Buglets vs 2048 Sand Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buglets
A fun and challenging game for two to four players on a single iPad. Navigate your buglet through over 100 levels, dodging obstacles and finding food while competing against opponents. Perfect for parties and family fun.
- Multiplayer on a single device
- Over 100 challenging levels
- Dodge obstacles
- Master moving levels
- Find food for your buglet
- Suitable for all ages
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Buglets - a fun and entertaining game for two or more players on a single iPad! - Dodge obstacles - Master moving levels - Find food for your buglet …and challenge your opponents! all in over 100 levels from very easy to fiendishly difficult. Provides loads of fun with friends and at parties. And best of all, you only need one iPad to play together with up to four players! Based on our proven game engine technology, Buglets provides a beautifully crafted and challenging experience for all ages.
2048 Sand Balls
Guide folding balls by paving a path to direct them into a basket. Strategically create the route to achieve the highest score.
- Pave paths
- Fold numbers
- Guide balls
- Score points
- Basket goal
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Pave the path, try to fold up the numbers and get into the basket!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Buglets at 100% against 2048 Sand Balls's 0%. Buglets also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 71 months). 2048 Sand Balls's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Buglets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 2048 Sand Balls has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Buglets's written reviews are positive against 0% of 2048 Sand Balls's.
Buglets ships an update every 7 months, 2048 Sand Balls every 71 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buglets | 2048 Sand Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 71 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bumbayaya GmbH | App Swim LLC |
Customer experience
Buglets
2048 Sand Balls
In-app purchases
Buglets
No in-app purchases
2048 Sand Balls
No in-app purchases
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