Up Left Out vs Broken Grounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Up Left Out
Engage in a serene, minimalist puzzle experience focused on unlocking all board pieces. Enjoy ad-free, timed-free gameplay with a calming, ambient soundtrack. Perfect for unwinding and focused play.
- Unlock all puzzle pieces
- Minimalistic design
- Relaxing gameplay
- No ads or time limits
- Meditative ambient soundtrack
- Playable offline
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A relaxing, minimalistic puzzle game where your goal is to unlock all the pieces on the board. As always, the game has no ads, no time limits, no scoring and even no text. The peaceful gameplay is accompanied by a meditative soundtrack created by Wojciech Wasiak. - Relaxing - Minimal - Simple - No ads - Created by one person - Can be played without internet - Great meditative, ambient soundtrack Feel free to check out my other games at https://www.rainbowtrain.eu/
Broken Grounds
Explore 80 hand-crafted levels across 9 unique worlds, uncovering paths, avoiding traps, and rescuing lost critters. This adventure features a minimalist art style and a relaxing soundscape, with each world introducing new gameplay mechanics.
- Explore 80 hand-crafted levels
- Discover 9 unique worlds
- Uncover hidden paths
- Avoid dangerous traps
- Rescue lost critters
- Minimalist art style
- Relaxing soundscape
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In Broken Grounds, traverse through the mysterious and beautiful worlds, uncovering the path, unlocking the way, avoiding traps and rescuing lost critters. Explore 80 hand-crafted levels across 9 worlds in a beautifully designed, minimalist art style and a calming, relaxing soundscape, with each new world adding new ways to play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Broken Grounds at Free against Up Left Out's $2.99. Broken Grounds also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Up Left Out's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
Broken Grounds is free to download; Up Left Out costs $2.99 up front. Broken Grounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Up Left Out asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Up Left Out against 5.0 for Broken Grounds. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Up Left Out has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Up Left Out's written reviews are positive against 100% of Broken Grounds's.
Up Left Out ships an update weekly, Broken Grounds every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Up Left Out | Broken Grounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #136 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maciej Targoni | Motionlab |
Customer experience
Up Left Out
Broken Grounds
In-app purchases
Up Left Out
No in-app purchases
Broken Grounds
- Remove Ads$2.99
