Nurikabe Vault vs Stellar Smooch
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.
Stellar Smooch
Guide two adorable space probes as they navigate the cosmos to share a tender kiss. This charming game offers a simple yet engaging puzzle experience.
- Guide space probes
- Cosmic navigation
- Puzzle gameplay
- Charming visuals
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Help the two space probes smooch!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stellar Smooch at Free against Nurikabe Vault's $0.99. Stellar Smooch also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (97% vs 86%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Stellar Smooch is free to download; Nurikabe Vault costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stellar Smooch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Nurikabe Vault's written reviews are positive against 97% of Stellar Smooch's.
Nurikabe Vault ships an update every 13 months, Stellar Smooch every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nurikabe Vault | Stellar Smooch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | 96.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rogers George | Alec Thomson |
Customer experience
Nurikabe Vault
Stellar Smooch
In-app purchases
Nurikabe Vault
No in-app purchases
Stellar Smooch
No in-app purchases
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