Numba vs Swiped
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Numba
A fast-paced, challenging puzzle game where players match three or more numbers to create sequences. It offers three distinct game modes to test your mental fitness and aim for the champion title.
- Match 3 or more numbers
- Create number chains
- Three challenging game modes
- Increases mental fitness
- Fast-paced gameplay
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Numba, classic match 3 with Numbers! Numba is fun, fast, challenging and will help increase your overall mental fitness! Match 3 or more numbers to create number chains in various sequences? Sound easy, get ready to find out! With 3 challenging game modes can you claim the title of the ultimate Numba champion in this awesome puzzler! "Addictive, challenging and beautifully pure", Eurogamer - 9/10 "50 Must-Play iOS Games", EDGE Magazine "make no mistake, this is one of the more impressive iPhone puzzlers available", rated 8/10 - Silver Award. More Discover more amazing Cobra Mobile games at www.cobramobile.com
Swiped
Engage in a captivating puzzle experience by swiping to create the longest possible chains of matching gems. Utilize special powers and strategic gameplay across multiple challenging modes. Compete globally and master increasingly complex levels.
- Swipe longest gem chains
- Special powers (Magician & Witch)
- Four addictive game modes
- Progressively challenging levels
- Global player rankings
- Unlimited levels
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Swipe and make longest chains of similar gems in this challenging puzzle game with exciting special powers. Game Features: - Swiped is a very simple to learn swipe action based game for all touch screen mobile devices. - Each level is progressively challenging and very addictive. - Challenge your skills in 4 game modes with unlimited levels. - Excite Magician & Witch by swiping over them along with similar gem chains. - Compete with thousands of players around the world. Game Play: - Touch and swipe over similar gems to clear them. - In each swipe action, Longer the chain of gems, higher the score you will get. - Use special powers like Magician & Witch to get more points. - Play with strategy to form and swipe longer chains. Swiped Game modes : * CLASSIC : Achieve the target in given time to complete each level. * TIMEATTACK : Tests your raw pattern swiping speed in 1 Min, 5 Min, 10 Min & 30 Min. * SCORE PANIC : Very dynamic fast paced game. * CONTINUOUS : Non stop gem swiping fun. Other Features: - Awesome graphics with fluid animations. - Auto saving & loading supported for all game modes. - Plain Mode option to switch off special items. - All game modes have individual player ranking system based on the highest level/Score achieved. - Your rank naturally improves along with your skill as you play again and again, thats what makes Swiped so addictive. - Unlimited levels! It needs only your skill to crack a new level. Complexity of the game increases progressively from level to level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Swiped at 4.5 against Numba's 3.3. Swiped also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and review sentiment (89% vs 56%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Numba costs $0.99 and Swiped $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Swiped holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swiped has 721 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Numba's written reviews are positive against 89% of Swiped's.
Numba ships an update every 30 months, Swiped every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Numba | Swiped |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (21 ratings) | 4.5 (721 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 721 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cobra Mobile Limited | iGold Technologies Private Limited |
Customer experience
Numba
Swiped
Bugs and requests
Numba
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Swiped
Reported bugs
3 issues- Gem connections not registering properly
- Game not compatible with latest iOS versions
- Scores not updating correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to restart individual levels
- Endless/untimed mode
- Carry over time from one level to the next
- More level variety and difficulty scaling
In-app purchases
Numba
No in-app purchases
Swiped
No in-app purchases
