ba vs sugar (game)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ba
A minimalist arcade game where players defend a central circle by colliding with incoming dots. Control the ball's speed and spin to survive increasingly challenging waves. Compete for the top spot on the leaderboard.
- Circle defense gameplay
- Tap to spin left/right
- Hold to increase speed
- Progressively harder levels
- Leaderboard competition
- Minimalist design
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ba - 14th in "focus" (aa, uu, ff, au, rr, ao, rl, sp, th, ki, ci, sn, lo, ba, ov, sh, fi, do, ru & ti) Defend the circle at all costs. Touch and hold to increase the speed of the ball, collide with dots entering to stay alive. Tap on the left side to spin left, tap on the right to spin right. You can also top the leaderboard with your best score / longest survival. See how long you can last, as it gets progressively harder and harder. Thanks for all your support, I hope you're enjoying the "focus" series thus far. Handmade in Australia, General Adaptive
sugar (game)
Draw lines on your screen to guide falling sugar into cups. Enjoy a calming puzzle experience with visually satisfying sugar particles. This game offers a fresh, free puzzle challenge.
- Draw to direct sugar
- Soothing particle physics
- Relaxing puzzle gameplay
- Free puzzle experience
- Creator of color puzzle series
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Draw on the screen to direct sugar into the cups. Experience the soothing puzzling with sugar particles trickling across the screen. A relaxing puzzle game from the creator of the color puzzle series and the "sugar, sugar" games. It was time for a brand new free sugar puzzle experience so I hope you'll enjoy this! @BartBonte
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ba at none against sugar (game)'s shown. ba also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). sugar (game)'s advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. ba sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and sugar (game) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
sugar (game) holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: sugar (game) has 410 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of ba's written reviews are positive against 82% of sugar (game)'s.
ba ships an update every 4 months, sugar (game) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ba | sugar (game) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) | 4.3 (410 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 81.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 410 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | General Adaptive Apps Pty Ltd | Bart BONTE |
Customer experience
ba
sugar (game)
Bugs and requests
ba
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
sugar (game)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not progressing after completion
- Sugar disappearing or not registering correctly
- Restart button accidentally pressed instead of gravity switch
Requested features
6 requests- Undo/reset option per level
- Ability to skip difficult levels
- Colorblind mode or options
- More levels and content updates
- Landscape mode support on tablets
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- Customization options
In-app purchases
ba
- Remove Ads$1.99
sugar (game)
- premium unlock$2.99
