Kerflux vs fade!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kerflux
Engage your mind with a unique wave-based puzzle game. Slide and match intricate wave formations in a minimalist design. Enjoy retro music and unlock achievements as you progress through increasingly challenging levels.
- Original wave puzzle mechanics
- Increasingly challenging levels
- Retro style music
- Achievements
- Pay what you want pricing
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A puzzle game making waves. Diabolically simple and beautifully minimal, slide waves until they match. Features: - A completely original, never-before-seen wave puzzle. - Increasingly challenging wave formations and combinations. - Retro style music that hints at a solution. - Achievements, how far can you get? - Pay what YOU want! Free is totally an option. Go for it. Thank you for checking out our little game.
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
The clearest difference is rating: Kerflux at 4.8 against fade!'s 4.3. Kerflux also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 81%) and ratings volume (331 vs 107). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Kerflux sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and fade! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kerflux holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 331 and 107 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Kerflux's written reviews are positive against 81% of fade!'s.
| Parameter | Kerflux | fade! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (331 ratings) — better | 4.3 (107 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews — better | 81.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 331 — better | 107 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| 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 | 6.0 — better | 8.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Punk Labs LLC | Topebox |
Customer experience
Kerflux
fade!
User reviews
Kerflux
From 331 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple to understand
- 👍 Visual challenge
- 👍 Awesome game with no ads
- 👍 Great puzzle experience
- 👍 Beautiful shapes
Room to improve
- 🐛 Difficulty plateaus, endgame repetitive
- 🐛 Audio cues could be improved
- 🐛 Autoassist sensitivity can be too high
fade!
From 107 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😌 Soothing and calming experience
- 🎶 Amazing background music and sound effects
- ✨ Simple yet addictive gameplay
- 🧠 Challenging but not rage-inducing
- 💖 Beautiful minimalist design
Room to improve
- 😠 Ads are intrusive and annoying
- 😵 Touch response issues on newer iPhones
- ⏳ Slow to reset
- 🗣️ Ads can be religiously biased
- 🤔 Lack of clear strategy for some users
Bugs and requests
Kerflux
Reported bugs
1 issue- Music not working for some users
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to choose number of waves
- Add more than 4 waves for increased challenge
- Implement customizable autoassist sensitivity
- Add level select/replay option
- Introduce new mechanics at higher levels
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- Add more music tracks
fade!
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or returns to home screen
- Touch input not registering correctly on iPhone XR
- Lagging issues
Requested features
7 requests- Expand color options (yellow, cyan, orange)
- Add an endless mode
- Different themes or color palettes
- Dark mode and light mode options
- Adjustable time limit
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- More sound variety
- German language description
In-app purchases
Kerflux
- Bronze Supporter$0.99
- Silver Supporter$1.99
- Gold Supporter$3.99
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- Platinum Supporter$7.99
fade!
- Remove Ads!$1.99
