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Head-to-head

Viola’s Quest vs Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend

Viola’s Quest 4.7★ · Free + IAP 40
Winner Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend
Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend 4.6★ · Free + IAP 70

Viola's Quest, despite its recent negative updates, is still a viable option for players who enjoy marble-shooter games, but Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend is a safer bet due to Viola's Quest's current issues.

Full reviews: Viola’s Quest · Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend

Viola's Quest has faced significant backlash from recent updates, primarily due to forced portrait mode, degraded graphics, and increased difficulty. Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend, while not having recent reviews provided, maintains a high lifetime rating, suggesting a more consistent user experience.

Head to head

Features and Gameplay tieR1R4R5R6
Viola’s Quest Viola's Quest users enjoyed the game for years, noting its fun gameplay similar to 'Tumble Bugs' R8. However, recent updates have removed landscape orientation, forcing portrait mode R5R6R8R9, which many find makes the game difficult and less enjoyable R13. Users also report issues with the shooter not working correctly R1 and increased difficulty on later levels, often requiring boosts or purchases R4R13R16.
Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend No specific user reviews for Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend were provided to assess its features and gameplay.
Graphics and User Interface tieR3R7R11R13
Viola’s Quest Viola's Quest users are overwhelmingly negative about recent graphic changes, describing them as 'terrible' R7R13, 'ugly' , 'hideous' , 'childish' , and making the game 'unplayable' R7. Specific complaints include pale marble colors, added patterns making magic marbles hard to distinguish R3R11, and ice-covered marbles being difficult to discern . The new interface is also called 'cheap' and 'bland and juvenile' .
Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend No specific user reviews for Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend were provided to assess its graphics and user interface.
Reliability and Stability tieR2R4R22R36
Viola’s Quest Viola's Quest has recent issues with glitches, making hard levels nearly impossible without boosts R4. Users report the game freezing or getting stuck after lives are over R22. One user also mentioned the game cheating them out of wins and setting them back on rune events R36. Customer service has been responsive to some issues in the past R2, but current glitches seem widespread.
Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend No specific user reviews for Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend were provided to assess its reliability and stability.
Price and Value (IAP, Ads) tieR4R16R17R32
Viola’s Quest Viola's Quest is free with in-app purchases (IAP), but users feel the game increasingly pushes them to spend money. Many report that it's impossible to progress in upper levels without paying or that levels become so difficult they require paid boosts R4R16R32. Some users are frustrated by the inability to earn free items or coins via ads anymore . The game also has a high volume of pop-up ads and events upon opening R17R36, and some ads override device volume controls and continue playing after the ad is over . There is no clear option to pay to remove ads .
Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend No specific user reviews for Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend were provided to assess its price and value.
Customer Support tieR2
Viola’s Quest One user mentioned contacting customer service for Viola's Quest and having issues quickly resolved R2. However, the widespread negative feedback about recent updates suggests that user concerns about major changes like forced portrait mode and graphics may not have been addressed to satisfaction.
Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend No specific user reviews for Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend were provided to assess its customer support.
Pick Viola’s Quest if

You are looking for a marble-shooter game and are willing to tolerate recent negative updates, including forced portrait mode and changed graphics, hoping for future improvements .

Pick Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend if

You prioritize a game with a consistently high user rating and want to avoid the significant gameplay and interface issues currently reported by users of Viola's Quest. You are looking for a reliable, well-received free-to-play puzzle game.

Evidence note: The comparison for Bubble Pop! Puzzle Game Legend is limited as no specific user reviews were provided, only lifetime ratings. Therefore, the assessment heavily relies on the detailed negative feedback from Viola's Quest users regarding recent updates.

Frequently asked

What are the main complaints about Viola's Quest?
The main complaints about Viola's Quest revolve around recent updates that forced the game into portrait mode, removed the landscape option R5R6R8R9, introduced new graphics that many users find ugly and difficult to distinguish R3R7R11, and made the game significantly harder, often requiring in-app purchases to progress R4R16R32.
Does Viola's Quest have a good free-to-play experience?
Viola's Quest's free-to-play experience is contentious, as many users report that the game becomes excessively difficult at higher levels, pushing them towards in-app purchases for boosts and tools R4R16R32. There are also complaints about frequent pop-up ads and events R17R36, and some ads are intrusive, overriding device volume and continuing after they end .
Can you play Viola's Quest in landscape mode?
No, recent updates to Viola's Quest have removed the option to play in landscape mode, forcing users into portrait orientation R5R6R8R9. This change is a significant point of frustration for many long-time players R13.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 50 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.

