Comparison

Maracaibo Digital vs MASYU

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

Head to head
About

Maracaibo Digital

Embark on a swashbuckling adventure across the Caribbean. Upgrade your ship, complete quests, and battle opponents. Strategize with hundreds of unique cards on a dynamic board that changes each round.

Highlights
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Solo play against Automa
  • Pass and play multiplayer
  • Campaign Mode with permanent changes
  • Includes 'La Armada' expansion cards
Features
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Play as an adventurer and sail around the Caribbean! Upgrade your ship, complete quests, and engage in combat. Every card you buy will unlock new abilities and bonuses to outwit your opponents. The board changes every round, and your strategy will have to keep up. Will you play slowly, buying as many cards as you can? Or will you race to the final space to catch your opponents by surprise? ABOUT THE GAME • Ranked in the Top 50 board games of all time • Easy to start playing, difficult to master • Strategize around hundreds of unique cards • Play on a board that changes every game FEATURES • Learn the game's rules with an interactive tutorial • Play solo against the Automa at 5 levels of difficulty • Pass and play for 2 to 4 players on the same device • Uncover the story of Maracaibo in Campaign Mode, where your decisions permanently change the board • Includes all cards from the "La Armada" mini-expansion! DOES NOT include Online Multiplayer features or AI opponents other than the Automa

About

MASYU

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White goes straight, black turns. Draw the one loop. MASYU (Masyu, the classic "pearl" loop puzzle) asks you to link every white and black pearl into a single loop that never crosses or branches. Every puzzle has exactly one answer, reachable by pure logic—no guessing. Climb the ranks as you solve, and make one daily puzzle a calm habit. ◆ How to play - White circle ○: the loop passes straight through and turns in the cell just before or after it - Black circle ●: the loop turns on the circle and goes straight through the next cell on both sides - Draw one closed loop that passes through every circle ◆ Features - Four difficulties graded by depth of reasoning: Easy 6×6, Medium 7×7, Hard 8×8, Expert 8×8 - Every puzzle has exactly one solution, verified by a solver - Daily puzzle that changes difficulty by weekday (Mon–Tue Easy, Wed–Thu Medium, Fri–Sat Hard, Sunday Expert)—the same puzzle for everyone - Ranks: earn points with every solve and climb from 10 Kyu to 10 Dan - Continue: close the app mid-puzzle and pick up exactly where you left off - Simple controls: drag between dots to draw, retrace to erase - Hints when you're stuck - Stats: solves, average time, no-hint solves, daily streak - Board themes (loop colors) and a shareable image of your solved loop - Quiet paper-and-indigo design with dark mode - For iPhone and iPad, in English and Japanese ◆ Great for you if - You've played plenty of number puzzles and want a new kind of logic puzzle - You enjoy pencil puzzles where you draw a single line or loop - You want a few focused minutes on a commute or break - You prefer puzzles solved by deduction, not trial and error - You're looking for a small daily brain-training habit ◆ Privacy - No account needed - Your records stay on your device and are never sent anywhere - Puzzles play fully offline - To show our other apps, the app reads public information from the App Store

Screenshots

Maracaibo Digital4 screens
MASYU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MASYU at Free against Maracaibo Digital's $7.99. MASYU also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Maracaibo Digital's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads 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

MASYU is free to download; Maracaibo Digital costs $7.99 up front. MASYU sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Maracaibo Digital asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maracaibo Digital ships an update every 7 months, MASYU every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Maracaibo Digital versus MASYU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaracaibo DigitalMASYU
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSpiralburst Studio, LLCtorankirite

Bugs and requests

Maracaibo Digital

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App stuck in portrait/landscape orientation
  • Game freezes or locks up
  • Screen locked, half the game off-screen
  • Cannot scroll down to see the bottom of the board
  • Card drawing issues
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  • Camera at the top of the screen during tutorial
  • Game hangs after first automa move
  • Display bugs on iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • Cannot redraw cards after planning
  • Game doesn't scale to screen consistently
  • Cannot access buttons on the right side of the screen
  • App doesn't work on iPad (portrait/landscape issue)

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add computer AI opponents
  • Implement online multiplayer (real-time and asynchronous)
  • Add undo/restart turn functionality
  • Include a back button in the tutorial
  • Improve handling of larger system fonts
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  • Add content from expansions and promos
  • Turn log feature
  • Full screen on iPhones
  • Option to hide notch/status bar

MASYU

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Maracaibo Digital

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MASYU

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Maracaibo Digital free?
Maracaibo Digital costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MASYU free?
MASYU is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Maracaibo Digital or MASYU have ads?
Neither Maracaibo Digital nor MASYU shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maracaibo Digital or MASYU?
Maracaibo Digital ships an update every 7 months, and MASYU every 3 weeks. Most recently, Maracaibo Digital was updated on October 27, 2026 and MASYU on October 25, 2026.

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