Ishido vs Brick Damage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ishido
A meditative puzzle game where players match stones based on color and symbol to clear a board. It offers both strategic point-scoring and a relaxing, mindful experience.
- Match stones by color and symbol
- Strategic point scoring
- Meditative gameplay mode
- 72 unique stones
- 8x12 game board
- Next stone preview
Read full descriptionHide full description
WELCOME TO ISHIDO An ancient puzzle that will test your meditative and strategic powers. Balance the yin & yang of patience vs. the quick score. Your goal is to empty the pouch, but plan ahead to find the elusive 4-way. You must match 72 stones on a board of 96 squares. You can play for points or relax and meditate over each move. OVERVIEW Ishido is a board game where you attempt to match stones according to their colors and patterns. THE GAME BOARD * The Game Board is eight squares high by 12 squares wide. * Stones come in sets of 72 stones. Each stone has two attributes: A color and a symbol. There are six symbols and six colors in each stoneset, thus creating 36 unique stones. Each stone comes in a pair, hence 72 stones in each stoneset. * The Within consists of the interior squares. * The Beyond consists of the squares at the outer edges of the board. * The Touchstone displays the next stone to be played. * The Scoreboard shows both the number of points scored, and the number of combination matches achieved. * The Pouch shows the number of stones remaining to play.
Brick Damage
Read full descriptionHide full description
Old school brick game, reborn. Brick Damage brings back the feel of classic handheld puzzle games — 8-bit sounds, haptic feedback, and a retro Game Boy theme — wrapped in a modern interface built for today's phones. GAMEPLAY Drag pieces onto an 8x8 grid. Fill a row or column to clear it. Chain clears back-to-back for combo multipliers and big scores. Watch out for frozen cells that block your path, and trigger power cell blasts to clear the board. THREE GAME MODES - Classic — Beat your high score before the board fills up. Frozen obstacles and power cells keep every game different. - Hard — Escalating difficulty. More ice, faster expiring power cells, and combo-powered mega blasts that grow with your streak. - Zen — No game over, no pressure. The board auto-clears when you're stuck. Just play. FEATURES - Combo system with score multipliers - Frozen cells and power cell explosions - Rescue rotation when no pieces fit - 19 achievements across Classic and Hard modes - Daily best, play streaks, and lifetime stats - Three themes: Dark, Light, and Retro Game Boy - 8-bit sound effects and haptic feedback - Damage Control: set a game limit and cooldown to manage play time Brick Damage is fully offline. No ads, no accounts, no data collection, no internet required. Just a modern take on the brick game you grew up with.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ishido at Free against Brick Damage's $0.99. Brick Damage's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On 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
Ishido is free to download; Brick Damage costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Ishido | Brick Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.9 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darin Koenig | Jussi Seppala |
In-app purchases
Ishido
No in-app purchases
Brick Damage
No in-app purchases









