Comparison

sugar (game) vs Sortcery

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

Head to head
About

sugar (game)

Draw lines on your screen to guide falling sugar into cups. Enjoy a calming puzzle experience with visually satisfying sugar particles. This game offers a fresh, free puzzle challenge.

Highlights
  • Draw to direct sugar
  • Soothing particle physics
  • Relaxing puzzle gameplay
  • Free puzzle experience
  • Creator of color puzzle series
Features
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Draw on the screen to direct sugar into the cups. Experience the soothing puzzling with sugar particles trickling across the screen. A relaxing puzzle game from the creator of the color puzzle series and the "sugar, sugar" games. It was time for a brand new free sugar puzzle experience so I hope you'll enjoy this! @BartBonte

About

Sortcery

Features
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Welcome to Sortcery - a cozy, brain-teasing sorting puzzle set in a candle-lit wizard's world. Pour glowing souls between enchanted shelves until each one holds a single colour. Simple to learn, wonderfully tricky to master - the perfect relaxing brain workout. HANDCRAFTED LEVELS A gentle start that quickly blooms into clever, satisfying puzzles, with fresh ones added over time. Every level is solvable - no random walls, just pure logic. CAST REAL SPELLS Levels come alive with magical modifiers: - Sealed Vault: locked shelves you must earn open - Frost Curse: frozen shelves that thaw as you play - Fog Spell: hidden souls revealed as you sort - Binding Rune: end a shelf in an exact colour - Mana Limit: solve it in a set number of moves UNLOCK MAGICAL REALMS Play across beautifully painted worlds - the Wizard Library, the molten Dragon Sanctuary, and the starlit Celestial Realm - each transforming the whole game. COLLECT SOUL SKINS Earn coins and dress your souls in 18 collectible looks, from Ember Wraiths to crowned Royal souls. DAILY CHALLENGES AND REWARDS A fresh set of challenges every day, a 7-day reward streak, and a vault that grows as you play. PLAY YOUR WAY Relaxing, offline-friendly, no timers unless you want them. Helpful Hint, Undo, Wand and Shuffle spells whenever you are stuck. Sort the souls. Master the spells. Become a Sortcery grandmaster.

Screenshots

sugar (game)4 screens
Sortcery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sortcery at fortnightly against sugar (game)'s monthly. sugar (game)'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. sugar (game) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sortcery sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

sugar (game) ships an update monthly, Sortcery fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
sugar (game) versus Sortcery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersugar (game)Sortcery
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (410 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings410 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB56 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBart BONTEKabas Alkhalaileh

Bugs and requests

sugar (game)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not progressing after completion
  • Sugar disappearing or not registering correctly
  • Restart button accidentally pressed instead of gravity switch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Undo/reset option per level
  • Ability to skip difficult levels
  • Colorblind mode or options
  • More levels and content updates
  • Landscape mode support on tablets
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  • Customization options

Sortcery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

sugar (game)

One-time1
  • premium unlock$2.99
10 purchases

Sortcery

One-time10
  • 20 Gems$0.99
  • Crack Vault (Bronze)$0.99
  • Crack Vault (Silver)$1.99
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  • Crack Vault (Gold)$2.99
  • 110 Gems$4.99
  • remove ads$4.99
  • Crack Vault (Diamond)$4.99
  • 240 Gems$9.99
  • 600 Gems$19.99
  • 8,000 Coins$49.99

Questions

Is sugar (game) free?
sugar (game) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sortcery free?
Sortcery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do sugar (game) or Sortcery have ads?
Both sugar (game) and Sortcery show ads.
Which is updated more often, sugar (game) or Sortcery?
sugar (game) ships an update monthly, and Sortcery fortnightly. Most recently, sugar (game) was updated on October 19, 2026 and Sortcery on October 7, 2026.

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