Comparison

Day Repeat Day vs Gemmoki

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

Head to head
About

Day Repeat Day

Experience a life simulation through engaging match-3 puzzles. Navigate relationships, career choices, and existential questions in a satirical, interactive narrative. Discover the meaning of the daily grind and life's mysteries.

Highlights
  • Interactive life story
  • Match-3 puzzle gameplay
  • Relationship management
  • Career progression
  • Satirical narrative
  • Existential themes
Features
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Day Repeat Day is an interactive story and a match-3 game that takes you through the years in a life of an average person. You're hired to do a job. You try to manage your relationships. But you're never really sure where it's all leading to. It's a story about living, the daily grind and what it all means in the end, topped with a sprinkle of satire and mysteries. After doing a lot of action games, I wanted to do something much more intimate and personal and Day Repeat Day is what came of it. Press: - It takes some serious ingenuity to subvert a genre as entrenched as the mobile match-3 game, but somehow developer Kimmo Factor, probably most well-known for the awesome hack ‘n slash game Barbearian, has done exactly that - Game of the Week / Touch Arcade - It turns out to be much, much more than this, than either genre, a whole, complicated and unique creation, that speaks truth about life, about work, about hierarchies and about mistakes. It’s stunning. - Kotaku

About

Gemmoki

Features
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Match 3 gems. Build a monster duo. Turn one clever move into a comeback. Gemmoki is an ad-free match-3 puzzle battler for iPhone and iPad. Swap elemental gems, charge monster skills and evolve during tactical, turn-based battles. Play against the AI, challenge a friend or find an online rival. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Play With AI: practice offline and try new combinations. • Pass Around: two players share one device, no internet needed. • Play With Friends: create a private room and share its code. • Random Match: queue for another available online player. Online play uses a game identity and does not require Game Center sign-in. BUILD YOUR DUO Nine monsters are included from the start, each with its own element, skill and evolved form. Pick two, combine their abilities and discover a strategy that feels like yours. MORE THAN A SIMPLE MATCH Every swap uses a move, even without an immediate match. Plan across rows and columns, collect elemental gems and use berries to charge a skill or evolve a monster. Bigger matches can restore moves, heal your team or deal bonus damage. FIVE TACTICAL ARENAS Explore Scarlet Volcanics, Searing Dunes, Glacial Veins, Inferno and Skybound Meadows. Each has its own illustrated setting, music and board rules. A ROSTER WITH PERSONALITY Twelve optional premium monsters add new tactical abilities. Each is a separate, permanent purchase that unlocks its monster, skill and evolved form. No subscriptions, loot boxes or consumable currency. MAKE EVERY MATCH COUNT Earn XP from completed matches, progress through 150 player levels, discover titles and pursue 20 achievements. Player levels track your journey, not campaign stages. ZERO ADS. JUST PLAY. All core modes and progression are playable with the nine included monsters. No ad breaks between you and your next move. Internet is required for online play and connected account features. Purchases and restoration require a linked Game Center profile and App Store access. AI and Pass Around work offline. Made by Syed Interactive LLC. Support: support@syedinteractivellc.com

Screenshots

Day Repeat Day4 screens
Gemmoki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gemmoki at Free against Day Repeat Day's $3.99. Gemmoki also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Day Repeat Day's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and chart position (#156 vs unranked). 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

Gemmoki is free to download; Day Repeat Day costs $3.99 up front. Gemmoki sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Day Repeat Day asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Repeat Day ships an update weekly, Gemmoki every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Day Repeat Day versus Gemmoki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay Repeat DayGemmoki
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (55 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings55 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#156 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size560 MB91 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKimmo Factor OyHamza Tauqeer

In-app purchases

None

Day Repeat Day

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Gemmoki

One-time10
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Questions

Is Day Repeat Day free?
Day Repeat Day costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gemmoki free?
Gemmoki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Day Repeat Day or Gemmoki have ads?
Neither Day Repeat Day nor Gemmoki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Day Repeat Day or Gemmoki?
Day Repeat Day ships an update weekly, and Gemmoki every 2 days. Most recently, Day Repeat Day was updated on October 29, 2026 and Gemmoki on October 29, 2026.

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