here vs The Bear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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?
- 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
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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?
The Bear
Embark on a friendship adventure with a bear and a little one across a magical universe. This interactive bedtime experience features hand-drawn animations and original music, offering a calming story about togetherness and belonging.
- Interactive bedtime experience
- Friendship-forming adventure
- Hand-drawn animations
- Specially composed music
- Touching story
- Calming experience
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The Bear is an interactive bedtime experience for everyone. The game is free-to-try with no ads. You can play the first chapter for free and unlock the remaining 4 chapters with a single in-app purchase. Lead the bear and the little one through a friendship-forming adventure as they travel across the atmospheric universe of the World of Gra. Relax and stargaze with these weird little characters, as they tell you stories of togetherness, of letting go and of the longing to find a place you belong. The Bear has been lovingly crafted with hundreds of hand drawn animations, specially composed music and a touching story to create a uniquely calming experience, that feels like a bedtime story, read to you by a loved one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: here at 4.8 against The Bear's 4.6. here also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 78%) and ratings volume (6.1K vs 1.1K). 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. here sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Bear sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
here holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: here has 6.1K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of here's written reviews are positive against 78% of The Bear's.
here ships an update every 3 weeks, The Bear every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | here | The Bear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.5% of reviews — better | 78.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.1K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sparsh Tyagi | Mucks Games |
Customer experience
here
The Bear
User reviews
here
From 6.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun puzzles
- 👍 Amazing thinking game
- 👍 Challenging in a great way
- 👍 Clever and engaging
- 👍 Simplistic yet complete
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional unresponsiveness
- 🐛 Softlock issue on level 26
- 🔋 Pauses audio even with sounds off
The Bear
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Liked the stars and music
- 👍 Cute, calming, and relaxing
- 🎨 Beautiful art style and animations
- 💡 Meaningful story and themes
- 🤗 Touching and emotional
Room to improve
- 💰 Need to pay for additional chapters
- 🐛 Progress not saved properly
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
The Bear
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game resets when leaving the screen
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Make the full game free
- Add a demo or trial version
In-app purchases
here
- Remove Ads - Support Developer$1.99
The Bear
- Buy us a cookie!$0.99
- Unlock all chapters$2.99
- Buy us a coffee!$2.99
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- Buy us lunch!$3.99
