Smart Marbles vs BQM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Marbles
A classic marble solitaire puzzle game where the goal is to remove all marbles except one. Jump marbles over each other to clear the board. Offers a simple reset function to restart the game.
- Marble jumping mechanics
- Clear marbles to solve puzzles
- Single-player gameplay
- Reset game function
- Simple grid-based puzzles
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Smart Marbles is an iPhone6 app for marble solitaire. The game is simple: select a marble and then select an empty space in the grid that is two spaces over. Another marble must be placed between the selected marble and the destination space. Once the marble has jumped over the middle marble, the middle marble will be taken off the board. The object of the game is to remove all marbles except the last. Use the reset button to return the game to the original marble positions.
BQM
Design and share your own challenging RPG dungeons or test your skills against creations from players worldwide. Solve puzzles, overcome traps, and battle monsters in this instant-death adventure.
- Create custom RPG dungeons
- Challenge player-made dungeons
- Instant death RPG gameplay
- Puzzle and action stages
- Global player challenges
- Dungeon editor with traps and gimmicks
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### Create & challenge - new instant death RPG「BQM - BlockQuest Maker」is here ### Secret doors, falling stones, formidable monsters - fight them all and level up! Solve the mystery box and see what lies ahead! BQM is newest game from BlockQuest series, follow up to great hit, Dungeon of Gravestone, popular puzzle game with and instant death factor! This time, dungeons and gimmicks got major boost up. It's no longer, play only game, it is about creating, sharing and challenging players all around the world! Join global fever! ・ Challenge dungeons! Join worldwide battle royal and test your skills in dungeons created by other players! Puzzle stages, action stages, dungeons of various genres await you! Bombs, arrows, boxes, magic, which will one will you choose to solve mysteries? ・Create your own dungeons! Now it's your turn to create dungeons! Use dungeon editor and challenge players all around the world. Everything dependson you: traps, gimmicks, use them to create complex mazes. Set admission fee for your dungeon and get gold! The more popular your dungeon gets the more gold will fall into your hand!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Marbles at 5.0 against BQM's 3.7. Smart Marbles also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (83% vs 53%). BQM's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price and ads 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. BQM sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Smart Marbles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Marbles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BQM has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Smart Marbles's written reviews are positive against 53% of BQM's.
Smart Marbles ships an update every 3 months, BQM every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Marbles | BQM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 52.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | David Johnson | Wonderland Kazakiri inc. |
Customer experience
Smart Marbles
BQM
In-app purchases
Smart Marbles
No in-app purchases
BQM
- PRO$4.99
- Parts Pack$4.99
- Pro and PartsPack$6.99









