Comparison

へやわけ vs Binairio

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

Head to head
About

へやわけ

Features
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Heyawake is played on a rectangular grid of cells with no standard size. The grid is divided into variously sized rectangular "rooms" by bold lines following the edges of the cells. Some rooms may contain a single number, typically printed in their upper-left cell. Some of the cells in the puzzle are to be painted black. The object of the puzzle is to determine for each cell if it must be painted or must be left blank (remaining white). The following rules determine which cells are which: Rule 1: Painted cells may never be orthogonally connected (they may not share a side, although they can touch diagonally). Rule 2: All white cells must be interconnected (form a single polyomino). Rule 3: A number indicates exactly how many painted cells there must be in that particular room. Rule 4: A room which has no number may contain any number of painted cells, or none. Rule 5: Where a straight (orthogonal) line of connected white cells is formed, it must not contain cells from more than two rooms—in other words, any such line of white cells which connects three or more rooms is forbidden.

About

Binairio

Engage your logic with a unique number puzzle. Fill grids with blue and green tiles, ensuring each row and column has an equal number of each, no more than two adjacent tiles share the same color, and all rows/columns are distinct. Thousands of puzzles offer endless challenges.

Highlights
  • Binary grid puzzles
  • Equal zeros and ones per row/column
  • Unique row and column constraints
  • No more than two adjacent same colors
  • Thousands of unique puzzles
Features
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Binary puzzles, if you love puzzling, you should try a binary puzzle. The goal of a binary puzzle is to have the same number of zeros (blue) and ones (green) in every row, and in every column. Each game starts with a grid with a few boxes already filled in. This must be completed further with the following lines: - Every row and every column is unique. - Each row and column contains as many zeros (blue) as ones (green). - There are no more than two neighboring tiles with the same number / color. With thousands of unique puzzles, every game will be different.

Screenshots

へやわけ3 screens
Binairio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Binairio at 4.6 against へやわけ's 3.0. Binairio also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 months) and ratings volume (121 vs 2). へやわけ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. Binairio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. へやわけ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Binairio holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Binairio has 121 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of へやわけ's written reviews are positive against 38% of Binairio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

へやわけ ships an update every 31 months, Binairio every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
へやわけ versus Binairio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterへやわけBinairio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (121 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2121 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuki FujimotoTom Miedema

Customer experience

へやわけ

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Binairio

All ratings121 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

へやわけ

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Binairio

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99

Questions

Is へやわけ free?
へやわけ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Binairio free?
Binairio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, へやわけ or Binairio?
Binairio is rated higher. へやわけ averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Binairio averages 4.6 from 121 ratings.
Do へやわけ or Binairio have ads?
Binairio shows ads; へやわけ does not.
Which is updated more often, へやわけ or Binairio?
へやわけ ships an update every 31 months, and Binairio every 3 months. Most recently, へやわけ was updated on October 8, 2026 and Binairio on October 19, 2026.

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