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Head-to-head

Connect Balls vs Tricky Taps

Connect Balls 4.6★ · Free to download 45
Winner Tricky Taps
Tricky Taps 4.6★ · Free to download 55

Both Connect Balls and Tricky Taps are plagued by excessive ads, but Tricky Taps has an edge due to its more consistent gameplay experience, despite its own issues with glitches and difficulty.

Full reviews: Connect Balls · Tricky Taps

Connect Balls and Tricky Taps are both free-to-play puzzle games with similar lifetime ratings, but recent user reviews highlight significant issues with intrusive ads for both. Tricky Taps, while not perfect, appears to offer a slightly more engaging and less frustrating experience, especially for those seeking a challenge.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay edge: Tricky TapsR6R7R8R10
Connect Balls Connect Balls is described as fun and relaxing, making users think R8R32. However, many users find it too easy, even after playing numerous levels R7R10R12R39. Some users also report a lack of challenge and progression, with one user playing over 2000 puzzles and still having abundant in-game points R6.
Tricky Taps Tricky Taps is praised as fun, addictive, and a good strategy game . Users appreciate the challenge, though some find it too hard . The game offers new twists even after many levels . Some users note issues with hitboxes for obstacles, making parts of the game too easy or allowing shortcuts .
Ease of Use & Reliability edge: Connect BallsR4R25R32R40
Connect Balls Connect Balls is generally easy to understand and play, with many finding it relaxing R32. However, some users report issues with unskippable ads that prevent them from continuing gameplay, forcing them to exit and reopen the app R4R25R40.
Tricky Taps Tricky Taps is described as simple and fun . However, it suffers from frequent glitches, freezing, and crashing . These issues often lead to loss of progress or make the game unplayable, with some obstacles not working correctly .
Price & Value (Ad Experience) tieR1R4R9R10
Connect Balls Connect Balls is heavily criticized for an overwhelming number of ads, often appearing after every level, being unskippable, and longer than gameplay R1R4R9R10. Some users paid for an ad-free version but still experienced ads, calling it deceiving R16R21R35.
Tricky Taps Tricky Taps also faces severe criticism for an excessive number of ads, with many users reporting ads after every level R61. Ads are often long and unskippable R61. Some users note a lack of a working option to remove ads R61. However, one user claims there are no ads whatsoever , which contradicts the majority of recent reviews.
Pick Connect Balls if

you prefer a more relaxing and generally easier puzzle experience, and are willing to tolerate or pay for an ad-free version (though some users report issues with the paid option) R8R21R32.

Pick Tricky Taps if

you enjoy a more challenging strategy game and are prepared to deal with occasional glitches and frequent ads .

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of recent negative reviews primarily focused on ad frequency, which skews their perceived quality despite high lifetime ratings. The claim of 'no ads whatsoever' for Tricky Taps is an outlier and directly contradicted by numerous other recent reviews R61.

Frequently asked

Do Connect Balls and Tricky Taps have many ads?
Yes, both Connect Balls and Tricky Taps are heavily criticized for having a high volume of ads, often appearing after every level and being long or unskippable, significantly disrupting gameplay R4R13R34R59.
Can you remove ads in Connect Balls or Tricky Taps?
Connect Balls offers an option to pay for no ads (e.g., $3.99 or $14.99), but multiple users report that ads still appear even after purchasing this option, which is deceiving R16R21R35. For Tricky Taps, some users state there is no working option to remove ads, despite a button sometimes being present R61.
Are these games challenging?
Connect Balls is generally found to be too easy by many users, even after playing hundreds or thousands of levels, with some wishing for more difficult levels R7R10R12R39. Tricky Taps is considered challenging by some, requiring strategy, but others find it too hard or boring .

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.

  1. [R6] Connect Balls 3/5 · US Is there an end?: I have played over 2000 puzzles so far. Purchased with points everything offered. Still have 56K points. Where are we headed?
  2. [R7] Connect Balls 1/5 · US Bruh: Too easy
  3. [R8] Connect Balls 5/5 · US So entertaining: Ellie love
  4. [R10] Connect Balls 2/5 · US Too easy: Too much of annoying ads
  5. [R4] Connect Balls 1/5 · US All ads: Too many ads that are un-skipable. And ads that you can’t close. This game also tries to get you to download other apps constantly.
  6. [R25] Connect Balls 1/5 · US Fun game: Absolute BS you can’t finish it because of the pop up adds that absolutely will not let you continue
  7. [R32] Connect Balls 5/5 · US Connect Balls is fun!!: Relaxing while makes u think!
  8. [R40] Connect Balls 1/5 · US Too many ads: Every level had a long ad, and NO way of exiting it afterwards. Had to close the game and go back in to play next level. Not worth it.
  9. [R1] Connect Balls 1/5 · US There’s so so many ads 🤬😡: July 6
  10. [R9] Connect Balls 3/5 · US Fun too many ads to enjoy: Fun but way too many ads to enjoy to get an idea of purchasing ad free
  11. [R13] Connect Balls 1/5 · US TONS OF ADS: More time watching ads than playing the game. Deleted 10 minutes after downloading
  12. [R34] Connect Balls 1/5 · US Ads ads ads: Ads are long and many. Ad time longer than game play
  13. [R59] Connect Balls 1/5 · US Too many LONG ads: If you love ads then this game is for you. The first 10 stages are simple and take 15 seconds to solve. After each round, you get a long ad. I’m deleting this app right now.
  14. [R16] Connect Balls 1/5 · US Not free and TONS of ads and annoying offers: Was no disclaimer about charging $14.99 and then all the ads you can’t close and have to exit and reopen the app to continue playing. Pick a different app.
  15. [R21] Connect Balls 3/5 · US Charge for no ads misleading: I like playing this game. But when I selected the option to pay $3.99 for no ads option, ads are still popping up in my app which is annoying. So what was the $3.99 charge for? it’s deceiving.
  16. [R35] Connect Balls 5/5 · US Na: Paid for no ads and still showing ads
  17. [R61] Tricky Taps 1/5 · US Too many ads!: Great game so far but no option to opt out of ads. I don’t mind paying for a no-ad version. Seems there’s a button to remove ads but it does not work. Again, fun game; but i spend more time waiting for ads to play out then I do playing the game.
  18. [R12] Connect Balls 3/5 · US Too Easy: Title says it all. If they would have more levels with borders might be better.
  19. [R39] Connect Balls 3/5 · GB It’s a can make it even harder: because it’s very easy

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store