Sembl vs fade!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sembl
Engage in a unique puzzle experience where you create designs through various artistic actions. Master over 190 levels at your own pace or test your speed in timed challenges. Enjoy minimalist graphics and serene music.
- Unique design puzzles
- Paint, cut, punch, stencil, spin
- 32 levels
- Over 190 puzzles
- Journey mode
- Challenge mode
- Minimalist graphics
- Serene sound
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"With pleasing music, a lovely design, a unique concept, and the right amount of challenge, Sembl is hard to put down." - AppAdvice Every design is a puzzle and every game is unique. Paint, cut, punch, stencil and spin your way to the perfect design. Master 32 levels and over 190 puzzles at your own pace in the Journey, or race the clock in Challenge mode. ◉ Deceptively simple gameplay ◉ Two ways to play – Journey or Challenge ◉ 32 levels and over 190 unique puzzles ◉ Minimalist graphics and beautiful, serene sound ◉ Stats and leaderboard
fade!
A relaxing yet challenging puzzle game where tapping rings clears fog and saves fish. It offers a Zen-like experience designed to engage both your eyes and brain.
- Simple tap-to-score gameplay
- Clear fog
- Save fishes
- Relaxing puzzle
- Challenging gameplay
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A relaxing puzzle from Ell Tee! The game play is so simple: Tap any ring to score! Let's push back the fog & save the fishes in this Zen Game! fade! is a puzzle for relaxing, while extremely challenging at the same time! (both eyes & brain) Thanks for playing fade!, Ell Tee
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Verdict
Sembl and fade! both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of fade!'s written reviews are positive against 74% of Sembl's. fade! also leads on ratings volume (107 vs 21). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Sembl sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and fade! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Sembl against 4.3 for fade!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: fade! has 107 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Sembl's written reviews are positive against 83% of fade!'s.
| Parameter | Sembl | fade! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (21 ratings) | 4.3 (107 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 107 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artgig Studio | Topebox |
Customer experience
Sembl
fade!
In-app purchases
Sembl
- Remove all ads$1.99
fade!
- Remove Ads!$1.99
