Hue Ball vs Dissolve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hue Ball
A relaxing yet challenging arcade game that combines pinball, shuffleboard, and bubble shooter mechanics. Aim to score points and earn extra lives on a dynamic, ever-changing playing field. Compete with friends on the Game Center Leaderboard.
- Tap-to-shoot gameplay
- Dynamic, evolving playing field
- Skill-based scoring and extra lives
- Game Center Leaderboard integration
- Ad removal in-app purchase
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Hue Ball is a chill-yet-challenging tap-to-shoot game with a unique mix of pinball, shuffle board, and bubble shooters. - The playing field grows and changes organically as you play - Use skill to earn extra points and extra lives - Game Center Leaderboard - iAP to remove ads
Dissolve
Engage in an endless arcade shooter where every hit transforms the vibrant background. Collect permanent power-ups and melt through waves of enemies with intuitive swipe controls. Unlock new ships and face diverse enemy types in this colorful, fast-paced experience.
- Infinite enemy waves
- Permanent power-ups
- Transforming background visuals
- Single-finger swipe controls
- Haptic feedback
- Unlockable ships
- Upgradeable power-up drops
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In Dissolve, melt your way through infinite waves of enemies and bullets collecting never-expiring power-ups! Every shot that hits an enemy transforms the background, igniting dazzling bursts of color and warp-speed alterations all controlled with just a finger swipe. Get ready to melt through an endless torrent of vector foes! Features - Simple controls: Play with just moving your finger around the screen - Haptic feedback for key moments - 7 unlock-able ships - 14 Enemy Types and power-ups - Upgradeable power-up drop rates
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dissolve at fortnightly against Hue Ball's every 87 months. Dissolve also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (84% vs 76%). Hue Ball's advantage is iOS requirement (9.1 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hue Ball sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dissolve holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 310 and 107 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Hue Ball's written reviews are positive against 84% of Dissolve's.
Hue Ball ships an update every 87 months, Dissolve fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hue Ball | Dissolve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (310 ratings) | 4.5 (107 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 310 — better | 107 |
| Update frequency | Every 87 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 400 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Unept | BabyStar Games |
Customer experience
Hue Ball
Dissolve
Bugs and requests
Hue Ball
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads displayed despite purchase
- Lack of aim control
- Balls hitting barrier unfairly
Requested features
4 requests- Add instruction page
- Add more game modes
- Ability to play external music
- Add upgrades or cosmetic changes
Dissolve
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hue Ball
- Remove Ads$1.99
Dissolve
- 5000 Diamonds$0.99
- 30,000 Diamonds$4.99
