Baba Is You vs Candy Crush Saga
Which is better in 2026? Five scores, side by side.
Baba Is You is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 7.9. Baba Is You wins on 3 of the 5 scores, Candy Crush Saga on 2.
Puzzle fans who love the moment a hard problem suddenly clicks
Casual players who want an endless, familiar match-3 fix
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Baba Is You | Candy Crush Saga |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Puzzle & Word Games | Puzzle & Word Games |
| Category rank | #1 of 12 | #5 of 12 |
| Developer | Hempuli | King |
| Pricing | Paid | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | No | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | ✓ | — |
| Windows | ✓ | — |
| Linux | ✓ | — |
Common questions
Is Baba Is You better than Candy Crush Saga?
Baba Is You is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 7.9. Baba Is You wins on 3 of the 5 scores, Candy Crush Saga on 2.
Which is cheaper, Baba Is You or Candy Crush Saga?
Baba Is You: $6.99 on the App Store and Google Play, with no in-app purchases. Candy Crush Saga: Free to play; boosters, extra moves and gold bar packs from $0.99. On value for money, Baba Is You scores higher.
Do Baba Is You and Candy Crush Saga work on the same devices?
Only Baba Is You runs on Windows, Mac, Linux.
Which is more private, Baba Is You or Candy Crush Saga?
Baba Is You scores higher on privacy (9.8/10). App Store label: Data Not Collected. The developer says the app collects no data at all, so nothing is used to track you or linked to your identity.
Strengths and weaknesses
Baba Is You
- A fresh idea that keeps surprising you level after level
- One price, with no ads and no in-app purchases
- Collects no data at all, per its App Store label
- Hard puzzles can leave you stuck for a long time
- Simple pixel art won't wow you
Baba Is You is the puzzle game that rewires how you think. Each level's rules sit on the board as word blocks you can push around, so a few shoves can turn you into a rock, make grass dangerously hot or move the goal somewhere else entirely. The best solutions feel like cheats you found yourself. It's tough and the pixel art is plain, but few games make you feel this clever.
Full Baba Is You review
Candy Crush Saga
- An enormous level count you'll never exhaust
- Plays offline when you have no signal
- Daily rewards hand out free boosters and lives
- Hard levels lean on paid moves and boosters
- A long list of tracking on the App Store label
Candy Crush Saga is still the match-3 game everyone knows, and it's still good at what it does. Thousands of levels, weekly updates and themed events mean you'll never run out of boards, and you can play offline on a flight. The squeeze comes on harder levels, where extra moves and boosters cost real money. Its App Store label also lists a long run of tracking data.
Full Candy Crush Saga review
