Candy Crush Saga vs World of Goo 2

How do Candy Crush Saga and World of Goo 2 compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Candy Crush Saga	World of Goo 2
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	hard	hard
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	variable	medium
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.1 / 5
Ratings count	3,988,014	50
Reviews say	What players like Addictive core match-3 gameplay with escalating difficulty Free to play with offline support Daily rewards and time-limited events for engagement Common complaints Aggressive ad placement and hard-to-close ad windows causing accidental clicks Pay-to-win mechanics with removed ad-based rewards after updates Technical bugs including crashes, freezing, and broken iPad UI	What players like Outstanding soundtrack and art design praised as beautiful and haunting Engaging puzzle mechanics with new goo types and creative level design Faithful sequel that recaptures the magic of the original Common complaints No in-game way to mute music and sound independently from device settings Crashes on specific levels prevent progression (Soggy Bottom, Coolant Circulator Infiltrator, level 3) Missing iCloud cross-device save synchronization

Candy Crush Saga — Match-3 puzzle game where you blast candies through thousands of levels while navigating aggressive monetization and intrusive ads. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) World of Goo 2 — Build magical structures and solve physics-based puzzles with strange new species of sentient goo in this gorgeously crafted sequel. (rated hard difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.