Vertigus vs Cosmos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vertigus
Embark on a perilous journey to recover stolen diamonds. Navigate through diverse worlds with unique challenges and engage in thrilling boss battles. Experience fluid physics and motion-based gameplay in this vertical platformer.
- 40 handcrafted levels
- 5 boss fights
- Vertical level design
- Fluid physics
- Motion-based gameplay
- Slow motion platforming
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Can you help Vertigus find his father's stolen diamonds? Go on a journey that will take you through different worlds full of dangers at every step. Vertigus features: • 40 handcrafted levels including 5 boss fights • Vertical level design • Fluid physics and motion based gameplay • Slow motion platforming
Cosmos
This brain teaser game offers endless pattern-based puzzles that grow in difficulty as you progress through space. It's designed to train your logic and pattern recognition skills with simple yet challenging gameplay. Perfect for quick sessions or extended play.
- Endless pattern-based puzzles
- Logic and pattern recognition training
- Space exploration theme
- Maze solving and door unlocking
- Casual pick-up-and-play design
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Cosmos is a seriously addictive brain teaser - what starts as a simple puzzle game grows into a serious challenge as you complete constellations and travel through space to areas unknown. Training for your brain, this pattern based puzzle game will have you solving mazes and unlocking doors on your path to virtually infinite puzzles. Many will try but few will reach the final challenge. Develop logic, pattern recognition and puzzle solving skills. The concept is simple - the different colours follow different rules, and interact with each other in unique ways. It’s up to you to perform feats of mental gymnastics to work them out! There’s no limit to play, it’s the perfect pick up and play casual game for when you’re travelling, waiting around for a friend or have five minutes to spare.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cosmos at daily against Vertigus's every 2 months. Cosmos also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Vertigus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cosmos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Vertigus against 4.0 for Cosmos. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Vertigus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cosmos's.
Vertigus ships an update every 2 months, Cosmos daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vertigus | Cosmos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominik Ringler | (no data) |
Customer experience
Vertigus
Cosmos
In-app purchases
Vertigus
- Retries +2$0.99
- Level Key$0.99
- Retries +10$1.99
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- Ammo +20$1.99
- Lifes +5$2.99
- Retries +20$3.99
- Retries +30$4.99
- Hardcore Mode$4.99
- Retries +40$6.99
- Retries +50$7.99
Cosmos
- Remove ads$1.99









