Nurikabe Vault vs Arabilis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nurikabe Vault
Engage your logic with a vast collection of original Nurikabe puzzles. This game offers hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, ranging in difficulty and size, with unique artwork for each board. Learn the rules and strategies with an included guide, and enjoy a pure puzzle experience without ads or data collection.
- Hundreds of original Nurikabe puzzles
- Hand-crafted challenges
- Varying difficulty levels
- Multiple board sizes
- Unique artwork
- Includes rules and strategy guide
- Optional visual hints
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An abundance of original, hand-crafted nurikabe puzzles. Nurikabe is a logic puzzle from the inventors of sudoku. Simply build a wall that divides the board into areas given by the numbers. There's only one way to do it! This collection contains 500 all original, hand-crafted puzzles. Difficulty ranges from merely tricky to utterly fiendish. Sizes range from 6 x 6 to 9 x 11, each with distinct and unique artwork. A guide demonstrates the rules and beginning strategies. Optional visual hints point out problems, and a solution is detected immediately. This game does NOT: - show Advertisements - offer In-App Purchases - collect Analytics - collect any Personal Information whatsoever You can put your scores on an Apple Game Center leaderboard if you like. That's the only data that will ever leave your device.
Arabilis
This arcade farming puzzle game combines color matching with roguelike elements. Plant, grow, and harvest vegetables in randomized gardens, facing unpredictable challenges each season. Choose between a challenging Arabilis mode or a relaxing mode with no hazards.
- Color matching for vegetable growth
- Randomized garden challenges each season
- Arabilis Mode for increased difficulty
- Relax Mode for a casual experience
- Simple one-finger controls
- Offline and Gamecenter leaderboards
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-- PocketGamer App Army -- "Absolutely recommended to anyone who enjoys puzzle games." "If you like puzzle games I think there's a lot here to learn/discover and it will keep you coming back. I definitely want to spend more time with it and attempt to master its mechanics" "There is definitely lots here for lovers of this genre." -- PocketGamer - Bronze Rating -- “It's a very unique concept to combine colour matching, roguelike elements and farming in a single game, I do think it's well worth the price tag“ Arabilis: Super Harvest is an arcade farming puzzle game. You are planting, growing and harvesting vegetables in gardens filled with randomized challenges. Each season will provide a new garden for you to efficiently farm for points. Each year passing will increase the difficulty and amount of challenges you face, how many years can you last? How high will your score be? ----------- Match, grow and harvest ----------- Match the color of the vegetables to let them grow. They can be harvested or even evolve into massive sizes. Harvest enough vegetables and you will progress to the next season. ---------- No play session will be the same ---------- Mother Nature can be unpredictable. The weather and the animals in each season might interfere with your plans. No play session will ever be the same. For each new season a new garden is randomly selected which contains random weather conditions, hazards and items. --------- Arabilis Mode and Relax Mode --------- Arabilis offers two game modes to fit your mood. Feel like a challenge? Then try Arabilis mode with it's random gardens, weather conditions, items and animals and increasingly more difficult seasons in each new year. Just want to relax? Plant and harvest vegetables? Then Relax mode will do just that! No weather conditions or animals and no items, just you and the vegetables. Features: - 44+ unique garden levels. - 4 seasons, each with a unique look and feel. Gardens can contain random: * Different weather conditions. * Usable items. * Animals that steal or manipulate your crops. - Arabilis's mascot Ara will guide you while playing. - Play 3 game modes: * Arabilis Mode * Relax Mode. * One Harvest Mode - Simple one finger controls. - Extensive tutorials and guides. - Offline leaderboards. - Gamecenter Leaderboards & Challenges - Supported languages: English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Indonesian - Ad-free. - No in-app purchases. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PocketGamer - Bronze Rating “It's a very unique concept to combine colour matching, roguelike elements and farming in a single game, I do think it's well worth the price tag“ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arabilis at 5.0 against Nurikabe Vault's 4.3. Arabilis also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). Nurikabe Vault's advantage is chart position (#193 vs unranked) and ratings volume (8 vs 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
Nurikabe Vault costs $0.99 and Arabilis $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Arabilis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.
Nurikabe Vault ships an update every 13 months, Arabilis weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nurikabe Vault | Arabilis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #193 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rogers George | Tim Overvliet |
Customer experience
Nurikabe Vault
Arabilis
In-app purchases
Nurikabe Vault
No in-app purchases
Arabilis
No in-app purchases









