Ball Sort Puzzle
Ball Sort Puzzle is a highly addictive and relaxing game for many, but recent updates and persistent issues with excessive, long, and broken ads, even for paying users, are severely impacting the user experience and leading to frustration and uninstalls.
Ball Sort Puzzle is a popular and engaging game that helps users relax and pass time with its challenging logic puzzles. However, recent user reviews highlight significant issues with an overwhelming number of long, unskippable, and often broken ads, which detract from the gameplay and frustrate both free and paid users.
What users like
- Relaxing and mentally stimulating gameplay, great for passing time.R1R12R182R201
- Highly addictive and enjoyable for long-term play, with many users reaching very high levels.R12R18R83R86
- Offers customization options like different ball skins, beakers, and backgrounds using earned coins.R46R139
- Can be played offline by turning off Wi-Fi, which also helps avoid ads.R47R163R166
- Game provides options to undo moves or get extra tubes by watching ads, offering solutions without mandatory purchases.R176R208
What users complain about
- Excessive, frequent, and very long ads interrupt gameplay, often lasting several minutes.R3R4R24R31
- Purchasing the 'no ads' package does not remove all ads, particularly for in-game perks like extra tubes or undos, leading to feelings of being scammed.R22R26R27R28
- Many ads are broken, freezing the game, preventing exit, or not delivering the promised reward.R5R8R9R10
- Coins earned in-game have little to no practical use, as essential items like extra tubes still require watching ads.R6R36R61R90
- Recent updates have reportedly reduced difficulty, changed level structures, or caused progress resets.R140R141R149R189
- Some ads are inappropriate, contain security threats, or include unwanted political content.R1R21R25R120
- Game sometimes interrupts background music/videos or has sound issues even when muted.R68R181
- Certain 'question mark' or 'mystery' levels are based purely on guessing, not strategy, which users dislike.R11R194
Latest update · v27.0.1
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
- Fix bug reward ad
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This game is for individuals looking for a relaxing and mentally stimulating puzzle game to pass the time, especially those who enjoy sorting and organizing tasks R1R12R182. It's suitable for players who don't mind occasional ads or are willing to play offline to avoid them R47R163. It is NOT for users who expect an ad-free experience after purchasing an 'ad-free' option, or those who get easily frustrated by frequent, long, or broken ads R27R54.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, primarily due to ad-related issues and bugs. While the lifetime rating is high, the recent sentiment indicates a significant decline in user satisfaction, suggesting a negative trajectory for the app's current state.
Frequently asked
Does purchasing 'no ads' remove all ads in Ball Sort Puzzle?
Are there ways to avoid ads without paying?
What are the common issues with ads in the game?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R1] Great game/weird ads: I very much enjoy this game. It helps me turn my brain off in the face of the troubles and burdens of the world. In the spirit of this, maybe we can find some new ads that don’t involve women and children nearly freezing to death, and kings (even if they’re evil) being murdered by fire breathing dragons. It really harshes my mellow, and really flies in the face of the purpose
- [R12] Ummm: I like this game! Super relaxing, and it makes you think. Highly addictive and great way to pass time.
- [R182] It is too good. (PLS RED MY REVIEW): This app is like so soothing and good for stress and anxiety :) and if you are a organizing freak (I am✋🏻🤚🏻) and it helps with that and helps you don’t need anymore stress and anxiety, SOOOO GOOD. But there is a kinda a lot of ads😬, but i do not care 🙂🤛🏻😂 I have had this game for probably like over a year and I love it 😁 great for iPad users and phone users, an
- [R201] The only mobile game I keep coming back to: I have a tendency to get a game, play for a few days, then never touch again (and eventually delete to save space). ADHD life babyyyy, but I’ve had this game for well over a year and still play it regularly. It’s the sort of game where I might fly though twenty levels in 10 minutes (very satisfying) only to be stuck on a level for days. All very fair, no
- [R18] Wonderful: I am on level 23,280
- [R83] I’ve played 40,000 levels!: Over the last 4 years or so, I’ve finished 33335 levels. Every 5 levels there is a bonus “Special” level. 33335 divided by 5 is 6667, therefore 33335 levels+ 6667 bonus levels is 40,002 levels. Maybe I should find a hobby…
- [R86] leaderboards!: I love ball sort and I play it everyday. Currently, I’m on level 24,143 and I would love to see a global leaderboard :))
- [R46] Fun and free!: I love that this game never asks me to spend real money and that I don’t need to in order to advance. You can get different types of balls, beakers and backgrounds with the coins you earn just from winning levels. I appreciate this game bc it’s enjoyable and it’s not just one of those money grabs
- [R139] 10/10 game: I love this game me and my friend play this on the bus when we’re bored it’s fun and challenging too you get to change your background and different ball skins too 10/10 game
- [R47] Great Game: So this game is great. Some of the levels are a little challenging, and it helps to think through it for a few days or so. And if you don’t want to watch ads, I’ve got a secret for you. Just turn the wifi off and play, and then turn it back on when you need to. That way, you can enjoy a great game without paying or unnecessary ads. Have fun playing and please download!
