Comparison

cardinal. vs Hidden Towers

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Minimalistic logic puzzles
  • Deduce secret solutions
  • Procedurally generated boards
  • Endless regular mode
  • Daily global competitions
  • 16 logic cards
Features
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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.

About

Hidden Towers

Engage in a strategic turn-based board game where you explore a hidden grid, capture and upgrade towers, and race to control the territory. Compete against others online or challenge the AI in various game modes.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer rooms
  • 1-player mode against AI
  • Multiple game modes
  • Strategic tower capturing and upgrading
  • League credits and leaderboard progress
  • Player Pass with QR code support
Features
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Hidden Towers is a mobile strategy board game where players explore a hidden grid, reveal towers, claim territory, upgrade defenses, and race to control the board. Create a game, invite other players with a room code, and compete in turn-based matches across multiple game modes. Each move matters: reveal hidden tiles, capture towers, defend your upgrades, invade enemy territory, and build your score before your opponents take the lead. Game modes include Classic, Poison Gas, and Not-So-Hidden Towers, each with different rules and strategies. Play with other people across devices, challenge the AI in solo mode, view your league progress, and use your Player Pass for tournament-style play. Features: • Online multiplayer rooms • 1-player mode against AI • Multiple game modes • Strategic tower capturing and upgrading • League credits and leaderboard progress • Player Pass with QR code support • Mobile-first board game design • Easy room-code joining • No ads Hidden Towers is designed for quick mobile play while still giving players deep strategy, risk, and replayability. Every match is different because the board, towers, player choices, and game mode can change how the game unfolds.

Screenshots

cardinal.3 screens
Hidden Towers4 screens

Verdict

The call

cardinal. and Hidden Towers both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Hidden Towers's written reviews are positive against 80% of cardinal.'s. cardinal.'s advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for cardinal. against 5.0 for Hidden Towers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: cardinal. has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of cardinal.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Hidden Towers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cardinal. ships an update every 3 days, Hidden Towers every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
cardinal. versus Hidden Towers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametercardinal.Hidden Towers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB109 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPerfect Hat Games LLCCHRISTOPHER NELSON BARLOW

Customer experience

cardinal.

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Hidden Towers

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

cardinal.

No in-app purchases

None

Hidden Towers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is cardinal. free?
cardinal. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hidden Towers free?
Hidden Towers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, cardinal. or Hidden Towers?
Hidden Towers is rated higher. cardinal. averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Hidden Towers averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do cardinal. or Hidden Towers have ads?
Neither cardinal. nor Hidden Towers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, cardinal. or Hidden Towers?
cardinal. ships an update every 3 days, and Hidden Towers every 4 days. Most recently, cardinal. was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hidden Towers on October 14, 2026.

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