Bubble Struggle vs Hack Arcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bubble Struggle
Embark on an adventure in this classic arcade game, the sequel to a highly popular online title. Navigate through 97 unique levels, utilize 5 different weapons and 7 helpful items to overcome challenges and defeat the boss.
- 97 unique levels
- Boss level
- 5 weapons
- 7 items
- Challenge friends
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A classic arcade game. Sequel to the original Bubble Trouble (one of the Top 10 most played online games, played 100s of million times). 97 unique levels. Boss level. 5 weapons to help you progress. 7 items for different level tactic. It’s not easy to complete this game. Do you have what it takes? Challenge your friends. Make it happen.
Hack Arcade
Engage in a unique puzzle game where you rewire arcade cabinets and insert chips to alter gameplay. Each level offers a fresh challenge, encouraging experimentation to achieve high scores and collect cosmetic items. Discover new game mechanics and strategies with every playthrough.
- Rewire arcade cabinets
- Insert computer chips for upgrades
- Experiment with game mechanics
- Collect hats for bonuses
- Score three stars per level
- Unique gameplay each session
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Hack the game in each arcade cabinet with Wires and Chips to help Gus win. Every level requires rewiring or a Chip hack, no two games played are the same. Even we aren’t quite sure what will happen, but here are some hints: • Rewire the Wires until something good happens • Rewire the Wires until something better happens • Rewire the rewiring if rewiring caused something bad to happen • Remember what terminal you wired to and what it did • Remember what terminal you wired to and what it didn’t do • Once wired and working nicely, play and win the game • Try to score Three Stars for each level – you’ll get the most coins • Get hats, get lots of hats, wear them all at once - Gus loves hats. The more hats you wear at once, the more hat bonus coins you get. Plus, Gus looks absurd with more hats. • Insert Upgrades using chips, these are computer chips. Wire from a terminal to a chip. Chips help Gus do extraordinary things. We are not quite sure what they will do all the time, but Gus should be fine. • If the game or level is too hard, try it with a chip - it will probably help. If it is still too hard, try a different chip. • Even if you win easily, try the game again with a different chip, with more hats on Gus… it’s a new game every time. • You hack it – you play it
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hack Arcade at fortnightly against Bubble Struggle's every 4 months. Hack Arcade also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Bubble Struggle's advantage is ratings volume (245 vs 18). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Bubble Struggle sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Hack Arcade sells 11 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 Bubble Struggle against 4.8 for Hack Arcade. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bubble Struggle has 245 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Bubble Struggle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hack Arcade's.
Bubble Struggle ships an update every 4 months, Hack Arcade fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 8, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bubble Struggle | Hack Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (245 ratings) | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 245 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 306 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | One up games | Driven Catalyst, LLC |
Customer experience
Bubble Struggle
Hack Arcade
Bugs and requests
Bubble Struggle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game not loading past title screen
- Levels not progressing as expected
- Inconsistent coin rewards
Requested features
4 requests- More levels
- Multiplayer mode
- Power-ups and upgrades
- Improved controls
Hack Arcade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bubble Struggle
- 250 c$1.99
- 300 c$1.99
- 600 c$3.99
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- Full game4 variants$4.99
- 1000 coins$5.99
- 3000 c$9.99
Hack Arcade
- 500$0.99
- 1,000$0.99
- 1250$1.99
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- 2000$2.99
- 5000$4.99
- 6,000$4.99
- 15000$9.99
- 13,000$9.99
- 28,000$19.99
- 65000$39.99
- 75,000$49.99