- [R163] turn on airplane mode for no ads!!!!!: Game is fun and for those worried about ads just turn on airplane mode on your phone this is not allow ads to come through as they require a internet connection or data!
- [R166] Please read this before downloading: So I’m not talking bad but I LOVE this game me and my best friend ever always play together and we always solve it.But there is a few too many ads but it’s still a great game I personally love it.And it will never be deleted from my phone and I will always keep it.Me and my friends won’t ever delete this game because we all love it so much.It is also a no WiFi
- [R176] My go to game when I have nothing to do: Whenever I’m bored in the car or on an airplane I play this game. It’s pretty cool and does everything it says it does in the ads. If you really like a level, you can go back to it. Also, if you’re struggling with a puzzle, you can watch an add and get an extra tube. I guess I would like it though if they could make another way to put in an extra tube becau
- [R208] Perfect Game: This is the only game that I continue to play! There is ALWAYS a solution available without having to make a purchase! Need a little help? You can go back five moves. Need an extra tube? Watch a quick add. This game is fun, challenging, and rewarding. I have played this game for several years and continue to enjoy it very much!
- [R3] Ads are too much now: Recent update went from an ad buying one full tube to one as buys one place holder in a single tube, a full ad to buy a second spot in the same tube, and same for third and fourth. So what one ad used to buy, I now need four. I’m deleting the app.
- [R4] Rai’s review: I recommend not getting this app because it has adds every time you complete a level I give it a 1/5 it sucks it is terrible
- [R24] Ball sort: A really fun game. However, you better like being interrupted in the middle of your game, cause you’re gonna get it. Very very frustrating. Otherwise I would give this game a 10
- [R31] Too many ads: Too many ads. 30 seconds of game play followed by 1.5 minutes of ads
- [R22] Ads go on and on!: I purchased the “no ads package” but still when I want to add a tube, I get ads that go on for many minutes! If there is a way to stop these ads sooner, it’s well hidden. I give up, will hide the app.
- [R26] Buyer beware: It’s a fine game, but... I purchased the “no ad” option and that’s not exactly right. If you get stuck, your only option is to click on the video and watch up 3 mins or more before you can carry on. What a waste of time and money.
- [R27] Ads are several mins long: I paid to go ad free. Still have to watch ads to get an extra pipe, and it is impossible without an extra sometimes. Still have to watch ads, and they went from being 30 seconds long to now 3-4 minutes. Unacceptable.
- [R28] Hate the ads love the game: Love the game hate the ads even though I purchased the option to have them removed, twice.
- [R5] Its not working: You can’t click to get your free gifts or get extra bottles. So getting past level 27 is not possible as it is set up purposely to need an extra bottle.
- [R8] App frozen: A Vivint ad has frozen the game for two days. Please fix these ads.
- [R9] Broken :/: I’ve had this game for years and it’s always been a good time waster for me. In the last month or two I have been getting SO MANY broken ads. Like 4/5 ads don’t work. The X to exit them never shows up, or the ad itself never shows up and I can’t close out of them. When I close out of the app it resets my progress in the game and it doesn’t give me whatever I just sat through the ad for.
- [R10] Extra cup option not working: Enjoy the game when it is working properly. However it seems since your last “fix” the extra cup button is not responding. I see another player states the same issue to you on Apr 2nd, yet nothing has been fixed. Please read your reviews & correct the non-working features in you game. Thank you
- [R6] Fun but add more rewards!: I love this game but I have already bought everything from the shop. Please add more stuff.
