Comparison

here vs AAAAXY

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

Head to head
About

here

This minimal puzzle game challenges your thinking with unique levels that test logic, memory, and reflexes. With 50 puzzles and hints available, it offers an engaging experience for all ages. Can you solve them all?

Highlights
  • Unique puzzle challenges
  • Logic and memory tests
  • Physics and wordplay puzzles
  • Reflex and speed challenges
  • Hints for difficult levels
  • Smooth animations
  • Eerie and puzzling music
Features
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A simple-looking minimal puzzle game that requires your brain to think something different and outside the box every time. Each level looks simple and clean, but the puzzles in them are unique and have a set of varying difficulties. The puzzles involve different challenges like logic, memory, physics, word plays, brainy, reflexes, speed, and much more. The difficulty increases with the level number and each level come with 3 hints. Got stuck? Take a hint, find your way out, and make here. The game is packed with smooth animations and 50 unique puzzles. It's easy to understand and simple to play, but not so easy to solve. Your puzzle-solving skills will be tested and we'll even set a mood by playing eerie and puzzling music for you. For all kinds of age groups who love to connect the dots and solve puzzles! It's here, but can you find it?

About

AAAAXY

Explore a nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer set in mind-bending impossible spaces. Set your own goals, discover secrets, and enjoy a unique, disorienting world. Designed for players who enjoy exploration and a touch of playful trolling.

Highlights
  • Nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer
  • Impossible spaces gameplay
  • Exploration and secrets
  • Player-set goals
  • Unique world design
  • Playful trolling elements
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AAAAXY is a nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer taking place in impossible spaces. Although your general goal is reaching the surprising end of the game, you are encouraged to set your own goals while playing. Exploration will be rewarded, and secrets await you! So jump and run around, and enjoy losing your sense of orientation in this World of Wicked Weirdness. Find out what Van Vlijmen will make you do. Pick a path, get inside a Klein Bottle, recognize some memes, and by all means: don't look up. And beware of a minor amount of trolling. To reach the end, a new player will take about 4 to 6 hours, a full playthrough can be finished in about 1 hour and the end can be reached in about 15 minutes.

Screenshots

here4 screens
AAAAXY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AAAAXY at none against here's 1. AAAAXY also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). here's advantage is ratings volume (6K vs 5) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. here sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AAAAXY asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AAAAXY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: here has 6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of here's written reviews are positive against 100% of AAAAXY's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
here versus AAAAXY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterhereAAAAXY
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSparsh TyagiRudolf Polzer

Customer experience

here

All ratings5,964 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews426 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.4%

AAAAXY

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

here

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Softlock issue on level 26
  • Unresponsive controls on some levels

Requested features

2 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved responsiveness on certain levels

AAAAXY

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

here

One-time1
  • Remove Ads - Support Developer$1.99
None

AAAAXY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is here free?
here is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AAAAXY free?
AAAAXY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, here or AAAAXY?
AAAAXY is rated higher. here averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6K ratings, while AAAAXY averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do here or AAAAXY have ads?
Neither here nor AAAAXY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, here or AAAAXY?
here ships an update every 3 weeks, and AAAAXY every 3 weeks. Most recently, here was updated on September 22, 2026 and AAAAXY on August 13, 2026.

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