Comparison

hocus 2 vs circloO

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

Head to head
About

hocus 2

Experience a puzzle game with dynamic mechanics and creative solutions. Explore 85 handcrafted levels featuring new illusion combinations and unique challenges.

Highlights
  • 85 hand-crafted creative levels
  • 9 different mechanics
  • Dynamic gameplay
  • Illusion combinations
  • Creative solving possibilities
Features
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hocus. is continues. This time everything is dynamic. It has new mechanics and illusion combinations with so many creative solving possibilities. • 85 hand-crafted creative levels • 9 different mechanics • designed & developed by Yunus Ayyıldız • music by Benjamin Tissot

About

circloO

A colorful physics platformer where you guide a ball through growing circular levels. Collect circles to expand the play area, strategically using and avoiding obstacles. Discover unique physics mechanics and enjoy a vast collection of player-created levels.

Highlights
  • Circular physics puzzles
  • Level editor
  • Player-created levels
  • Unique physics mechanics
  • Growing levels
  • Hard Mode levels
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circloO is a colorful physics platformer in a growing circle. This app version contains all levels from circloO and circloO 2, plus brand-new bonus levels! There's also a level editor and already over 10,000 levels created by players like you! You're a small ball rolling around in a round level. Collect circles to grow the level circle. As it grows, everything stays in the level, so you'll have to avoid and use obstacles in everchanging ways. For example, a platform that was first very useful to gain height, may prove to be a challenging obstacle after the level has grown! You can only move left and right, so you'll want to use features of the level carefully to jump and gain height. You'll discover all sorts of physics features, such as changing gravity, a sea of tiny blocks, strange contraptions and even planets with a gravity field. In challenging parts, you'll find yourself fully immersed, pressing the screen as hard as you can trying to get closer to finally collecting that next circle. But don't worry: you'll never have to start over a level, so you can always try again really quickly! And I can guarantee you'll feel amazing once you finally manage it! circloO Complete features: - Lots of cool physics features: ropes, pulleys, changing gravity and much more! I've included quite a few mechanics for you to discover. - Over 75 fun, growing, ever more challenging levels! Can you complete the six almost-but-not-quite-impossible Hard Mode levels? - There's also a level editor and an ever increasing number of player created levels! - All levels from circloO 2 and the original circloO, plus 28 brand-new levels! - Unique physics puzzles in each level. - Great music and sound effects by Stijn Cappetijn. - Minimalist and colorful graphics. - The game will take most players three to five hours to complete. Level times are saved, so you can try to beat your own highscores and speedrun levels after that! Plus there are thousands of player-created levels to continue playing forever! - Relaxing yet challenging physics puzzle platforming fun! I'm very happy that circloO 2 on the web won the first Crazy Games developer contest out of 200 contestants! It was also third in the Kongregate contest of November 2018. You may remember it from CoolMath Games as well. Reviews: "It’s an excellent game that has a very playful and chilled out approach to the gameplay, whilst also featuring some wonderfully intricate level design. A very impressive puzzle platformer you’ll really want to roll with. Highly recommended." - Free Game Planet "The difficulty scales upwards nicely and you're constantly rewarded for learning new skills as these always come up in future levels." - Jayisgames The game contains occasional ads after a level, which can be removed with a one-time in-app purchase, which supports development as well. Have fun and I'm happy to hear what you think!

Screenshots

hocus 24 screens
circloO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: circloO at Free against hocus 2's $2.99. circloO also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 22). hocus 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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

circloO is free to download; hocus 2 costs $2.99 up front. circloO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. hocus 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

circloO holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: circloO has 2.4K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of hocus 2's written reviews are positive against 89% of circloO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

hocus 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, circloO every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
hocus 2 versus circloO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterhocus 2circloO
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (22 ratings)4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews89.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings222.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.010 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETIFlorian van Strien

Customer experience

hocus 2

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%

circloO

All ratings2,357 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

hocus 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

circloO

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Glitches with level progression
  • Inconsistent touch/click registration

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Character customization options
  • Improved level editor tools
  • Difficulty settings or options

In-app purchases

None

hocus 2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

circloO

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is hocus 2 free?
hocus 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is circloO free?
circloO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, hocus 2 or circloO?
circloO is rated higher. hocus 2 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while circloO averages 4.8 from 2.4K ratings.
Do hocus 2 or circloO have ads?
circloO shows ads; hocus 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, hocus 2 or circloO?
hocus 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, and circloO every 2 months. Most recently, hocus 2 was updated on October 17, 2026 and circloO on October 17, 2026.

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