cmplt vs Hideaways
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cmplt
Engage your mind with handcrafted pixel puzzles. Guess the missing elements to complete intricate pixel art designs. A challenging and visually appealing experience for puzzle enthusiasts.
- 125 handcrafted pixel puzzles
- Guess missing elements
- Complete pixel art designs
- Challenging gameplay
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Can you g_ess what’s missing? C_mpl_t_. · · · 125 handcrafted pixel puzzles.
Hideaways
Explore beautifully crafted worlds and discover human stories in this reimagined spot-the-difference game. Enjoy a calm challenge that exercises attention and memory while immersing yourself in atmospheric music and gentle narratives.
- Beautifully crafted worlds
- Handmade atmospheric music
- Untimed scavenger hunts
- 144 human stories
- Calming gameplay
- Attention and memory exercise
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Hideaways is an immaculate take on spot-the-difference games. It unfolds through beautifully crafted worlds, handmade atmospheric music, untimed scavengers, and 144 human stories — gently woven in, where places carry real feeling and stories are discovered, not told. Both a moment of calm and a quiet challenge, Hideaways invites you to slow your breathing, calm your mind, and wander through aesthetic and auditory pleasures — all while gently exercising attention and memory, and inviting reflection on real-life moments and stories.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hideaways at monthly against cmplt's every 3 months. Hideaways also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 769). cmplt's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. cmplt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hideaways sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hideaways holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 769 and 2.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of cmplt's written reviews are positive against 44% of Hideaways's.
cmplt ships an update every 3 months, Hideaways monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cmplt | Hideaways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (769 ratings) | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.6% of reviews | 44.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 769 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 794 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philipp Stollenmayer | RoadRocks |
Customer experience
cmplt
Hideaways
User reviews
cmplt
From 769 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Unique and creative concept
- 🎨 Appealing minimalist art style
- 💡 Challenging and thought-provoking puzzles
- 🎯 Satisfying to complete the pixel art
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent and subjective puzzle difficulty
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🤔 Unclear instructions and lack of guidance
- 🔍 Puzzles sometimes too abstract and hard to decipher
Hideaways
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and art style
- 🎶 Relaxing and soothing music
- 🧠 Challenging yet engaging puzzles
- 🕰️ No time limits or pressure
- 💆♀️ Calming and stress-relieving experience
Room to improve
- 🔍 Differences can be hard to spot at times
- 🚫 Frequent ads that interrupt gameplay
- 💰 Paid version required to remove ads
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs on certain levels
- 🔍 Issues with level progression and saving progress
Bugs and requests
cmplt
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzles not registering correct answers
- Ads getting stuck and unable to skip
- Crashes and performance issues on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Option to disable sound/music
- More levels and increased content
- Ability to undo/redo moves
- Better progression and level selection
Hideaways
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes during tutorial
- Differences not registering correctly
- Levels not loading properly
- Issues with screen size and layout
Requested features
4 requests- Option to disable background music
- Ability to save progress within a level
- More level variety and increased difficulty
- Cross-device syncing of progress
In-app purchases
cmplt
- ad free, endless hints$0.99
Hideaways
- TRICKLE(5 hints)$0.99
- BREEZE(10 hints)$1.99
- DUET$1.99
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- FOUNT(20 hints)$2.99
- LUCID LENS$2.99
- DELUGE(50 hints)$4.99
- Grand W.$6.99
