Rings. vs Cracks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rings.
A puzzle game where players arrange, stack, and match colored rings to clear the board. Test your skills and see if you can solve all the levels.
- Arrange rings
- Stack rings
- Match rings
- Clear the board
- Puzzle gameplay
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Rings. The first and original. Arrange them, stack them, match them. Can you clear the board? FOUR WAYS TO PLAY: Classic - nine slots, no clock. The only mode the leaderboard is watching. Double Diamond - thirteen slots and new lines to complete. More room, more ways to go wrong. Time Trial - thirty-six seconds. Every clear buys you two more. One Ring - one piece at a time instead of three. Nowhere to hide. Complete a line and your multiplier grows. Land a Full Stack and it grows again.
Cracks
This match-3 puzzle game features a fracturing board where tiles shatter and disappear. Match tiles to reinforce the surface and prevent the board from collapsing. Survive all your moves to win.
- Fracturing board mechanic
- Match tiles to reinforce
- Special matches for unique effects
- 100 levels across 10 worlds
- Progressive difficulty
- Combo scoring and chain reactions
- iCloud sync and Game Center leaderboards
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The ground is breaking apart. Can you hold it together? Cracks is a match-3 puzzle game with a twist — the board is fracturing beneath every tile. Each turn, cracks spread across the surface. When a tile shatters, it's gone for good. Let too many tiles break and the board collapses. Your job: match tiles to reinforce the surface and survive. HOW IT WORKS • Swap adjacent tiles to make matches of 3 or more • Matched tiles reset their fracture level, strengthening the board • Unmatched tiles crack further each turn, eventually shattering into holes • Survive all your moves without the board collapsing SPECIAL MATCHES • Match 4 in a line — Line Reinforcer: repairs an entire row or column • Match 5 in a line — Restore Bomb: repairs a 3x3 area • Match an L or T shape — Stabilizer: freezes nearby tiles for 3 turns FEATURES • 100 levels across 10 worlds — from The Quarry to Eternity • Progressive difficulty with fracture rates, grace periods, and board sizes that evolve • Combo scoring with chain reactions • Hint system when you're stuck • Visual urgency — watch the board shift to red as collapse approaches • iCloud sync across devices • Game Center leaderboards • No ads. No pay-to-win. Every move matters. Every match counts. How long can you hold the cracks together?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cracks at none against Rings.'s shown. Cracks also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Rings.'s advantage is ratings volume (407 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Rings. sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Cracks sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cracks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rings. has 407 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Rings.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Cracks's.
Rings. ships an update every 2 months, Cracks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rings. | Cracks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (407 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 407 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 247 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kamil Kucma | Bill Schenk |
Customer experience
Rings.
Cracks
Bugs and requests
Rings.
Reported bugs
3 issues- Rings not clearing properly
- Game not recognizing no more moves
- Inconsistent behavior when exiting and re-entering the app
Requested features
5 requests- Undo/redo functionality
- Ability to save progress across sessions
- More game modes and difficulty levels
- Customization options for colors and themes
- Leaderboards and achievements
Cracks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rings.
- No ads$1.99
- Skin Pack$2.99
- Premium$4.99
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- All game features!$5.99
Cracks
- Pack 2$1.99
- Pack 3$1.99
- Pack 1$1.99
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- Pack 4$1.99
- Glass Tile Theme$1.99
- Lava Tile Theme$1.99
- The Full Game$4.99









