cardinal. vs LEVELS II
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cardinal.
Engage in a minimalistic logic puzzle game where you deduce a secret solution using sixteen cards and clues. Enjoy procedurally generated boards for endless play and compete globally in daily challenges.
- Minimalistic logic puzzles
- Deduce secret solutions
- Procedurally generated boards
- Endless regular mode
- Daily global competitions
- 16 logic cards
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Minimalistic yet challenging, CARDINAL gives you sixteen different cards and clues in which you must figure out the secret solution! Begin with the cardinal rule you can then continue to creatively deduce the solution from there! An endless amount of procedurally generated boards waits for you in regular mode. And when you feel ready, test yourself in the daily competition alongside players from all over the globe.
LEVELS II
A puzzle adventure where you strategically defeat monsters to collect treasures and level up your adventurers. Features a unique tile appearance system that reacts to player actions, adding logical depth to the gameplay.
- Strategic tile-based combat
- Monster-defeating mechanics
- Adventurer leveling and strengthening
- Treasure collection
- Multiple playable modes
- Dynamic tile appearance rules
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This is a dungeon where treasures slumber. Level up and strengthen adventurers, defeat monsters blocking your path, and gather treasures. # New Feature: Tile Appearance Rules In previous LEVELS, the color and level of appearing tiles were determined randomly. However, in this game, the next appearing tile is determined based on how the player moves the tiles. For example, defeating a red tile will always result in a yellow tile appearing next. This mechanism adds more logical depth to the puzzle game, and more deeply integrates the RPG motif of "defeating monsters to get treasure" into the system. # Playable Modes + Classic: Original LEVELS rules (random) + Plus: LEVELS+ rules (random + Tile Preview) + 4x4 / 6x6: Modes with different board sizes and balance Enjoy the new, upgraded LEVELS with improved rules, operability, and design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: cardinal. at none against LEVELS II's 2. cardinal. also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). LEVELS II's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 14). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. LEVELS II sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. cardinal. asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for cardinal. against 4.8 for LEVELS II. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 68 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of cardinal.'s written reviews are positive against 68% of LEVELS II's.
cardinal. ships an update every 3 days, LEVELS II fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cardinal. | LEVELS II |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better | 4.8 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 67.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 275 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Perfect Hat Games LLC | flow Incorporated. |
Customer experience
cardinal.
LEVELS II
In-app purchases
cardinal.
No in-app purchases
LEVELS II
- LEVELS+$3.99
- Premium Pack$5.99
