3D Othello vs Pumbuzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3D Othello
This is a digital adaptation of the classic strategy board game Othello (Reversi). Players take turns placing discs on an 8x8 board, aiming to have the majority of discs display their color when the board is full. It features a powerful AI for challenging gameplay.
- Classic Othello/Reversi gameplay
- 8x8 game board
- Turn-based strategy
- AI opponent
- Disk flipping mechanics
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Othello(Reversi) is a strategy board game for two players, played on an 8×8 uncheckered board. There are sixty-four identical game pieces called disks (often spelled "discs"), which are light on one side and dark on the other. Players take turns placing disks on the board with their assigned color facing up. During a play, any disks of the opponent's color that are in a straight line and bounded by the disk just placed and another disk of the current player's color are turned over to the current player's color. The object of the game is to have the majority of disks turned to display your color when the last playable empty square is filled. The player with the most pieces on the board at the end of the game wins.
Pumbuzzle
Solve daily logic puzzles by arranging numbers so each row sums to 80. Use directional clues to guide your placement and swap squares to achieve the correct pattern. Compete on leaderboards and replay past challenges.
- Daily pattern puzzles
- Row summation to 80
- Swap squares to solve
- Directional clues (▲▼, ◀▶)
- Replay past puzzles
- GameCenter leaderboards
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Each row adds up to 80. Find the right place for all of the numbers. ▲▼ means a square is in the right column but the wrong row ◀▶ means a square is in the right row but the wrong column Tap two squares to swap them. Moving squares with ▲▼ or ◀▶ increases your score. A new puzzle each day AND the ability to replay puzzles from past days! Leaderboards with GameCenter! New games start at midnight UTC (i.e., 7pm Central US).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pumbuzzle at 100% against 3D Othello's 0%. Pumbuzzle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). 3D Othello's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pumbuzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pumbuzzle has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of 3D Othello's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pumbuzzle's.
3D Othello ships an update every 3 months, Pumbuzzle weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3D Othello | Pumbuzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tsan Huang Chen | Brainwash Inc. |
Customer experience
3D Othello
Pumbuzzle
In-app purchases
3D Othello
No in-app purchases
Pumbuzzle
No in-app purchases
