Comparison

Circles vs Puzzling Peaks EXE

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Evolving maze puzzles
  • Minimalist design
  • Vibrant color palettes
  • Calming soundtrack
  • Bite-sized levels
  • Secret game modes
Features
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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!

About

Puzzling Peaks EXE

Experience a unique blend of pinball, platforming, and golf in this physics-based puzzle adventure. Guide a spherical hero through over 100 handcrafted challenges by manipulating the environment. Enjoy a charming postmodern story with intentional and unintentional comedy.

Highlights
  • Pinball, platforming, and golf hybrid gameplay
  • Physics-based puzzle mechanics
  • Rotate platforms to launch hero
  • Over 100 handcrafted challenges
  • Unique postmodern storytelling
  • Stunning pixel art and music
Features
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Pinball, platforming, and golf combine in Puzzling Peaks EXE, a hilariously mind-bending physics puzzle game about a spherical hero named Knightly, a highly confident administrator named Jasmin, and a quirky, artificially intelligent guide named A.I.D.E. INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING The unique recipe for storytelling that handed us several industry accolades is refined and expanded upon to craft a memorable tale for Puzzling Peaks EXE. We use a combination of stunning pixel art, music, and unique narrative techniques to paint a charming postmodern story that will keep players intrigued and entertained until the end. 100+ HANDCRAFTED CHALLENGES This game features a distinct gameplay mechanic: our hero cannot move on his own, so you’ll have to rotate platforms and manipulate environments to launch him around a beautiful 16-bit world. You'll need logic, brainpower, quick reflexes, and unconditional trust in A.I.D.E. to pass more than a hundred highly polished levels. You’ll be surprised that it doesn’t get old. INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL COMEDY Our testers have been enjoying some of the game’s philosophical jokes, and moments that weren’t meant to be jokes. NO ADS AND NO IN-APP PURCHASES Buy once and play it forever. You can spend the rest of your life just playing this game if you really want to. POSSIBLY SPOOKY This game may contain horror elements and digital beings that could scare you. Given the history of our games, it wouldn’t surprise us anymore.

Screenshots

Circles3 screens
Puzzling Peaks EXE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Circles at Free against Puzzling Peaks EXE's $1.99. Circles also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Puzzling Peaks EXE's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Circles is free to download; Puzzling Peaks EXE costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Circles against 4.9 for Puzzling Peaks EXE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 59 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Circles's written reviews are positive against 94% of Puzzling Peaks EXE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Circles ships an update weekly, Puzzling Peaks EXE every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Circles versus Puzzling Peaks EXE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCirclesPuzzling Peaks EXE
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (26 ratings)4.9 (59 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2659 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB57 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerjeroen wimmersDarius Immanuel Guerrero

Customer experience

Circles

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Puzzling Peaks EXE

All ratings59 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

In-app purchases

None

Circles

No in-app purchases

None

Puzzling Peaks EXE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Circles free?
Circles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puzzling Peaks EXE free?
Puzzling Peaks EXE costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Circles or Puzzling Peaks EXE?
Puzzling Peaks EXE is rated higher. Circles averages 4.8 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Puzzling Peaks EXE averages 4.9 from 59 ratings.
Do Circles or Puzzling Peaks EXE have ads?
Neither Circles nor Puzzling Peaks EXE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Circles or Puzzling Peaks EXE?
Circles ships an update weekly, and Puzzling Peaks EXE every 2 days. Most recently, Circles was updated on June 1, 2026 and Puzzling Peaks EXE on September 22, 2026.

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