Bored vs Partywheel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bored
A straightforward puzzle game designed to alleviate boredom. The objective is to strategically move pieces until a specific 'special' piece lands on the center space. All puzzles are solvable and offer randomized orientations for replayability.
- Stop special piece on center
- Pieces move until blocked
- Randomized puzzle orientations
- Multiple difficulty packs
- Solvable puzzles
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Bored is a simple puzzle game for when you're bored. The object is to stop one certain piece on the center space. All of the puzzles have solutions. The Rules: • You solve the puzzle if the SPECIAL piece STOPS on the center space. • When you move ANY piece, it keeps moving until it is blocked by another piece. • If a moving piece is NOT blocked, it will move off the board and the puzzle will reset. • No diagonal moves are allowed. Each of the 3 available puzzle packs increase in difficulty level and number of puzzles. Each puzzle has 8 possible orientations, randomly selected each time you play it.
Partywheel
This app offers a fun and interactive way to enhance social gatherings with a variety of games and challenges. Spin a wheel to determine the next activity, from dance-offs to truth-or-dare, ensuring an engaging experience for all participants.
- Interactive game wheel
- Spin to determine actions
- Variety of challenges
- Easy setup and play
- Suitable for social events
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One spin picks what you play together next. Partywheel brings 14 group games to Apple TV, iPhone and iPad, with no player names to enter and no ads. The cropped wheel reveals your next game. Its rules stay on screen until you spin again, so you can jump straight into playing together. All 14 classics are included for free. A one-time purchase of Partywheel Premium lets you disable individual games and add, edit or delete your own games with a title, emoji and description. With iCloud, your personal game selection syncs across your devices. On iPhone and iPad, you can also save your own games locally without iCloud. Editing on Apple TV requires an available iCloud connection; games already saved there can also be played offline. One Premium purchase works on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV using the same Apple Account for purchases. If you previously purchased the ad-free option, Premium is included without another purchase. The interface and classic games are available in English, German, French and Spanish. Your own game descriptions stay just as you wrote them. Sound and supported haptics can be switched off separately.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bored at 100% against Partywheel's 50%. Bored also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Partywheel's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Bored sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Partywheel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bored holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Partywheel has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bored's written reviews are positive against 50% of Partywheel's.
Bored ships an update every 6 months, Partywheel monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bored | Partywheel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Q. Kelly | Johannes Bauer |
Customer experience
Bored
Partywheel
In-app purchases
Bored
- Puzzle Pack 2$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 3$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 4$0.99
Partywheel
- Remove Ads$1.99








