Mancala game vs Flow Free
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mancala game
A digital adaptation of the classic Mancala board game. Players strategically move stones across the board, aiming to capture opponent's pieces and end with the most stones.
- Strategic stone movement
- Capture opponent's pieces
- Earn free turns
- End game scoring
- Classic Mancala rules
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It is Mancala game. First, choose a hole to pick up with stones. Deposits one of the stones in each hole until the stones run out. If you run run into your own stone, deposit one piece in it. If the last piece you drop is in your own store, you get a free turn. If the last pice you drop is in an empty hole on your side, you capture that piece and any pieces in the hole directly opposite. The game ends when all six spaces on one side of the MANCALA board are empty. Count all the pieces in each stone. The winner is the player with the most pieces.
Flow Free
Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board and solve puzzles. Avoid crossing pipes to complete each level. Offers hundreds of free puzzles with varying difficulty, plus daily challenges and a timed mode.
- Connect matching colors
- Cover the entire board
- Hundreds of shaped puzzles
- Daily new levels
- Time Trial mode
- Game Center achievements
- Cloud sync
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Flow Free® reimagined: Infinite possibilities! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Shapes! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Shapes a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free: Shapes features: * Over 4,000 free, shaped puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flow Free at 4.8 against Mancala game's 3.0. Flow Free also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 2). Mancala game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) 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
Both are free to download. Flow Free sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Mancala game asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flow Free holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free has 14K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mancala game ships an update monthly, Flow Free every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mancala game | Flow Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 81.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eun Junseok | Big Duck Games LLC |
Customer experience
Mancala game
Flow Free
Bugs and requests
Mancala game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flow Free
Reported bugs
2 issues- Accidental hint usage due to button placement
- Visibility issues with overlapping paths in 3D levels
Requested features
3 requests- Restore original UI layout from previous Flow Free games
- Option to disable in-app purchase prompts
- Forward/backward level navigation
In-app purchases
Mancala game
No in-app purchases
Flow Free
- 5 Hints$0.99
- Spring Greens Colors$0.99
- Fall Harvest Colors$0.99
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- Pastel Colors$0.99
- Neon Rainbow Colors$0.99
- Winter Chill Colors$0.99
- Jumbo Oval 2$1.99
- Circle Pack 2$1.99
- 8x8 Cube Mania$1.99
- Kids Pack$1.99
- Starter Bundle$1.99
- Unlock All Themes$1.99
- Extreme Alley 2$1.99
- 5x5 Cube Mania$1.99
- Cube Pack 2$1.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- Unlock All Packs & Remove Ads$4.99
- 100 Hints$9.99
