Factris vs Braid Anniversary Edition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Factris
A challenging puzzle game where players reshape falling rectangles based on their factors to pack them efficiently. Improve numeracy and factor knowledge while aiming for a high score in this risk/reward experience.
- Factor-based rectangle reshaping
- High score chasing
- Numeracy skill improvement
- Packing strategy
- Challenging gameplay
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Factris is a classic risk/reward high score game. Reshape the dropping rectangles according to their factors and pack them together. Factris is challenging (there is no undo) and you need to pay close attention to the size of the rectangles coming next. Improve your numeracy, packing and knowledge of factors with Factris.
Braid Anniversary Edition
Manipulate time to solve intricate platform puzzles in this remastered indie classic. Explore beautifully painted worlds, uncover memories, and enjoy extensive creator commentary. Assemble jigsaw pieces and overcome challenges with unique time-bending mechanics.
- Time manipulation mechanics
- Subtle platform puzzles
- Refreshed high-resolution graphics
- Extensive creator commentary
- Jigsaw puzzle collection
- Haunting, evocative score
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Control the flow of time to solve subtle platform puzzles in this update of the indie classic "Braid," featuring refreshed artwork and seriously in-depth creator commentary. Travel from a city house through a series of interconnected worlds where time behaves strangely, searching for an elusive Princess. Along the way you'll explore memories and regrets that still haunt you. This Anniversary Edition remaster of the award-winning platformer contains fully repainted high-resolution graphics, new sound effects and extensive audio commentary. Rewind, pause and use the strange properties of time in each world to run and jump through beautifully painted environments. Avoid hazards, unlock doors and collect jigsaw puzzle pieces to assemble. If you get hung up on a particular puzzle, feel free to move on and return later. This is the game you remember, with all the original challenges and the same haunting, evocative score — but repainted pixel by pixel so that each carefully rendered world comes to life in high resolution. New visual details, animated brushstroke effects and revamped sounds add to the immersive experience. Explore the most extensive developer commentary ever put into a game, with over 15 hours of recorded insight and conversation from developer Jonathan Blow, artist David Hellman and more members of the "Braid" creative team. Navigate it by visiting a new in-game world, which also contains new puzzles and redesigns of classic puzzles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Braid Anniversary Edition at 100% against Factris's 0%. Braid Anniversary Edition also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.5). Factris's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Factris is free to download; Braid Anniversary Edition costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Braid Anniversary Edition holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Factris's written reviews are positive against 100% of Braid Anniversary Edition's.
| Parameter | Factris | Braid Anniversary Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 2.1 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mathematics in Education and Industry | Thekla, inc. |
Customer experience
Factris
Braid Anniversary Edition
In-app purchases
Factris
No in-app purchases
Braid Anniversary Edition
No in-app purchases
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