Cardinal Land vs Mindeater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cardinal Land
This game blends jigsaw puzzles with educational facts about animals. Solve puzzles by combining colorful animal pieces and learn surprising information about wildlife. Challenge yourself in timed modes and share your creations.
- Jigsaw and tangram puzzle blend
- Educational animal facts
- Timer mode challenges
- Shareable animal images
- Apple Watch integration
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Relaxing jigsaw puzzle game with an educational twist. Very simple intuitive gameplay. Your task is to combine colorful animal image from pieces of different shapes. Also new surprising facts about the animal will appear, and you can share them with your friends! Seven continents, more than 80 unique levels with beautiful animals. Playing the game you will not only have fun, but expand your knowledge about different creatures living on our planet. Challenge your skills in Timer mode. To receive all stars you have to complete the task in 30 seconds. It seems impossible at first time, but then you will be wondered how your skills develop as you play. Once you have solved a level you can share animal image to your Apple Watch and create unique watch face. You will: - Find a peaceful and restful pastime for hours; - Sharpen your geometrical skills; - Advance your logical thinking and memory; - Know more about surrounding wildlife;
Mindeater
Embark on a surreal journey to escape a troubled mind. Solve intricate puzzles, collect and combine items, and navigate a unique point-and-click world to break free from a mental trap.
- Surreal point & click gameplay
- Solve brain-teasing puzzles
- Collect and use items
- Unique atmosphere and design
- In-game walkthrough available
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Look at the world through the eyes of our main character - Cordelia. Your goal is to escape her own mind. To do that, you need to solve puzzles, collect items, and use them correctly. How long will you get out of the Cordelia's brain-trap? Game features: - Unique atmosphere - Original design - Brain teasing puzzles - Fun for long winter evenings How to play: - Use arrows to move inside the room - Collect and interact with items by tapping - Tap on an item in your inventory (you can see a selected item in the inventory preview) and click on the screen to use it - You you get stuck, in-game is a link to a complete walkthrough, which will help you with the complex parts Visit our website https://koopastudio.cz and follow us on Instagram @_koopastudio_
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cardinal Land at none against Mindeater's 1. Cardinal Land also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (89% vs 67%). Mindeater's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Mindeater sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cardinal Land asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cardinal Land holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 383 and 122 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Cardinal Land's written reviews are positive against 67% of Mindeater's.
Cardinal Land ships an update every 2 months, Mindeater every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cardinal Land | Mindeater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (383 ratings) — better | 4.4 (122 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 383 — better | 122 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 300 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Petro Shmigelskyi | Koopa Studio s.r.o. |
Customer experience
Cardinal Land
Mindeater
Bugs and requests
Cardinal Land
Reported bugs
3 issues- Can't rotate pieces
- Tinkling sound can't be turned off
- Keeps asking to rate the app after every puzzle
Requested features
6 requests- More content
- Ability to check animal explanations without redoing puzzles
- New puzzles or levels
- More soundtrack variety
- Higher difficulty levels
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- Ability to select specific animals for Apple Watch without redoing puzzles
Mindeater
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cardinal Land
No in-app purchases
Mindeater
- Full game$1.99
Questions
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