Comparison

Cosmic Express vs Queen Rules

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Cosmic Express

Plan intricate train routes for a quirky space colony in this challenging puzzle game. Navigate hundreds of levels filled with cute aliens and increasingly difficult scenarios. Enjoy hours of engaging, frustrating fun without any in-app purchases or ads.

Highlights
  • Train route planning puzzles
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Cute alien characters
  • Challenging gameplay
  • No in-app purchases
  • No ads
Features
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Cosmic Express is a puzzle game about planning the train route for the world's most awkward space colony, from the minds behind A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build and the art of Tyu from Klondike. It's cute, harder than it looks, and guaranteed to give you hours of frustrating fun across hundreds of levels. No in-app-purchases or ads. iPhone 5S, iPad Air, iPad Mini 2 or later recommended. Awards: Finalist - IMGA Global, 2017 Finalist - IndiePlus, 2017 Official Selection - Indie Megabooth, GDC 2017 Official Selection - Google Play Indie Corner, PAX 2016

About

Queen Rules

Engage in a unique puzzle game set in a charming clay art world. Solve logic challenges by strategically moving characters to defeat a dark curse. Enjoy a relaxing, family-friendly experience with no time pressure and unlimited retries.

Highlights
  • Handmade FIMO clay art visuals
  • Strategic puzzle gameplay
  • 156 unique levels
  • Family-friendly and relaxing
  • No time pressure or rush
  • Tournament modes (Movement & Time)
Features
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Explore this hypnotic world built of handmade modelling FIMO clay characters. What’s your vehicle? Logic and planning. It’s a puzzle experience that’s challenging but fun. Led by a benevolent King and Queen, you’ll visit enchanted lands and enjoy an atmosphere like no where else you know. Your job while here—defeat a dark curse set in play by an evil witch. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! The puzzles begin simply and slowly advance in challenge, level by level, kingdom by kingdom. We’re proud to say that this game is an entirely new and unique experience. After months addicted to it ourselves, we’re sharing it with you to let more people into this captivating world. If you like puzzle games this is a goldmine. So, how do you play? Use your finger to swipe soldiers across rows and up columns. When you get them all down to ones, you’re allowed to move on. It’s an effortless, magical feeling being inside this world—easy and satisfying to learn, but challenging to complete and win. As the game evolves, new game mechanics appear. Soldiers become more powerful and playful, and the game becomes pure strategy. Yes, things may get tricky. If you need input, go ask a friend to sit by your side, or even bring your kid over. This game is family friendly and fun to play in pairs. Incredible art sets it apart and makes it captivating for all ages. The game travels along at a pace that’s not rushed or timed, and it allows you to retry within levels as much as you want. This leads to more fun and less stress—what we always wanted in a game. You can think through your advances at a pace that everyone can enjoy. Features: • An Original Game Design • 156 Unique Levels • Clay Art by Larissa Honsek • Family Friendly • Solid Entertainment - Royal Announcement - Your majesty, the Queen of Hearts, cordially announces the opening of the Tournament Games. Her kingdom invites all valiant Knights to compete. The best Knights will earn the recognition of the Kings and a lifetime of honor and gifts. Are you brave enough to compete? If you believe you have what it takes your attendance and participation is, respectfully, required. Rules below: Only Knights with Game Center accounts will be able to proceed to the Tournament Games. From here, you can participate in two new tournament modalities, namely, the Movement Tournaments and the Time Tournaments: - The Movement Tournaments - the best Knight is he, she or they who completes a level in the fewest number of moves. - Time Tournaments - the best Knight is he, she or they who completes the designated level in the minimum amount of time. Your infinitely generous majesty is also bestowing honorable badges to those Knights who accomplish the most difficult achievements along the path. If you manage to collect each of these badges, you will become the most honorable of all Knights. To all interested Knight candidates with Game Center accounts, you are officially requested to commence your journey. In order to bring perfection to these Royal events, her highness’s engineering team has made several noteworthy improvements and a bug has been fixed. To your journey, we raise our goblets.

Screenshots

Cosmic Express4 screens
Queen Rules4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Queen Rules at Free against Cosmic Express's $5.99. Cosmic Express's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Queen Rules is free to download; Cosmic Express costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cosmic Express against 4.8 for Queen Rules. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 198 and 133 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Cosmic Express's written reviews are positive against 92% of Queen Rules's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cosmic Express ships an update every 3 weeks, Queen Rules every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cosmic Express versus Queen Rules: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCosmic ExpressQueen Rules
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (198 ratings)4.8 (133 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.8% of reviews92.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings198 — better133
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB850 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDraknek LimitedJuan Gabriel Palomino Garcia

Customer experience

Cosmic Express

All ratings198 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive90.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.3%

Queen Rules

All ratings133 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.3%

Bugs and requests

Cosmic Express

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Delphinus 6 cannot achieve gold star despite correct solutions
  • Accidental purchases through scrolling (multiple reports)
  • Duplicate billing for already purchased app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Level editor mode to create and share custom puzzles
  • Hint system or optional solution guides
  • More levels or sequel content
  • Different editing mode for easier track deletion/modification

Queen Rules

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cosmic Express

No in-app purchases

None

Queen Rules

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cosmic Express free?
Cosmic Express costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Queen Rules free?
Queen Rules is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cosmic Express or Queen Rules?
Queen Rules is rated higher. Cosmic Express averages 4.8 out of 5 from 198 ratings, while Queen Rules averages 4.8 from 133 ratings.
Do Cosmic Express or Queen Rules have ads?
Neither Cosmic Express nor Queen Rules shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cosmic Express or Queen Rules?
Cosmic Express ships an update every 3 weeks, and Queen Rules every 4 weeks. Most recently, Cosmic Express was updated on September 25, 2026 and Queen Rules on July 5, 2026.

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