Comparison

Circles vs Pathi

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

Pathi

Guide a ball to its goal by strategically placing, dragging, and rotating various shapes. This minimalist 2D physics puzzle game offers over 80 levels of brain-training challenges that can be played offline and for free.

Highlights
  • Drag, rotate, and place shapes
  • Modify gravity
  • Use portals and launchers
  • Avoid obstacles
  • Over 80 levels
  • Offline play
Features
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PATHI – ABSTRACT & MINIMALIST LOGIC PHYSICS BALL DROP PUZZLE Do you love the challenges of the brain physics puzzles in which you need to guide balls from one spot to another? Tired of complex 3D puzzles, and want a minimal abstract puzzle in 2D that you can also play offline? Meet Pathi – the new physics line path puzzle in which you need to guide the ball by placing, dragging, and rotating shapes. Play this relaxing puzzle game offline for free and test your physics drop puzzle logic skills in 100 levels. How long can you go? Can you pass all levels in this mind-teaser ball path logic puzzle? Play this minimalist 2D physics based puzzle NOW FOR FREE and with NO WIFI! ◆ BRAIN TRAINING MADE FUN & RELAXING Drag, rotate, and place blocks to find the right path to the goal. Drop the ball and use many different level components to fill the path and achieve your goal: modify gravity, use portals, avoid obstacles and play with physics in abstract minimalist graphic levels! Watch out, there are blocks with thorns that can destroy the ball. ◆ WIDE CHOICE OF PHYSICS PUZZLE BLOCK TYPES Use many different block types to draw the path you try to complete and send the ball to the goal. In this gravity draw physics line game there are different ways to complete the level. Experiment using your logic to find the best ball path! Use these block types to complete the physics logic puzzles: - Rect: use it to complete a route or avoid obstacles - Spring: launch the ball in the direction you want! - Launchers: rotates by some degrees and then launches the ball. There are 3 different types of launchers with different angles! - Moving Platform: moves around allowing you to cover greater distances - Gravity modifier: changes gravity in any direction you want! Play upside down or sideways to complete the brain puzzle - Breakable rect: a rect that explodes after being hit! - Moving rect: well it's just a moving rect that goes upside down...use your imagination to decide how to take advantage of this! ◆ 80+ COGNITIVE PHYSICS PUZZLE LEVELS Our ball puzzles currently feature 80+ line physics puzzle levels. Test your physics logic solving skills and relax with the 2D physics puzzle gameplay and graphics. Cool fact: All the physics puzzle levels will be always available offline and for free, so you will never have to pay anything! ◆ FEATURES OF PATHI – DROP BALL PHYSICS LOGIC PUZZLE ● Play in 80 different levels! And many more will arrive in the future! ● Play always for free and offline! Excellent choice if you are in search for no wifi puzzle games to play offline. ● Abstract and minimalist graphics with pastel colors ● Drag, drop, and rotate the different types of blocks ● Modify gravity, teleport using portals, avoid obstacles, and much more! ● Experiment using physics to complete the levels ● Complete the puzzle game in different ways drawing different paths ● Train your brain using logic and physics-based puzzles Now it’s time to challenge your brain with a new physics cognitive game. Train focus, sharpness, problem-solving daily while having fun in your leisure time. ► Download Pathi and show that you are the physics puzzle guru with high intelligence. --- PERFECT FOR: - kids and adults that love minimal puzzle logic games - anyone looking for relaxing brain training - anyone looking for fun offline logic puzzles CONTACT If you have any queries regarding our ball path physics puzzle please send them to seriouspeoplegames@gmail.com. Till then relax and enjoy playing this brain-teasing puzzle quest.

Screenshots

Circles3 screens
Pathi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Circles at none against Pathi's 2. Circles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Pathi's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 26). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pathi sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Circles asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Circles holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pathi has 1.2K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Circles's written reviews are positive against 71% of Pathi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Circles ships an update weekly, Pathi every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Circles versus Pathi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCirclesPathi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings) — better4.6 (1.2K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings261.2K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjeroen wimmersZigrid Shehu

Customer experience

Circles

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

Pathi

All ratings1,213 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.9%
Negative20.6%

Bugs and requests

Circles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pathi

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not loading or getting stuck on loading screen
  • Progress not saving properly between sessions
  • Controls not working as intended, especially with Apple Pencil

Requested features

4 requests
  • Level editor or custom level creation
  • More advanced or harder levels
  • Checkpoint system to save progress
  • Improved controls and responsiveness

In-app purchases

None

Circles

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pathi

One-time2
  • No Ads$1.99
  • Special Offer!$2.99

Questions

Is Circles free?
Circles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pathi free?
Pathi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Circles or Pathi?
Circles is rated higher. Circles averages 4.8 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Pathi averages 4.6 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Circles or Pathi have ads?
Pathi shows ads; Circles does not.
Which is updated more often, Circles or Pathi?
Circles ships an update weekly, and Pathi every 2 months. Most recently, Circles was updated on October 2, 2026 and Pathi on October 8, 2026.

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