encircled. vs Broken Grounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
encircled.
Engage in addictive spinning gameplay by rotating your phone through challenging levels. Navigate 5 distinct episodes, each offering 7 levels of increasing difficulty. This new game promises more content with upcoming updates.
- Phone rotation gameplay
- 5 epic episodes
- 7 levels per episode
- Addictive spinning challenges
- New content coming soon
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Rotating your phone has never been this fun! Make your way through 5 epic episodes, each with 7 levels of addictive spinning mayhem. All you need to do is rotate your phone... but you need to do it right! ;) HEADS UP! ‘NCIRCLED IS BRAND NEW! We’ll be adding many more amazing episodes very shortly! Stay tuned for those updates!
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 in-app purchases: encircled. at none against Broken Grounds's 1. encircled. also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Broken Grounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. encircled. asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for encircled. against 5.0 for Broken Grounds. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
encircled. ships an update every 9 months, Broken Grounds every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | encircled. | Broken Grounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Ewering | Motionlab |
Customer experience
encircled.
Broken Grounds
In-app purchases
encircled.
No in-app purchases
Broken Grounds
- Remove Ads$2.99
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