Comparison

Cosmonet vs Whack A Braille

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

Head to head
About

Cosmonet

Engage in a unique narrative experience where your dialogue choices are determined by personality quizzes. Explore a story set on a space station as an avian biologist. This game offers a short, branching storyline.

Highlights
  • Branching narrative gameplay
  • Personality quiz mechanics
  • Dialogue-driven story
  • Space station setting
  • Unique gameplay concept
Features
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You are an avian biologist on the space station studying how well birds can fly in zero gravity. And your job is really boring so you spend most of your time chatting with your friends on Earth and taking online personality quizzes. Cosmonet is a short branching narrative game where you control the dialogue indirectly by taking personality quizzes. It was created for Global Game Jam 2018 by Sean Bouchard and Martzi Campos.

About

Whack A Braille

An accessible arcade game that challenges players to type braille characters, symbols, and contractions before they disappear. Designed for blind players and braille learners, it offers various practice modes and adjustable settings for a playful learning experience.

Highlights
  • Playable with Braille Screen Input, Displays, and keyboards
  • Practice Grade 1 letters, symbols, and Grade 2 contractions
  • Adjustable speech rate and voice selection
  • Non-timed training mode for beginners
  • Adaptive Mole Recon for personalized practice
  • Blind-first and Accessibility-first design
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Whack a Braille! is a fast-paced accessible arcade game where you type the right braille character, symbol, or contraction before the mole ducks away. Play with a braille display, an external keyboard, or Braille Screen Input. Practice Grade 1 letters, symbols, typing-row patterns, and Grade 2 contractions, then cash in your tickets for prizes as you build up your shelf. The game is designed for blind players, braille learners, teachers, and anyone who wants a playful way to build braille speed and confidence. Features: • Built with Blind-first and Accessibility-first design. • Playable with Braille Screen Input, Braille Displays, and external keyboards. • Adjustable speech rate and voice selection. • Mole sets include keyboard touch-typing training, Grade 1 letters and numbers, and UEB Grade 2 symbols,, word signs, and two-character contractions. • Battle Modes have sets of 3-letter, 4-letter, and 5-letter Grade 1 words, and Wordy Mole Mayhem has randomly drawn 4 to 10 letter words to be typed. • Non-timed training mode for beginners, along with adjustable difficulty modes and round timer lengths. • Adaptive Mole Recon feature that keeps track of misses and what braille characters need practice. Type fast, bonk moles, earn tickets, and see what prize suits your fancy.

Screenshots

Cosmonet4 screens
Whack A Braille4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cosmonet at none against Whack A Braille's 4. Cosmonet also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 3) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads 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

Both are free to download. Whack A Braille sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Cosmonet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Cosmonet against 4.7 for Whack A Braille. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cosmonet versus Whack A Braille: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCosmonetWhack A Braille
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better3
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size331 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSean BouchardMarco Salsiccia

Customer experience

Cosmonet

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Whack A Braille

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cosmonet

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Whack A Braille

One-time4
  • Light Thwap$0.99
  • Big Bonk$1.99
  • Mega Whack$2.99
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  • Ultimate Whackage$4.99

Questions

Is Cosmonet free?
Cosmonet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Whack A Braille free?
Whack A Braille is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cosmonet or Whack A Braille?
Cosmonet is rated higher. Cosmonet averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Whack A Braille averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Cosmonet or Whack A Braille have ads?
Neither Cosmonet nor Whack A Braille shows ads.

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