics challenges, and solving different puzzles. Features: • Different levels with their unique physics challenges, puzzles, lethal traps and enemies. • Easy to learn, difficult to master on portrait mode, perfect to play on the go! • A visual experience to relax with beautifully minimalist visual design. • A wonderful and relaxing soundtrack. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE NOTE! Watame is free to play, but it contains items that can be purchased for real money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Watame at none against Ball King's shown. Watame also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Ball King's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 79) and review sentiment (93% vs 83%). On price, rating, 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. Ball King sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Watame sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Ball King against 4.6 for Watame. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ball King has 1.9K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Ball King's written reviews are positive against 83% of Watame's.
| Parameter | Ball King | Watame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | 4.6 (79 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.4% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 79 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 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 | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 192 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qwiboo Ltd | Ruben Pecellin |
Customer experience
Ball King
Watame
Bugs and requests
Ball King
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashing on launch after updates
- Disappearing coins/prizes after opening gifts
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes and challenges
- Ability to customize player character
- Improved progression system for unlocks
- Multiplayer or leaderboard functionality
Watame
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ball King
- Bowling Ball$0.99
- Baseball Ball$0.99
- Burger$0.99
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- Zombie Head$0.99
- Yin Yang$0.99
- Skull$0.99
- Lucky Shamrock$0.99
- Old Radio$0.99
- Money Bag$0.99
- Lucky Dice$0.99
- Ninja$0.99
- Skeleton$0.99
- Bomb$0.99
- Yellow Duck$0.99
- Tree Frog$0.99
- Piggy Bank$2.99
Watame
- Premium$1.99
- Premium$4.99
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