Stop the Balloons vs Bounce Climber
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stop the Balloons
A simple game where players tap to pop balloons before they escape the screen. Dragging balloons can cause them to bump into each other, and releasing them makes them pop. The game ends after three balloons get away.
- Tap to pop balloons
- Drag balloons to bump others
- Release balloons to pop them
- Prevent balloons from escaping
- Simple, relaxing gameplay
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It's a nice sunny day in the neighborhood. It's the weekend and you can finally relax and enjoy this day to the fullest. You watch how the kids are all cheerfully running around and playing with balloons. However, as you leisurely watch the kids, one of them lost hold of the balloon! Oh no! Suddenly, many more balloons are all flying away! What would happen if the balloons actually fly away? It's up to you to stop the balloons and make sure they don't fly out of sight! Stop the Balloons is a simple game in which you try to stop the balloons from escaping the screen. Pop the balloons by tapping on them. You can keep dragging them if you hold them to bump them into other balloons. Once you stop holding the balloons, they will pop. After three balloons escape, the game will end. How many balloons will you be able to stop?
Bounce Climber
Navigate challenging levels by bouncing upwards, avoiding obstacles. This game offers simple one-touch controls, vibrant visuals, and competitive leaderboards for endless fun across over 1000 levels.
- One-touch controls
- 1000+ levels
- Colorful levels
- Competitive leaderboards
- Easy to learn, hard to master
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Bounce to the top and don't get crushed! Bounce Climber is a game that is easy to learn, but hard to master. Featuring simple one touch controls, colorful levels, and competitive leaderboards. Start playing 1000+ levels of endless fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bounce Climber at every 5 days against Stop the Balloons's every 17 months. Bounce Climber also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Stop the Balloons's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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.
Stop the Balloons holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bounce Climber has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Stop the Balloons ships an update every 17 months, Bounce Climber every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stop the Balloons | Bounce Climber |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vyrai | Ethan Hannah |
Customer experience
Stop the Balloons
Bounce Climber
In-app purchases
Stop the Balloons
No in-app purchases
Bounce Climber
No in-app purchases
Questions
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