Gradient Sort vs Rune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gradient Sort
Engage in a visually pleasing color sorting puzzle game. Arrange shades of colors in the correct order to achieve perfect color harmony and a relaxing, meditative experience. This game offers a unique take on coloring and shade sorting mechanics.
- Color sorting puzzle mechanic
- Visually pleasing gradients
- Relaxing gameplay
- Achieve color harmony
- Meditative experience
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Welcome to Gradient Sort! It’s a new color sorting game that is so visually pleasing, it will have you coming back for more. Coloring games have been one-upped with the shade sorting puzzle mechanic. Gradient Sort is quiet and simple. We invite you to play it while listening to your favorite music. Kick back, relax and see if you can solve the enigma that is achieving perfect color harmony with so many gradients. Meditate over a game play so smooth and satisfying. Arrange the shades of colors in the right order, achieve harmony and relax. We are visual creatures after all.
Rune
Embark on a magical adventure as a young girl transported to a castle filled with attacking creatures. Discover the power of "Fancy Rhabdomancy" to wield a wand and battle your way through this enchanted realm.
- Magical adventure gameplay
- Spellcasting mechanics
- Fantasy creatures
- Story-driven experience
- Interactive book discovery
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One rainy afternoon, a young girl named Gaia found herself drawn to a small forgotten bookstore, The Last Leaf. Gaia found herself mesmerized by the shelves upon shelves of books that surrounded her. As she browsed the aisles, Gaia stumbled upon a peculiar book tucked away in a dusty corner. Its cover was worn, but something about the name called out to her. "Fancy Rhabdomancy." She opened the book and began to read, and in an instant, Gaia was transported to a castle of magic where creatures started attacking! Still having the book in hand, she read further and suddenly a wand appeared in her hand. "The words here must be magic!" she giddily exclaimed, and she could feel that a great adventure was ahead!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rune at 100% against Gradient Sort's 42%. Rune also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). Gradient Sort's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Gradient Sort sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Rune sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rune holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gradient Sort has 4.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Gradient Sort's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rune's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gradient Sort | Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.6K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 350 MB | 419 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Popcore GmbH | James Patterson |
Customer experience
Gradient Sort
Rune
Bugs and requests
Gradient Sort
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzle screen becomes zoomed in and unresponsive
- Hints not working as expected
- Puzzle pieces not registering correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Zoom in/out functionality
- Option to remove ads
- Ability to save progress and resume levels
Rune
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gradient Sort
- Bunch of cash$0.99
- Pack for Hint Booster$1.99
- Skip Tickets$1.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99
- 30 Days of Cash$3.99
- Permanent Worker$3.99
- Stack of Cash$3.99
- Pile of Cash$8.99
- Bag of Cash$17.99
- Regular pack of Hint Booster$19.99
- Big pack for Hint Booster$59.99
Rune
- Keep the lights on$0.99
- Coffee for Team$4.99
- Coffee and Pastry for Team$9.99









