Comparison

Sokobond vs Recursive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sokobond

A logical and minimalist puzzle game where players create molecules. It features over 100 levels with a beautiful art style and original soundtrack. No prior chemistry knowledge is needed to play.

Highlights
  • Over 100 puzzle levels
  • Molecule-making gameplay
  • Minimalist art style
  • Original soundtrack
  • No chemistry knowledge required
Features
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Logical, minimalist, and beautiful. Sokobond is an elegant puzzle game crafted with love and science from the designer of Cosmic Express and A Monster’s Expedition. * Over 100 levels of molecule making mind-benders * Featuring a gorgeous original soundtrack by Allison Walker * Navigate through a beautiful minimalist art style * No chemistry knowledge required Awards * IndieCade 2013 - Finalist * PAX10 2013 - Finalist * Official Indie Games Arcade selection - Eurogamer Expo 2012

About

Recursive

A challenging puzzle game where you guide robots to collect gems by creating simple programs. Master recursion and logic with a minimalistic, easy-to-learn language and diverse level elements.

Highlights
  • Learn a simple programming language
  • Solve puzzles with robots and gems
  • Master recursion concepts
  • Explore diverse level elements
  • Challenging, hard puzzles
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Recursive is a puzzle game about recursion, patterns, and programming. It is the perfect game for people who love hard puzzles. Your goal is to help little robots complete their mission and collect all gems by finding the correct pattern and translating it into a short program. # Programming language (no prior knowledge required) The programming language is minimalistic and easy to learn. It doesn't require any prior programming knowledge and consists of only four instructions. - Move forward: Move one cell forward. - Rotate left: Rotate 90° left in place. - Rotate right: Rotate 90° right in place. - Change color: Load a chip of a specified color and execute the instructions it contains. And even with this simple programming language, robots can follow complex patterns thanks to the power of recursion and to other tricks that you can discover along with your progression in the game. # Rich levels Recursive offers a large variety of levels thanks to supporting multiple types of elements. - Robots: They can have different colors that reflect the chip they have loaded. - Gems: Your goal is to collect all of them. - Bugs: They destroy robots and make them disappear. - Chips: They make robots load a different program. - Teleportation gates: They make robots teleport to a different location. - Inactive robots: They are activated when touched by another robot. # Mastering recursion Recursion is said to be hard to understand as a famous quote attributed to Stephen Hawking says: "To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion." However, we believe that playing Recursive is another fun way to understand it or even master it.

Screenshots

Sokobond4 screens
Recursive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sokobond at none against Recursive's 3. Sokobond also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Recursive's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and price ($2.99 vs $5.99). On ratings volume, ads, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sokobond costs $5.99 and Recursive $2.99 up front. Recursive sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sokobond asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recursive holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Sokobond's written reviews are positive against 71% of Recursive's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sokobond versus Recursive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSokobondRecursive
Price$5.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.7 (17 ratings)4.9 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1728 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size248 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDraknek LimitedKidori

Customer experience

Sokobond

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Recursive

All ratings28 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Sokobond

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Recursive

One-time3
  • 10 hint credits$0.99
  • 20 hint credits$1.99
  • 40 hint credits$2.99

Questions

Is Sokobond free?
Sokobond costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recursive free?
Recursive costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sokobond or Recursive?
Recursive is rated higher. Sokobond averages 4.7 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Recursive averages 4.9 from 28 ratings.
Do Sokobond or Recursive have ads?
Neither Sokobond nor Recursive shows ads.

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