Your first 7 days
No forced ads. Learn the game and decide whether you like it without interruption. Optional extra-help ads appear only if you choose them.
The official Sorted app by Tom Appleton
Love ball sort.
Hate the ad spam?
Sorted is the ball sort game that lets you play in peace: no forced ads for your first week, no ad interruptions during a puzzle, free undo, and levels checked for a real solution.
Free on iPhone, iPad and Android · Plays offline
7 dayswith no forced ads
5,000levels pre-verified
No forced adsmid-puzzle
Free undono coins or adverts
No paid boostersor level skips
Works offlineno Wi-Fi needed
No vague “minimal ads” promise
Exactly how advertising works
Most games make you install before revealing the bargain. Here is ours before you download.
After the first week
A forced ad can appear only between puzzles, at least 13 completed levels after the previous one. The first completed level of a new session is protected too.
If you remove ads
It is one purchase, not a subscription. It removes every ad—including optional reward ads—and extra help still works.
Hard is fair. Impossible is not.
Every starting level is checked for a solution
Arbitrary ball-sort boards really can be unsolvable. Sorted does not assume a shuffled board will work.
- Start solved. The generator begins with every colour in its completed tube.
- Scramble deterministically. A level number always creates the same board.
- Run the rules. A breadth-first search solver checks the candidate using the same legal pours as the game.
- Ship only a proven board. The first 5,000 levels have their verified candidates stored in the game; later levels are checked during generation.
A player can still move a solvable board into a dead end. That is why restart is free and each level starts with 999 free undos—our practical version of unlimited undo.
candidate = reverseScramble(solvedBoard)
result = solve(candidate, ballSortRules)
if (result.solvable && result.moves >= 3) {
ship(candidate)
}What “fair” means here
A puzzle game, not a purchase funnel
Undo is free
No coin balance, no paid undo pack and no advert required to take back a move.
No pay-to-win
There is no premium currency, energy system, paid booster pack or purchasable level skip.
Calm by design
No timer and no mid-puzzle forced interruption. Haptics, sound and voice can all be changed in Settings.
Accessible sorting
Colourblind mode adds a distinct symbol to every ball, so colour is not the only clue.
Before you install
Straight answers
Is Sorted a ball sort game with no ads?
For the first seven days there are no forced ads; optional extra-help ads appear only if you request them. After that, forced ads are between puzzles and at least 13 completed levels apart. A one-time Remove Ads purchase makes the game fully ad-free.
Does “Remove Ads” really remove all ads?
Yes. It blocks forced interstitials and bypasses optional reward ads. There is no subscription.
Can a Sorted level be impossible or rigged?
The starting board of every level is solution-checked. You can make choices that lead to a dead end, but the level itself starts with a proven route to completion. Undo and restart do not cost money.
Can I play without an internet connection?
Yes. The puzzles and progress work offline. A connection is needed for store purchases and any ad that you choose or become eligible to see.
Which Sorted app is this?
This is the official game by Tom Appleton: Apple App Store ID 6759809485 and Android package com.infinitygames.ballsort.
Your time is yours
Try ball sort without the ad spam.
Free to download. No forced ads for your first week.