  1. [R1] Viola’s Quest 1/5 · US Feels like it cheats you!: The shooter often won’t shoot when it will be good for you. Bought a package that included 6 hours of “lives”, the shooter will not shoot. Tried restarting, tried resetting….the game won’t work. I got totally ripped off!
  2. [R4] Viola’s Quest 1/5 · US Glitches and can’t earn high points: I’ve been playing this game for quite some time; on level 517. This game, especially recently, has been glitching so much it has become almost impossible to beat hard levels without having to use some type of boost which for some people you might have to spend money. Also, after you beat a certain amount of levels it is almost physically impossible to earn high
  3. [R5] Viola’s Quest 4/5 · US Landscape Orientation: What happened to playing the game landscape? It’s only portrait.
  4. [R6] Viola’s Quest 3/5 · US Only Portrait Mode?: Please give us the option of playing in portrait OR landscape mode!
  5. [R3] Viola’s Quest 3/5 · US Fun game, bad update: It was a fun game but after the recent update the marble colors changed from bright to pale and some patterns were added on marbles so it’s really hard to see if it’s a regular marble or a magic one.. I stopped playing it.
  6. [R7] Viola’s Quest 1/5 · US Really terrible since update: This used to be fun but the graphics change in this new update makes this game unplayable.
  7. [R11] Viola’s Quest 4/5 · US Too much fancy changes: I love this game & have been playing it for years but the latest update is disturbing to the eyes. The new design of the balls are too fancy & everything almost look the same.
  8. [R13] Viola’s Quest 1/5 · US I hate the new update!: I used to play this game all the time, but since the recent interface change, I can’t stand to play it anymore. The graphics are terrible, it’s harder to get any powers, can’t play the game in landscape view, only portrait view and I get stuck on the same level for weeks. I may end up deleting the game since I no longer find enjoyment in playing it.
  9. [R2] Viola’s Quest 4/5 · US Recent update glitch: I love this game. I’ve had a few issues & contacted customer service & they were quickly resolved. I just want to let the app ppl know there is definitely some big glitches in the recent update. Most disappointingly when you break a chain, the end keeps moving instead of waiting for the chain to catch up. Resulting in game loss.
  10. [R22] Viola’s Quest 1/5 · US Stuck game: When the lives are over, the game sticks. Major pain. Stays on the screen and is stuck. Hate losing this game, but it doesn’t work anymore.
  11. [R36] Viola’s Quest 1/5 · US DON’T DOWNLOAD: This game is garbage among other choice words. It cheats you out of wins time after time just so you spend money to beat the level and during the rune events it ALWAYS sets me back to levels I already previously beat! There’s so many pop up ads by the time you finally get in the game you no longer want to play. This game constantly makes me want to throw my phone, 10/10 DO NOT RECO
  12. [R16] Viola’s Quest 1/5 · US Seriously thinking about deleting: This has been one of my favorite “unwind” games but I’ve been stuck on the same level for weeks. I hate the new interface & it’s harder & harder to get boosts to help with hard levels. I won’t pay & I used to be able to get by with videos but not any more. I wish you would switch things back.
  13. [R17] Viola’s Quest 3/5 · US Fun game but too many events: I like the game but there are constantly like 3 events or whatever happening so every time I try I open the game I have to tap through at least 10 different pop ups walking me through the various levels and prizes and blahblahblah and I just want to play the game. There’s no way to just quickly skip through all the info pop ups. I’d play a lot more often if there were
  14. [R32] Viola’s Quest 2/5 · US New changes make it impossible: I’ve been playing this game for a while but with the new changes you can’t earn some of the special items anymore you have to pay for them. Several levels are so hard you have to have these special items to win. Unfortunately I’m going to be deleting the game as it’s no longer fun when you get stuck on a level for weeks and the only way to beat it is to spend money.
  15. [R8] Viola’s Quest 4/5 · US Favorite game, but hate some updates.: I have been playing this game for years and I love it! But I hate that portrait mode is now locked, makes it a little annoying as I was so used to playing it the other way for years. I also wish more levels could be dropped at once. Once they release, I finish them in just a few days and then I have to wait a month or so til new ones come out. I even tried to
  16. [R9] Viola’s Quest 3/5 · US Landscape: Love the game, but the new update is only in portrait view. Would be even better if you could play in both landscape and portrait. Very disappointed with it now!

Synthesized from 50 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store