Comparison

Iced In vs PALINGENESIS

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

Head to head
About

Iced In

Navigate frozen landscapes by strategically sliding ice blocks to solve puzzles and rescue stranded penguins. This adventure game features clever mechanics where every move counts, with 50 handcrafted challenges that increase in difficulty.

Highlights
  • Slide ice blocks to solve puzzles
  • Rescue trapped penguins
  • 50 handcrafted levels
  • Clever movement mechanics
  • Intuitive controls
Features
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Guide a determined explorer across frozen lakes and snowy terrain in a puzzle adventure built around clever movement and careful planning. Slide blocks of ice to activate switches, solve layered challenges, and rescue penguins trapped behind frozen cages. Every move matters. Ice blocks slide until they hit an obstacle, fragile tiles crack after repeated use, and one careless push can turn a solution into a frozen dead end. With 50 handcrafted puzzles and intuitive controls, the challenge steadily grows while staying accessible and satisfying. Cute penguins set the stakes, but smart thinking is the key to saving them all. • 50 handcrafted puzzles • Simple, intuitive controls • Clever ice-sliding mechanics • Adorable penguins to rescue

About

PALINGENESIS

Experience an album as an interactive music video game. Explore animated worlds, each tied to a song, and uncover a developing narrative through your journey. This unique application blends hand-crafted animation with interactive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Interactive animated worlds
  • Music-driven environments
  • Unfolding narrative
  • Hand-crafted animation
  • Visual sequences
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PALINGENESIS is a music video game. The album by GRIGS unfolds as a series of interactive animated worlds, with each environment built around a different song. Created entirely by animator and musician John Paul Grigsby, PALINGENESIS brings together hand-crafted animation, interactive environments, and visual sequences that appear as you move through each world. As you progress through the album, a larger story begins to take shape through the environments and the moments you come across along the way. Listen to PALINGENESIS by GRIGS wherever you stream music. www.johngrigsby.com

Screenshots

Iced In4 screens
PALINGENESIS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PALINGENESIS at 4.8 against Iced In's 4.2. PALINGENESIS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Iced In's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Iced In sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PALINGENESIS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PALINGENESIS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Iced In ships an update every 3 days, PALINGENESIS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Iced In versus PALINGENESIS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIced InPALINGENESIS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings)4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB741 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDennis MengeltJohn Paul Grigsby

Customer experience

Iced In

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PALINGENESIS

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Iced In

One-time1
  • Episode 2$0.99
None

PALINGENESIS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Iced In free?
Iced In is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PALINGENESIS free?
PALINGENESIS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Iced In or PALINGENESIS?
PALINGENESIS is rated higher. Iced In averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while PALINGENESIS averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Iced In or PALINGENESIS have ads?
Neither Iced In nor PALINGENESIS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Iced In or PALINGENESIS?
Iced In ships an update every 3 days, and PALINGENESIS every 9 days. Most recently, Iced In was updated on November 2, 2026 and PALINGENESIS on November 3, 2026.

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