Comparison

Smart Marbles vs Rank Up

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Marble jumping mechanics
  • Clear marbles to solve puzzles
  • Single-player gameplay
  • Reset game function
  • Simple grid-based puzzles
Features
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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.

About

Rank Up

Features
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Rank Up is a chess-inspired puzzle game built around one twist: your piece evolves as it captures. Take down a stronger enemy and your piece grows. Plan the order of captures, not just the path. The Daily Puzzle is the same for every player in the world — same board, same enemies, same solution space. Solve it. Share your stars and move count. Build a streak. See if you can beat par. GAME MODES • Daily Puzzle — A new puzzle every day, generated deterministically so every player gets the same challenge. Monday is gentle, Sunday is brutal. • Normal — 30+ levels of escalating difficulty with new mechanics introduced gradually: holes, teleport portals, fragile cells. • Survival — 5 hearts, infinite levels. Undo costs 1, retry costs 2, no hints. Push your record — finishing above your best level costs a heart. EVOLUTION SYSTEM Each piece has a power level. Capture an enemy stronger than yourself and you evolve — Pawn → Knight → Bishop → Rook → Queen. The order of captures matters: take a queen first and you've blown your evolution path. WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT • No timers. No energy meters. No nagging. • Plays offline — every puzzle is generated on your phone. • 5 power levels, 30+ tiers, infinite procedural levels. • Three board themes (Forest, Royal, Midnight). • Built-in haptics and chess-Merida pieces. Rank up your pieces. Solve the world's puzzle.

Screenshots

Smart Marbles2 screens
Rank Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Smart Marbles at none against Rank Up's shown. Rank Up's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Marbles ships an update every 3 months, Rank Up every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Smart Marbles versus Rank Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart MarblesRank Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid JohnsonEZGI DEMIREL KARABAG

In-app purchases

None

Smart Marbles

No in-app purchases

None

Rank Up

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Marbles free?
Smart Marbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rank Up free?
Rank Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Marbles or Rank Up have ads?
Rank Up shows ads; Smart Marbles does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart Marbles or Rank Up?
Smart Marbles ships an update every 3 months, and Rank Up every 3 days. Most recently, Smart Marbles was updated on October 18, 2026 and Rank Up on October 25, 2026.

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