The Mancala vs CougarQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Mancala
Experience an ancient board game of strategy and collection. Learn the simple rules with built-in guides and challenge yourself across ten difficulty levels. Enjoy beautiful graphics and customize your game board.
- Learnable rules with help feature
- Play against AI or a friend
- 10 difficulty levels
- Customizable board and stones
- Undo and hint options
- Game statistics
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Enjoy the world's most ancient board game for free with The Mancala! Everyone can enjoy the game, we have provided a help feature to understand the rules. ■Mancala, Kalah Mancala, also known as Kalah is an ancient board game enjoyed by players all over the world. The object is to collect more stones than your opponent, and the rules are very simple. ■ How to Play We have provided a rule description for beginners. You can learn the rules easily, so everyone can start enjoying Mancala right now! ■ 2 Game Modes You can play against the computer, and also play against your friends sharing a device. ■ 10 Levels of Game Play There are 10 levels for games against the computer. The lower levels are perfect to learn the game, the higher levels will be tough even for advanced players! ■ Beautiful graphics There are three types of Board and Stones. Choose your favorite board and let's start playing. ■Other features - Undo - Hint - Statistics of games against the computer - 2 types of game music - Playing speed adjustment (Fast/Normal/Slow)
CougarQuest
Discover and complete quests across a campus map by taking photos at designated locations. Earn points, compete on a live leaderboard, and track your progress in this interactive game.
- Live quest map
- Photo-verified completion
- Real-time leaderboard
- Campus exploration
- Point-based scoring
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The companion app for BYU's Fathers and Sons summer camp. Find quests on a campus map. Snap a photo at each spot to mark it done. Earn points. Climb the leaderboard. Features: • Live quest map across BYU campus • Photo-verified completion • Real-time leaderboard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CougarQuest at none against The Mancala's shown. CougarQuest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). The Mancala's advantage is ratings volume (97 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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.
CougarQuest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Mancala has 97 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Mancala ships an update every 8 months, CougarQuest every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Mancala | CougarQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (97 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | UNBALANCE Corporation | Carter Hammond |
In-app purchases
The Mancala
No in-app purchases
CougarQuest
No in-app purchases
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