Comparison

Brain Alchemy vs Rope Challenge

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

Head to head
About

Brain Alchemy

Combine elements to discover new items and characters in this puzzle game. With hundreds of levels and over 700 icons to create, it challenges your logic and creative thinking. Explore a world of everyday objects, mythical creatures, and pop culture references.

Highlights
  • Combine elements to create new items
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Over 700 icons to discover
  • Puzzle riddles
  • Creative thinking challenges
  • Pop culture references
Features
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Brain Alchemy is a 'connect and create' type game with hundreds of levels and an open world! - Connect two or three elements to create new! Drag them to the center of screen - Unlock all elements to complete level! Fire + water? Steam! A rope and a wood? Raft! A string and a stick? Fishing rod! A wand and glasses? Of course, Harry Potter! Trivial? You will have to work your brain hard to combine all the pieces of the puzzle and create all 700 icons. Some of the connections will be easy, but not all! Combine, try and climb through the increasingly difficult levels, almost a 100 of them are waiting for you. Try your hand at puzzle riddles, pay attention to every detail, and when necessary – combine as many as three elements. There are different icons around the circle, some of them are revealed – they will be the ones create the others, drag two of them into the middle and see if you can create a new one with them, if they return to their place, it means that their combination doesn't create anything new. If they stay on the counter but nothing happens, it means one more icon is required. You will definitely not get bored with us, every level is more and more difficult, so it won't become monotonous, and as many as 700 different icons will keep you surprised with every new discovery. In addition to the classic elements that surround us, you will also discover characters from the world of mythology, movies and favorite TV series, some will be terrible monsters, and others cute animals. The game, in addition to being great fun, also provides a solid dose of creative thinking, training our mind is very important and helps us on many levels just like crosswords or mathematical logic games. We combine fun with learning. Do you already know what will come out of the combination of a millionaire and a yacht? We'll leave this question unanswered, see for yourself and get caught up in the adventure. Create everyday objects, new animals, countries, movies and funny meme characters, and boast to your friends about your collection of discoveries. Guess what will be next!

About

Rope Challenge

A minimalist puzzle game where you untangle glowing neon ropes on a circular board. It offers hundreds of procedurally generated levels with a clean aesthetic and satisfying haptic feedback. Play offline to relax or sharpen your problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of procedurally generated levels
  • Clean, glowing neon visuals
  • Relaxing yet brain-teasing gameplay
  • Earn stars by solving in fewer moves
  • Satisfying haptics and effects
  • Offline play
Features
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Rope Challenge is a beautifully minimal puzzle game about untangling glowing neon ropes. Drag the pegs around a circular board and rearrange the ropes until none of them cross. Simple to learn, satisfying to master — every level has a guaranteed solution, but finding it is the fun part. FEATURES - Hundreds of procedurally generated levels that never repeat - Clean, glowing neon visuals with smooth animations - Relaxing yet brain-teasing gameplay - Star ratings — solve in fewer moves to earn three stars - Satisfying haptics and effects on every solve - Play offline, anytime, anywhere - One-time "Remove Ads" purchase — no subscriptions Whether you want to relax and unwind or sharpen your problem-solving skills, Rope Challenge is the perfect pocket puzzle. Untangle. Relax. Challenge your mind.

Screenshots

Brain Alchemy4 screens
Rope Challenge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rope Challenge at 5.0 against Brain Alchemy's 4.3. Rope Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Brain Alchemy's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Brain Alchemy sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Rope Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rope Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Alchemy has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Alchemy ships an update every 2 months, Rope Challenge every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Brain Alchemy versus Rope Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain AlchemyRope Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB49 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDominic WloszczynskiAta Urcan

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Brain Alchemy

One-time6
  • Disable ads$1.99
  • Disable ads + coins$1.99
  • Get 250 coins$1.99
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  • Medium$2.99
  • Epic$4.99
  • Disable ads$5.99
1 purchases

Rope Challenge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Brain Alchemy free?
Brain Alchemy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rope Challenge free?
Rope Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brain Alchemy or Rope Challenge?
Rope Challenge is rated higher. Brain Alchemy averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Rope Challenge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Brain Alchemy or Rope Challenge have ads?
Both Brain Alchemy and Rope Challenge show ads.
Which is updated more often, Brain Alchemy or Rope Challenge?
Brain Alchemy ships an update every 2 months, and Rope Challenge every 2 days. Most recently, Brain Alchemy was updated on October 27, 2026 and Rope Challenge on October 25, 2026.

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