Comparison

Mariam Game vs Cuneiform Drills

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

Head to head
About

Mariam Game

Explore a compelling narrative inspired by 18th-century Middle Eastern life, featuring a young girl's connection to ghosts. This game offers three distinct playstyles: story, card, and action, focusing on atmospheric horror derived from its narrative and setting.

Highlights
  • Story mode
  • Card mode
  • Action mode
  • Atmospheric horror
  • Engaging story
  • Interesting characters
Features
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"Mariam Game" is a very interesting game, story, and gameplay. It depends on three styles of play, story mode, card mode, and action mode. "Mariam Game" draws inspiration from the life of a young girl in 18th-century Middle East, entwined in a mysterious connection with ghosts. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere, and storytelling, the horror in our game emanates from the atmosphere and storytelling, not from loud sounds and artificial effects.

About

Cuneiform Drills

Practice Akkadian cuneiform by identifying signs, transliterating words, and distinguishing similar characters. Review your mistakes in a dedicated brush-up mode to improve your understanding of this ancient script.

Highlights
  • Identify cuneiform signs
  • Transliterate Akkadian words
  • Distinguish similar signs
  • Review mistaken questions
  • Multiple quiz modes
Features
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This is a Cuneiform workbook-quiz app. Touch keybutton and input correct reading of signs. How To Use First, select “Quiz A”, and answer questions. Please input letters by a keyboard and reply answer by “Enter” button. A triangle-sign button is backspace button. You can review mistaked questions in “Brush up” mode. In the beginning, please answer frequently “Brush up” questions. Game Modes Quiz A: Questions of a sign. Quiz B: Transliteration. Questions of words of multiple signs. Please answer without hyphen. Quiz C: Questions of similar sign. Brush up: Questions that you have mistaken in Quiz A.

Screenshots

Mariam Game4 screens
Cuneiform Drills2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cuneiform Drills at 100% against Mariam Game's 53%. Cuneiform Drills also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Mariam Game's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 58 months) and ratings volume (9.5K vs 3). On price and device support 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

Both are free to download. Mariam Game sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Cuneiform Drills asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cuneiform Drills holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mariam Game has 9.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Mariam Game's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cuneiform Drills's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mariam Game ships an update fortnightly, Cuneiform Drills every 58 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Mariam Game versus Cuneiform Drills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMariam GameCuneiform Drills
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9.5K ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.5K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 58 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSalman AlHarbiKazunari Hiyoshi

Customer experience

Mariam Game

All ratings9,476 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral4.9%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews497 reviews
Positive52.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative41.0%

Cuneiform Drills

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mariam Game

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game restarts from the beginning after certain actions
  • Glitches that prevent progress in the story

Requested features

3 requests
  • More story content and updates
  • Improved English localization
  • Option to disable ads or pay for ad-free version

Cuneiform Drills

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mariam Game

One-time4
  • Pile of Gems$1.99
  • Pouch of Gems$2.99
  • Crate of Gems$5.99
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  • Cart of Gems$11.99
None

Cuneiform Drills

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mariam Game free?
Mariam Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cuneiform Drills free?
Cuneiform Drills is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mariam Game or Cuneiform Drills?
Cuneiform Drills is rated higher. Mariam Game averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9.5K ratings, while Cuneiform Drills averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Mariam Game or Cuneiform Drills have ads?
Mariam Game shows ads; Cuneiform Drills does not.
Which is updated more often, Mariam Game or Cuneiform Drills?
Mariam Game ships an update fortnightly, and Cuneiform Drills every 58 months. Most recently, Mariam Game was updated on November 8, 2026 and Cuneiform Drills on November 3, 2026.

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