- [R36] add more things to the shop: my favorite game i’m on level 685 but i wish you would add more things to the shop because i have 15,000 coins that are just building up with nothing to use them on!! do more stuff with your game
- [R61] Fun until…: …you want to buy something like an extra container with the coins you’ve earned and you discover there’s literally nothing useful to buy with them. But worse yet is when you have to sit through painful ads to get an extra container. Let me buy a container with my coins!! Honestly, the long, endless, horrible Royal Kingdom ads are what make me quit playing, they’re what prompted this re
- [R90] Fun but no use for coins earned: This game is really fun and I’ve played it for a long time. However, you earn coins for each round but there is absolutely no use for them. You can’t use them to buy an extra container- instead you have to sit through a long painful and almost always Homescapes commercial before you get the extra space. You also can’t buy an option to skip a round. The game could i
- [R140] Newest update changed levels to beginner easy: I am on level 3024. I play this game everyday and loved it until the latest update. The last update makes me feel like I am starting from the beginning again. Please bring back the more challenging levels and I will update my review to give it 5 stars.
- [R141] WHERE DID THEY GO?: The other day there was an update to the game. Since then there are no longer 14 tube puzzles of any kind. Infantile 7 tube puzzles instead. I keep thinking that I’ll clear the current board & the next board will be back to normal with 11 & 14 tube puzzles. Nope. Very disappointing.
- [R149] Bug?: I was enjoying this game until yesterday when all of a sudden, the level reverted back to beginner difficulty. I’m on level 11005 and I’m only getting five tubes with four balls in each. Nothing like the challenges I had. If this doesn’t fix in a day, I’ll delete.
- [R189] Great User Support!: I love playing this game, and was playing a game when I received a message that an update was available and necessary. I had no option but to stop my game and install the update, so I did. But I was terribly surprised that before the update I was on level 850+ and when I restarted my game after installing the update I was on Level 3, THREE!! There was no way I could get the
- [R21] Cancelled: I like this game, but the inappropriate ads were so bad I cancelled and deleted this game.
- [R25] Careful: Good game but after turning on advanced security Ads are being blocked by xfinity due to security threats. Don’t you test these ads so they pose no threat??? What is getting thru?
- [R120] Intrusive ads: I’d had this game for a while as a simple time-waster. But today, I had to delete this game. I get that you make money from ads, but these ads open up links without you pressing them, make loud beeping noises (???) and I haven’t been able to report the ads in-game. There’s a lot of games like this… find one of those instead. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- [R68] Interrupts My Music: I love this game and have been playing it for years, but it has somehow managed to get worse. Every time I play it, it stops any background music or video thats playing and it never used to do that.
- [R181] Doesn’t respect the mute: Sounds turns on and off randomly for both ads and game when you have your phone in silent mode. Must leave volume all the way down to play without noise. Ads must be muted individually and it doesn’t always work. Fun game but this is a deal breaker even without the full minute ads.
- [R11] Question mark levels: Question mark levels ruin the enjoyment of the game. They come up far too frequently and for the most part is just purely guessing. Not strategic, not fun. Pass.
- [R194] Mostly good: I like this game a lot, I’m a little more than half way through the 400 levels. But I HATE the mystery levels. It’s all luck, or a huge memory game which isn’t why I play this. I like the casual logic puzzle solving of the normal levels.
- [R19] Unskipable ads ruin the game: The game itself is great, but unskipable ads from partners like Kalshi ruin the experience. I cannot progress from level to level as there is no way to exit the ads.
- [R114] Love it!: I’ve had this game for quite a while now, literally in level 3657 lol.. But overall the game is nice, it’s just something I can mindlessly play to pass time or when i’m bored. I caved in and bought the no ads so I don’t deal with all the ads everyone else is complaining about in other reviews. I do hope they add more things to buy like tubes, paints, etc. Overall, I like the game, it’s e
- [R54] Warning: ‘No Ads’ Package Doesn’t Remove All Ads!: I purchased the no ads package expecting an ad-free experience. While regular ads disappeared, I quickly found that I still had to watch ads for perks and to progress at higher levels. Nowhere was it made clear that rewarded ads would remain after paying. This feels like a deceptive bait-and-switch tactic. I paid $2.99 for no ads, but was still fo
- [R126] Well…: The game itself is quite fun. I am disappointed in the fact that I paid $2.99 for “no ads”, yet watching ads is the only way you get to add a new tube. I could have saved my money and played the same way for free. I feel snookered by the developers who know what “no ads” means to the players. You got my money and I still have to watch the ads. That’s false advertising to me. That is the onl
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store