Comparison

Cubinko vs Gemel

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

Head to head
About

Cubinko

Engage your mind with a vibrant match-3 puzzle experience. Rotate and drag colorful ink blocks to create explosive combinations of three or more, earning points and completing missions. Enjoy two distinct game modes, with or without time limits, and play offline.

Highlights
  • Match 3 puzzle gameplay
  • Rotate and drag ink blocks
  • Score points by destroying blocks
  • Arcade mode with missions
  • Time Attack mode
  • Offline play
Features
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The most innovative and fun match 3 game in recent years! Your puzzle skills will be put to the test with this new match 3 game mode! Our exclusive ink blocks will expand your mind in ways you never imagined in this addictive puzzle game. Enjoy the satisfaction of fitting pieces perfectly into place, filling the board with an explosion of colors, and with an extremely fun design! Are you ready to push your limits? HOW TO PLAY • Rotate and drag the blocks to move them. • Try to fit them together to destroy blocks with combinations of 3 or more. The more blocks you destroy at once, the more points you will earn! • In ARCADE mode there is no time limit, but you need to complete the missions to get more moves and keep playing. In TIME ATTACK mode things change, you run out of time but there is no limit to your moves, try to take the time to make the most points! RESOURCES • INK BLOCKS - Smooth effects for the block puzzle game! - Play easily and quickly. • EASY AND FUN GAME - Easy to learn and fun to master the game. • NO TIME LIMITS - Enjoy the game anytime, anywhere! • WITHOUT WI-FI? NO PROBLEM! - You can play offline anytime. • AWESOME GRAPHICS - Smooth sounds and beautiful visual effects.

About

Gemel

A relaxing tile-matching game played on a round board. Clear pairs of matching tiles against the clock, with no pressure or fail states. Compete daily and weekly on shared boards or enjoy unlimited custom games with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Tile matching gameplay
  • Daily and weekly shared boards
  • Customizable board sizes and rules
  • Offline play
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Thirteen achievements
Features
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A candle-lit matching game. A round board of wooden tiles, cleared two at a time against your own best clock — no fail state, no pressure, just you, the tiles, and the seconds. Tap two matching tiles to clear them. Streaks reward rhythm with rising multipliers. Mistakes cost seconds, hints cost more — the clock you see is exactly the time on the leaderboard. THE SHARED BOARDS — ALWAYS FREE Every day at midnight UTC, the whole world gets the same daily board. Every Monday, a big weekly board — large, cleared from the edge inward. Fastest clear wins. Race your family and friends on the Game Center leaderboards and watch your rank travel through the week on the history charts. YOUR GAME, YOUR RULES • Three board sizes, from a quick coffee-break clear to a real sitting • Two rules: Classic (every tile free) and From the Edge (work your way in) • Colour tiles, or Black & White for purists • Hints and shuffles when you want them — records remember if you didn't THIRTEEN ACHIEVEMENTS Candle-lit artworks worth earning and worth sharing — from your first clean board to a hundred thousand pairs, each share card stamped with your own numbers. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No accounts. Works fully offline. Music and sound respond to your play, and everything respects Reduce Motion. The daily and weekly boards are free forever. A single small purchase — Gemel Unlimited, shared with your whole iCloud family — unlocks unlimited free play. In English, Polish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), and Russian.

Screenshots

Cubinko4 screens
Gemel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gemel at 5.0 against Cubinko's 4.0. Gemel also leads on ads (none vs shown). Cubinko's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Cubinko sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gemel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gemel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cubinko has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cubinko versus Gemel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCubinkoGemel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (23 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodolfo SeabraLukasz Pomianek

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cubinko

One-time1
  • Remove ads$2.99
1 purchases

Gemel

One-time1
  • Gemel Unlimited$2.99

Questions

Is Cubinko free?
Cubinko is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gemel free?
Gemel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cubinko or Gemel?
Gemel is rated higher. Cubinko averages 4.0 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Gemel averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cubinko or Gemel have ads?
Cubinko shows ads; Gemel does not.

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