Comparison

VMOD vs Chai Game

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

Head to head
About

VMOD

Engage in a unique puzzle game where you manipulate interconnected elements by tapping buttons. Discover how different actions create cascading effects to solve visual equations. This game offers both handcrafted and procedurally generated challenges.

Highlights
  • Solve visual quantix equations
  • Activate buttons to observe side-effects
  • 50 handcrafted levels
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Multiple mechanics
  • Minimalist user interface
Features
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VMOD is a puzzle game about side-effects. Tap buttons to activate them. Figure out how the different buttons manipulate each other. | Excerpt from the official SYMTAq VMOD | manual: | | VMOD is a training software for SYMTAq | engineers. | | Learn working with SYMTAq elements | by solving visual quantix equations. | | SAFETY NOTICE: KEEP AWAY FROM | INDIVIDUALS NOT CAPABLE OF | VISUALIZING 4 DIMENSIONAL CYBER | CIRCUITS. FEATURES ▼ 50 handcrafted levels ▼ an endless amount of procedurally generated levels ▼ quite a number of different mechanics ▼ colorful presentation for your pleasure ▼ minimal user interface for minimal distraction ▼ button pressing fun ▼ no ads and no In-App Purchases I had a lot of fun making this game and I hope you have as much fun playing it. Thank you!

About

Chai Game

Become a tea merchant by blending different tea flavors and collecting ingredients. Fulfill customer orders to earn money and points, with the game concluding after five rounds. The player with the most money and points wins.

Highlights
  • Tea blending mechanics
  • Ingredient collection
  • Customer order fulfillment
  • Tea market visits
  • Pantry management
  • Player vs. Player
Features
Currently charting
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In Chai, you will step into the shoes of a tea merchant, combining tea flavours to make a perfect blend. Specializing in either rooibos, green, oolong, black or white tea, you will buy and collect ingredients to fulfill your customers’ orders. Each turn you can choose either to visit the tea market, the pantry or to reserve a customer and use an ability. The game ends when 5 rounds have been completed. Add your money and points from completed customer orders to determine the best tea merchant!

Screenshots

VMOD4 screens
Chai Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chai Game at 5.0 against VMOD's 4.5. Chai Game also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). VMOD's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $5.99) and ratings volume (303 vs 5). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

VMOD costs $0.99 and Chai Game $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chai Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VMOD has 303 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of VMOD's written reviews are positive against 67% of Chai Game's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VMOD ships an update every 6 months, Chai Game every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
VMOD versus Chai Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVMODChai Game
Price$0.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.5 (303 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings303 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#183 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB447 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin KnopfDIGIDICED

Customer experience

VMOD

All ratings303 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral3.6%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative25.9%

Chai Game

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

VMOD

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Cannot pass level 21 despite completion
  • Bug on level 29, does not progress

Requested features

6 requests
  • Display and save number of moves
  • More levels
  • Additional background info on quantix equations
  • Minimum moves goal for more puzzling
  • Landscape mode for iPad
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  • Ability to scroll through levels

Chai Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

VMOD

No in-app purchases

None

Chai Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VMOD free?
VMOD costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chai Game free?
Chai Game costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VMOD or Chai Game?
Chai Game is rated higher. VMOD averages 4.5 out of 5 from 303 ratings, while Chai Game averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do VMOD or Chai Game have ads?
Neither VMOD nor Chai Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VMOD or Chai Game?
VMOD ships an update every 6 months, and Chai Game every 6 weeks. Most recently, VMOD was updated on September 22, 2026 and Chai Game on September 10, 2026.

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