Comparison

Takaro Coding Puzzle Game vs Recursive

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

Head to head
About

Takaro Coding Puzzle Game

Learn coding concepts through engaging 3D puzzles. This educational game builds confidence by introducing loops, conditionals, and problem-solving in a fun, interactive environment. It offers tutorials and challenges for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • 3D world puzzles
  • Coding concept learning
  • Loops and conditionals
  • Brain training challenges
  • Tutorials
  • Te Reo Maori option
Features
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You'll not only gain the knowledge about what coding is and how to use it but it'll get you thinking in a 3D world and test your mental rotational skills too. Think in systems and puzzle solve in a learning and reactive environment. Coding is an important skill and Takaro is a fun game to teach you about coding concepts to build confidence before you take the next steps into learning how to code. +Educational, brain training, puzzle and problem solving game. +Full 3D world full of twists and turns. +24 levels of learning fun including loops, nested loops, if's and whiles. What is a 'loop' and how do you use them? +4 mind bending challenge levels for the masters of the game. +Tutorials to help you learn. +Option in Te Reo Maori, learn new technical terms.

About

Recursive

A challenging puzzle game where you guide robots to collect gems by creating simple programs. Master recursion and logic with a minimalistic, easy-to-learn language and diverse level elements.

Highlights
  • Learn a simple programming language
  • Solve puzzles with robots and gems
  • Master recursion concepts
  • Explore diverse level elements
  • Challenging, hard puzzles
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Recursive is a puzzle game about recursion, patterns, and programming. It is the perfect game for people who love hard puzzles. Your goal is to help little robots complete their mission and collect all gems by finding the correct pattern and translating it into a short program. # Programming language (no prior knowledge required) The programming language is minimalistic and easy to learn. It doesn't require any prior programming knowledge and consists of only four instructions. - Move forward: Move one cell forward. - Rotate left: Rotate 90° left in place. - Rotate right: Rotate 90° right in place. - Change color: Load a chip of a specified color and execute the instructions it contains. And even with this simple programming language, robots can follow complex patterns thanks to the power of recursion and to other tricks that you can discover along with your progression in the game. # Rich levels Recursive offers a large variety of levels thanks to supporting multiple types of elements. - Robots: They can have different colors that reflect the chip they have loaded. - Gems: Your goal is to collect all of them. - Bugs: They destroy robots and make them disappear. - Chips: They make robots load a different program. - Teleportation gates: They make robots teleport to a different location. - Inactive robots: They are activated when touched by another robot. # Mastering recursion Recursion is said to be hard to understand as a famous quote attributed to Stephen Hawking says: "To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion." However, we believe that playing Recursive is another fun way to understand it or even master it.

Screenshots

Takaro Coding Puzzle Game4 screens
Recursive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Takaro Coding Puzzle Game at Free against Recursive's $2.99. Takaro Coding Puzzle Game also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (80% vs 71%). Recursive's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 3). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Takaro Coding Puzzle Game is free to download; Recursive costs $2.99 up front. Recursive sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Takaro Coding Puzzle Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Takaro Coding Puzzle Game against 4.9 for Recursive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recursive has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Takaro Coding Puzzle Game's written reviews are positive against 71% of Recursive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Takaro Coding Puzzle Game ships an update every 6 months, Recursive every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Takaro Coding Puzzle Game versus Recursive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTakaro Coding Puzzle GameRecursive
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.9 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings328 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMetiaKidori

Customer experience

Takaro Coding Puzzle Game

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Recursive

All ratings28 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Takaro Coding Puzzle Game

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Recursive

One-time3
  • 10 hint credits$0.99
  • 20 hint credits$1.99
  • 40 hint credits$2.99

Questions

Is Takaro Coding Puzzle Game free?
Takaro Coding Puzzle Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recursive free?
Recursive costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Takaro Coding Puzzle Game or Recursive?
Takaro Coding Puzzle Game is rated higher. Takaro Coding Puzzle Game averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Recursive averages 4.9 from 28 ratings.
Do Takaro Coding Puzzle Game or Recursive have ads?
Neither Takaro Coding Puzzle Game nor Recursive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Takaro Coding Puzzle Game or Recursive?
Takaro Coding Puzzle Game ships an update every 6 months, and Recursive every 4 days. Most recently, Takaro Coding Puzzle Game was updated on November 2, 2026 and Recursive on November 3, 2026.

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