Gradient Sort vs Circle
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.
Circle
Test your precision in this simple yet challenging game where you draw circles with your finger. Earn a score based on accuracy and see how close you can get to a perfect circle. It's a quick, casual, and addictive experience for anyone.
- Draw circles with your finger
- Score based on precision
- Intuitive controls
- Quick and casual gameplay
- Addictive challenge
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Perfect Circle Challenge is a simple yet deep circle-drawing game. Players draw a circle on the screen as accurately as possible and earn a score based on its precision. The rule is simple—just draw a circle with your finger. But creating a perfect circle is harder than it seems, and even slight hand movements affect the score. How well can you do? With intuitive controls, anyone can jump in and enjoy the challenge. It's a quick and casual game that’s fun in short bursts. Simple yet addictive—give it a try and test your circle-drawing skills!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gradient Sort at 4.5 against Circle's 1.0. Gradient Sort also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 1). Circle's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.2). On price, ads, 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 Circle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gradient Sort holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gradient Sort has 4.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gradient Sort ships an update weekly, Circle every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gradient Sort | Circle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.6K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 350 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Popcore GmbH | kota tada |
Customer experience
Gradient Sort
Circle
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
Circle
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
Circle
- Ad-free for 1 month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Ad-free for 1 year14 Days trial$29.991 Year
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