Comparison

Queen Rules vs KaruQ

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

Head to head
About

Queen Rules

Engage in a unique puzzle game set in a charming clay art world. Solve logic challenges by strategically moving characters to defeat a dark curse. Enjoy a relaxing, family-friendly experience with no time pressure and unlimited retries.

Highlights
  • Handmade FIMO clay art visuals
  • Strategic puzzle gameplay
  • 156 unique levels
  • Family-friendly and relaxing
  • No time pressure or rush
  • Tournament modes (Movement & Time)
Features
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Explore this hypnotic world built of handmade modelling FIMO clay characters. What’s your vehicle? Logic and planning. It’s a puzzle experience that’s challenging but fun. Led by a benevolent King and Queen, you’ll visit enchanted lands and enjoy an atmosphere like no where else you know. Your job while here—defeat a dark curse set in play by an evil witch. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! The puzzles begin simply and slowly advance in challenge, level by level, kingdom by kingdom. We’re proud to say that this game is an entirely new and unique experience. After months addicted to it ourselves, we’re sharing it with you to let more people into this captivating world. If you like puzzle games this is a goldmine. So, how do you play? Use your finger to swipe soldiers across rows and up columns. When you get them all down to ones, you’re allowed to move on. It’s an effortless, magical feeling being inside this world—easy and satisfying to learn, but challenging to complete and win. As the game evolves, new game mechanics appear. Soldiers become more powerful and playful, and the game becomes pure strategy. Yes, things may get tricky. If you need input, go ask a friend to sit by your side, or even bring your kid over. This game is family friendly and fun to play in pairs. Incredible art sets it apart and makes it captivating for all ages. The game travels along at a pace that’s not rushed or timed, and it allows you to retry within levels as much as you want. This leads to more fun and less stress—what we always wanted in a game. You can think through your advances at a pace that everyone can enjoy. Features: • An Original Game Design • 156 Unique Levels • Clay Art by Larissa Honsek • Family Friendly • Solid Entertainment - Royal Announcement - Your majesty, the Queen of Hearts, cordially announces the opening of the Tournament Games. Her kingdom invites all valiant Knights to compete. The best Knights will earn the recognition of the Kings and a lifetime of honor and gifts. Are you brave enough to compete? If you believe you have what it takes your attendance and participation is, respectfully, required. Rules below: Only Knights with Game Center accounts will be able to proceed to the Tournament Games. From here, you can participate in two new tournament modalities, namely, the Movement Tournaments and the Time Tournaments: - The Movement Tournaments - the best Knight is he, she or they who completes a level in the fewest number of moves. - Time Tournaments - the best Knight is he, she or they who completes the designated level in the minimum amount of time. Your infinitely generous majesty is also bestowing honorable badges to those Knights who accomplish the most difficult achievements along the path. If you manage to collect each of these badges, you will become the most honorable of all Knights. To all interested Knight candidates with Game Center accounts, you are officially requested to commence your journey. In order to bring perfection to these Royal events, her highness’s engineering team has made several noteworthy improvements and a bug has been fixed. To your journey, we raise our goblets.

About

KaruQ

Engage in a unique math puzzle game where you defeat ghosts by matching numbers with flames. Merge, split, and add to flames to create the correct calculations. Explore over 190 puzzles, daily challenges, and a creative mode to build and share your own levels.

Highlights
  • Defeat ghosts with numerical flames
  • Merge and split flames for calculations
  • Over 190 unique puzzles
  • Daily challenge mode
  • Puzzle creation and sharing
  • QR code puzzle scanning
Features
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- Defeat the Ghosts with Calculations Ghosts with numbers will appear on the screen. You can defeat a ghost by hitting it with a flame that has the same number. Flames can be merged and split. Merging multiplies the numbers, and splitting divides them, allowing you to create various numbers. You can also add 1 to a flame using a matchstick. Use these actions to defeat the ghosts! - This game includes: Over 190 different puzzles A challenging "Daily Puzzle" mode with one new problem each day A "Puzzle Creation" mode (Create your own puzzles and share them with other players.) QR code scanning (Scan puzzles made by others or generate puzzles automatically from QR codes.) Four different graphic themes

Screenshots

Queen Rules4 screens
KaruQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Queen Rules at Free against KaruQ's $1.99. Queen Rules also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 14.0). On rating, 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

Queen Rules is free to download; KaruQ costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Queen Rules against 4.9 for KaruQ. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 137 and 63 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Queen Rules's written reviews are positive against 91% of KaruQ's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Queen Rules ships an update every 4 weeks, KaruQ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Queen Rules versus KaruQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQueen RulesKaruQ
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (137 ratings)4.9 (63 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews — better90.9% of reviews
Number of ratings137 — better63
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size850 MB82 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJuan Gabriel Palomino GarciaRyuji Kuwaki

Customer experience

Queen Rules

All ratings133 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.3%

KaruQ

All ratings63 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

In-app purchases

None

Queen Rules

No in-app purchases

None

KaruQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Queen Rules free?
Queen Rules is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KaruQ free?
KaruQ costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Queen Rules or KaruQ?
KaruQ is rated higher. Queen Rules averages 4.8 out of 5 from 137 ratings, while KaruQ averages 4.9 from 63 ratings.
Do Queen Rules or KaruQ have ads?
Neither Queen Rules nor KaruQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Queen Rules or KaruQ?
Queen Rules ships an update every 4 weeks, and KaruQ every 3 months. Most recently, Queen Rules was updated on October 20, 2026 and KaruQ on October 25, 2026.

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