hocus. vs Rubek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
hocus.
Engage with a collection of mind-bending puzzles featuring impossible shapes. Create and share your own levels, or get assistance from AI when you're stuck. Explore both handcrafted challenges and an endless mode.
- 120 mind-bending handcrafted levels
- Create and share custom levels
- Load levels from pictures
- Endless mode
- AI-assisted gameplay
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year; Let artificial intelligence design new levels for you. You can even get help from her if you get stuck. Best Games on iPhone; Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Middle East New, polished, mind-bending, impossible shapes. Features: • 120 mind-bending hand-craft levels • Create/share your own levels • Load / take picture of levels cards • Endless mode • Shortest path algorithm
Rubek
A minimalist color-based puzzle game where you roll a cube to match colors and solve intricate levels. Navigate through over 70 handcrafted challenges with a beautiful aesthetic and relaxing music.
- Mind bending puzzles
- Beautiful minimalist aesthetic
- 70+ hand crafted levels
- Game Center leaderboards
- Color blind option
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"Thought-provoking levels, pleasing graphics, and relaxing music, prepare to roll your Rubek cube" - AppAdvice "If Monument Valley, Klocki, and Bluk had a baby I think it would look a little like Rubek" - Pocket Gamer "great-looking, tough puzzle game" - MacStories Rubek is a minimalist color based puzzle game. Roll a cube to pick up and match correct colors on the floor, as you make your way to reach the end point while figuring out a way to solve the puzzles. Play through 70+ handcrafted levels of mind bending difficulty and collect stars to compete on the global leaderboards. Features > Mind bending puzzles > Beautiful minimalist aesthetic > 70+ hand crafted levels > Game Center leaderboards integration > Supports Color blind option
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rubek at 4.6 against hocus.'s 4.3. Rubek also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). hocus.'s advantage is chart position (#105 vs unranked) and review sentiment (87% vs 78%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
hocus. costs $1.99 and Rubek $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rubek holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 234 and 89 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of hocus.'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Rubek's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
hocus. ships an update every 5 weeks, Rubek every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | hocus. | Rubek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (234 ratings) | 4.6 (89 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 234 — better | 89 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #105 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI | Xigma Games |
Customer experience
hocus.
Rubek
Bugs and requests
hocus.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rubek
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game not running smoothly
- Hangs frequently
- Not full screen
- Audio not working
- Lag and slowdowns
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- Inverted swastika visible in Level 18
- Bug at Level 44 with blue tiles
- Non-default color settings not working in Level 44
- Mute setting not persistent
- Sound doesn't stay off
Requested features
9 requests- More levels
- Faster cube rolling
- Undo/rewind one step feature
- Tap to move control option
- Improved level reset speed
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- More challenging levels
- Option to see move count for stars
- Better optimization for older devices
- Full screen support
In-app purchases
hocus.
No in-app purchases
Rubek
No in-app purchases
