Comparison

Bored vs Partywheel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Bored4 screens
Partywheel3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bored ships an update every 6 months, Partywheel monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bored versus Partywheel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoredPartywheel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS12.4 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyJohannes Bauer

Customer experience

Bored

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Partywheel

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bored

One-time3
  • Puzzle Pack 2$0.99
  • Puzzle Pack 3$0.99
  • Puzzle Pack 4$0.99
1 purchases

Partywheel

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Bored free?
Bored is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Partywheel free?
Partywheel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bored or Partywheel?
Bored is rated higher. Bored averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Partywheel averages 3.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Bored or Partywheel have ads?
Neither Bored nor Partywheel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bored or Partywheel?
Bored ships an update every 6 months, and Partywheel monthly. Most recently, Bored was updated on October 27, 2026 and Partywheel on October 16, 2026.

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