Eterna vs Mehen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eterna
Engage in a citizen science game to design RNA molecules for medical research. Solve puzzles to unlock lab access and contribute to inventing new medicines through challenges.
- Design RNA molecules
- Solve scientific puzzles
- Participate in medical research
- Invent new medicines
- Unlock lab access
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Eterna is a citizen science game where players learn to design RNA molecules for medical research by solving puzzles. Complete introductory puzzles to unlock lab access and participate in challenges where you can invent medicine!
Mehen
Experience an ancient Egyptian spiral race game with up to six players. Guide your pieces across a unique snake-shaped track. This app brings a recently analyzed historical game to life.
- Multiplayer race game
- Ancient Egyptian theme
- Spiral snake-shaped track
- Lion and sphere game pieces
- Historical game analysis
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This ancient Egyptian spiral race game, played between roughly 3100 B.C. and 2300 B.C., involved up to six participants guiding lion- and sphere-shaped pieces across a coiled snake-shaped track. Its rules weren't fully recorded and were only recently analyzed in depth in a 2024 study, making it a fascinating untapped app concept. Prior to this app, no iPhone implementation existed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mehen at 5.0 against Eterna's 3.7. Eterna's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mehen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eterna has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eterna | Mehen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vital Mind Media | Neal Puff |
Customer experience
Eterna
Mehen
In-app purchases
Eterna
No in-app purchases
Mehen
No in-app purchases
