PentoCruncher vs Legilimens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PentoCruncher
This app solves a variety of tile-based puzzles, including pentominoes, tetrominoes, and more. It can handle puzzles of any shape and any combination of these pieces.
- Solves pentominoes puzzles
- Handles any puzzle shape
- Supports multiple polyomino types
- Solves mixed polyomino combinations
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PentoCruncher solves pentominoes puzzles of any shape. It can also solve puzzles of any combinations of pentominoes, tetrominoes, trominoes, duomino and monomino.
Legilimens
Perform a captivating 'think of a card' magic trick with this digital performance app. Amaze friends and family with a spontaneous mentalist effect, requiring no special props or accomplices. The app guides you through a simple process to create a perfect prediction.
- Digital card trick performance
- Spontaneous mentalist effects
- No voice commands needed
- Magician doesn't touch screen after prediction
- No accomplice or forcing required
- Participant can inspect the app freely
- Simple and ready to use
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LEGILIMENS is a magic performance app, accessible to everyone, but with a powerful and surprising impact. It’s part of the hex16 series, the first and original chapter of an exclusive collection dedicated to digital magic. With LEGILIMENS, you can become a skilled mentalist and leave your friends, family, or even complete strangers speechless. Whether you have a deck of cards, a simple piece of paper and a pen, or even just the power of conversation, the app gives you the flexibility to create magical moments in any situation. The magic with LEGILIMENS is spontaneous and can be performed in various ways. One example? Select a card within the app without showing it to the participant. Then, guide the participant through a series of seemingly innocent questions, such as their preferences for colors or numbers. When the time is right, the participant will reveal the card they were thinking of and, incredibly, it will be the same card you had selected. The result is a perfect prediction that will leave everyone amazed. Key Features of LEGILIMENS - No voice commands - Once the prediction is made, the magician doesn't have to touch the screen anymore - No accomplice, no forcing - The participant can inspect the app freely - Simple and ready to use - Can be repeated as many times as you want - No fake watches What are you waiting for? Become a mentalist magician today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PentoCruncher at Free against Legilimens's $8.99. PentoCruncher also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Legilimens's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On ads and in-app purchases 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
PentoCruncher is free to download; Legilimens costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PentoCruncher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Legilimens has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PentoCruncher's written reviews are positive against 80% of Legilimens's.
PentoCruncher ships an update every 8 months, Legilimens monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PentoCruncher | Legilimens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Felix Stehli | Giuseppe Barbieri |
Customer experience
PentoCruncher
Legilimens
In-app purchases
PentoCruncher
No in-app purchases
Legilimens
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PentoCruncher free?
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