Comparison

Summer Time vs Surround

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

Head to head
About

Summer Time

This game tests and trains your memory with colorful summer icons and musical tones. Its adaptive AI creates unique challenges as you progress, aiming to improve your recall abilities and mental performance.

Highlights
  • Memory testing and training
  • Adaptive AI engine
  • Increasingly difficult levels
  • Unique game variations
  • Performance tracking index
  • Summer-themed icons
Features
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To celebrate summer we designed an exclusive version of PriMemory™ for you to enjoy all summer long and have a pleasant Memory challenge in your Summer Time. We have the power to dramatically improve the functioning of our minds. PriMemory tests and trains your memory through a series of increasingly difficult sequences of colorful summer icons and musical tones. Practice of skills like memory improvement can have dramatic benefits in both everyday life and can improve your play in the other games you love, whether you're playing an strategy game or any other mind required skill game. Regular use of brain-building exercises can improve your performance and your enjoyment of the game. Make your fun time more productive with a game that challenges your mental abilities and helps improve your memory every time you play. The game's artificial intelligence learns the way you play to build more complex and challenging games as you move through levels. Repetition builds memory. Every trip through the game helps you exercise your mental recall abilities. The more you play, the more you will remember. There's challenge available at every level. Eighty-two percent of humans can't finish the game. Will you be part of the 18% who can? Top Features: PriMemory™ demands more of you every time you play. Each time you play, you get the chance to go back to previous completed levels and challenge yourself all over again. You will never get the same game twice; because of the AI engine, each level adapts and changes each time you play. Relive the excitement by engaging with new variations every time. Can you remember the right moves and advance toward the final levels? Download and play to challenge yourself with: A proprietary artificial intelligence engine that adapts to your playing style. Original Canadian motive PriMemory index that indicates your retention level, performance and improvement on every game played.

About

Surround

Strategically place wall blocks to surround an enemy on a turn-based board. Plan your moves carefully to prevent the enemy from escaping and achieve high scores by using fewer blocks and leaving escape routes open. Aim for three stars to unlock new levels.

Highlights
  • Surround enemy with wall blocks
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Strategic move planning
  • Scoring system for efficiency
  • Unlockable levels
  • Bonus for uncovered escape blocks
Features
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A fun but challenging puzzle game! The objective of the game is to surround the enemy by placing wall blocks on the board before the enemy escapes trough an escape block. The game is turn based and the enemy can move in all directions. This makes it crucial to plan your next move carefully, otherwise the enemy will escape and you will lose! The less blocks you place the higher score you will get! You also get a big bonus at the end of the game for every escape block you don’t cover with a wall block during the game. Aim to get the score as high as possible to collect all 3 stars and unlock the next level.

Screenshots

Summer Time4 screens
Surround4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Summer Time at 100% against Surround's 50%. Summer Time also leads on ads (none vs shown). Surround's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Surround is free to download; Summer Time costs $0.99 up front. Summer Time sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Surround sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Summer Time ships an update every 7 months, Surround every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Summer Time versus Surround: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSummer TimeSurround
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTAPQUAD, INCINNCODER AS

Customer experience

Summer Time

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Surround

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Summer Time

One-time3
  • (3) Replays$0.99
  • (5) Replays$1.99
  • (8) Replays$2.99
3 purchases

Surround

One-time3
  • 10 Coins$1.99
  • 50 Coins$6.99
  • 100 Coins$10.99

Questions

Is Summer Time free?
Summer Time costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Surround free?
Surround is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Summer Time or Surround have ads?
Surround shows ads; Summer Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Summer Time or Surround?
Summer Time ships an update every 7 months, and Surround every 5 days. Most recently, Summer Time was updated on October 13, 2026 and Surround on October 7, 2026.

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