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 rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 769). cmplt's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| 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
