Circles vs Combinate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circles
Engage your mind with minimalist puzzles that evolve with each level. Discover elegant challenges, vibrant colors, and a calming soundtrack at your own pace. Unlock secret modes for an added layer of complexity after completing the main game.
- Evolving maze puzzles
- Minimalist design
- Vibrant color palettes
- Calming soundtrack
- Bite-sized levels
- Secret game modes
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Puzzle your way through an ever evolving maze of circles. Maybe you need to go around, be quick or take moment to think? Every level offers something new and will have you trying to find your way to the end. The game is beautifully minimal, presenting elegant puzzles with no noise to distract you. Vibrant color palettes and a calming and sometimes jazzy soundscape will guide you along the way. You play on your own pace, and discover the game's rules as you go. Each puzzle is bite-sized and not too hard. After you've completed the game, there are two secret modes that completely change how you think about the levels. For when you like a bit more challenge. Completing the game including modes generally takes about 1.5h. Be curious and have fun!
Combinate
A challenging number puzzle game where players merge matching numbers in a circle to create increasingly larger numbers. Utilize slingshot mechanics to aim pieces at targets and combine them effectively.
- Merge matching numbers
- Build increasing numbers
- Slingshot pieces onto targets
- Circular puzzle gameplay
- Challenging number mechanics
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Combinate is a challenging number puzzle where the object is to join the numbers in a circle to build ever-increasing numbers. Use your skills to slingshot pieces onto the target. When a pair of neighboring pieces match, they merge into one!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Circles at none against Combinate's 1. Circles also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 3). On price, rating, ads 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. Combinate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Circles asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Circles against 4.7 for Combinate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circles has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Circles ships an update weekly, Combinate every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circles | Combinate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jeroen wimmers | PulseFix LLC |
Customer experience
Circles
Combinate
In-app purchases
Circles
No in-app purchases
Combinate
- Combinate - Full Version$1.99
