Comparison

Cryonic vs Take The King!

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

Head to head
About

Cryonic

Features
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Beneath an unknown Entity, lies a group of secret projects that defy reason and logic, "Cryonic" is one of them. Cryonic is a FPS mystery puzzle game that blurs the line between fiction and reality. An unpredictable story that grows on every update.

About

Take The King!

A unique puzzle game that reimagines chess rules on a crumbling battlefield. Guide the King through dozens of challenges and restore balance to the kingdom by solving intellectual puzzles.

Highlights
  • Reimagined chess rules
  • Unique chessboard mechanics
  • Dozens of puzzles
  • Quest for the King
  • Secondary objectives for bonuses
Features
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The august chessboard crumbles. The millennia-old battlefield, foundation of all laws, has been desecrated. Is the era of symmetrical confrontations over? How to govern a crumbling kingdom? How to restore the balance of all things? First victim of this cataclysm, will the brave King be able to survive in his quest for great harmony? Concept Take the King! is a puzzle game based on the rules of chess, reimagined to offer original intellectual challenges. While your pieces move normally, the chessboard is anything but standard, and you have a variety of goals. * Help the King on his great quest. * Try to solve dozens of puzzles the game offers you. * Complete secondary objectives to unlock bonuses.

Screenshots

Cryonic4 screens
Take The King!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Take The King! at every 5 days against Cryonic's every 48 months. Take The King! also leads on price ($3.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Cryonic costs $4.99 and Take The King! $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cryonic ships an update every 48 months, Take The King! every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Cryonic versus Take The King!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCryonicTake The King!
Price$4.99$3.99 โ€” better
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 48 monthsEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size280 MB190 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChrystian EnriquezTyGAMES

In-app purchases

None

Cryonic

No in-app purchases

None

Take The King!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cryonic free?
Cryonic costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Take The King! free?
Take The King! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cryonic or Take The King! have ads?
Neither Cryonic nor Take The King! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cryonic or Take The King!?
Cryonic ships an update every 48 months, and Take The King! every 5 days. Most recently, Cryonic was updated on October 29, 2026 and Take The King! on October 16, 2026.

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