Comparison

Smart Marbles vs Arrow Puzzle

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

Arrow Puzzle

Features
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Arrow Puzzle: Pair Match is a puzzle about matching arrow pairs in the right order. Find two arrows of the same color on one row or column: one horizontal, one vertical. Tap the arrow pointing along that line to clear the pair and the arrows between them. Every move changes the matches left on the board. Remove a pair too soon and you may lose your next move. Look ahead, try another order and work toward a clear board. Smart has 200 puzzles to clear completely. Undo your last shot for free if you want to try another way. Some levels let you rotate an arrow. Recolor is there if you want it, but every Smart puzzle has a solution without it. Classic starts with 200 levels, then makes new boards as you go. Beat Classic level 10 to open Expert's snowflake-shaped boards. In every mode, you can play the board in 3D. Tap the 2D/3D button to switch views, tap the angle button to change the tilt, and pinch to zoom. Expert opens in 3D, Classic and Smart start flat, and each mode remembers your choice. Solved a good one? Send it to a friend. They can play that same board in their browser without installing the app. There's no timer, and you can leave an unfinished game and come back to it. The included levels work offline; level updates download when you're online. You can turn music and sound effects on or off separately. The first 12 attempts cost no energy. After that, a new attempt or restart costs 1 energy, which refills over time. In Smart, from your third attempt at the same level, you can skip after a loss by spending 3 coins. The game was previously called Crosswise Arrows.

Screenshots

Smart Marbles2 screens
Arrow Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Arrow Puzzle at monthly against Smart Marbles's every 3 months. Arrow Puzzle also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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, Arrow Puzzle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smart Marbles versus Arrow Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart MarblesArrow Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid JohnsonNikita Kliuchnikov

In-app purchases

None

Smart Marbles

No in-app purchases

None

Arrow Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Marbles free?
Smart Marbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrow Puzzle free?
Arrow Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Marbles or Arrow Puzzle have ads?
Neither Smart Marbles nor Arrow Puzzle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Marbles or Arrow Puzzle?
Smart Marbles ships an update every 3 months, and Arrow Puzzle monthly. Most recently, Smart Marbles was updated on October 18, 2026 and Arrow Puzzle on October 16, 2026.

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