Comparison

ba vs Patience Balls

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Circle defense gameplay
  • Tap to spin left/right
  • Hold to increase speed
  • Progressively harder levels
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Minimalist design
Features
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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

About

Patience Balls

Engage in a minimalist physics puzzle game designed for a calming and meditative experience. Solve intricate labyrinths and mazes using precision, patience, and logic. This game offers a serene escape while sharpening your reflexes and problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Relaxing Zen-like Gameplay
  • Mind-Teasing Labyrinths and Mazes
  • Physics-Based Challenges
  • Precision and Logic Puzzles
  • Beautiful Minimal Graphics
  • Unlockable Achievements
  • Global Leaderboards
Features
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Master your focus and conquer precision tilt controls in Patience Balls—the ultimate physics-based marble maze puzzle game! Whether you are navigating smooth logic labyrinths or tackling high-precision spatial challenges, test your steady hands, master fine balance, and guide every ball safely to its goal. Patience Balls combines realistic motion physics with clean, minimalist board design. Every movement requires complete spatial control, visual focus, and timing—offering a deeply satisfying physics experience where precision leads to victory. Key Features: • Precision Physics & Gyro Control: Calibrated tilt mechanics tuned for exact spatial accuracy. Every subtle wrist movement directly influences board gravity. • Challenging Marble Mazes: Navigate 3D labyrinths, narrow paths, moving obstacles, and gravity holes designed to test your hand-eye coordination. • Test Your Focus & Patience: Progress through 200+ handcrafted levels ranging from satisfying rolling puzzles to high-precision skill challenges. • Satisfying ASMR & Minimalist Design: Clean visuals paired with tactile rolling physics and crisp audio for an engaging, anti-stress atmosphere. • Seamless Offline Play: No Wi-Fi required. Enjoy zero-friction tilt puzzle gameplay anytime, anywhere. • Track Your Mastery: Unlock unique marble skins, achieve level milestones, and see how your precision balance stacks up on global leaderboards. Steady your hands, master the tilt, and download Patience Balls today!

Screenshots

ba3 screens
Patience Balls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Patience Balls at 4.8 against ba's 3.9. Patience Balls also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (478 vs 14). ba's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ba sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Patience Balls sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Patience Balls holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patience Balls has 478 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 68% of Patience Balls's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ba ships an update every 4 months, Patience Balls every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ba versus Patience Balls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbaPatience Balls
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (14 ratings)4.8 (478 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews68.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14478 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB274 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeneral Adaptive Apps Pty LtdRicardo Mendonca

Customer experience

ba

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative20.0%

Patience Balls

All ratings478 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative13.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ba

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
7 purchases

Patience Balls

One-time7
  • 250 Gems$0.99
  • Patience Balls Premium$1.99
  • 400 Gems$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$2.99
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$3.99
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$4.99
  • Remove ads and 2500 Gems$7.99

Questions

Is ba free?
ba is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Patience Balls free?
Patience Balls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ba or Patience Balls?
Patience Balls is rated higher. ba averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Patience Balls averages 4.8 from 478 ratings.
Do ba or Patience Balls have ads?
Patience Balls shows ads; ba does not.
Which is updated more often, ba or Patience Balls?
ba ships an update every 4 months, and Patience Balls every 3 weeks. Most recently, ba was updated on October 1, 2026 and Patience Balls on October 17, 2026.

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