Cogs vs The Daily Baffle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cogs
A remastered 3D puzzle game where you construct intricate machines using sliding tiles. Explore various game modes, from building step-by-step to timed challenges and move-limited puzzles.
- Build complex machines with sliding tiles
- 3D puzzle gameplay
- Inventor Mode for learning
- Time Challenge Mode
- Move Challenge Mode
- Remastered for modern devices
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Cogs is a multi-award-winning puzzle game where players build increasingly complex machines using sliding tiles 3D. Originally launched in 2009, we completely remastered Cogs from the ground up in 2025 to look beautiful on modern phones and tablets. "One of the highest quality puzzle games we've seen." – PocketGamer "The visual design and imagination of the game are stunning, with great attention to detail, and the sound effects are downright enticing." – Adrenaline Vault "A masterpiece visually, as well with the actual gameplay." – AppAdvice INVENTOR MODE Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines — gears, pipes, balloons, chimes, hammers, wheels, props, and more. TIME CHALLENGE MODE If you finish a puzzle in Inventor Mode, it will be unlocked here. This time, it will take fewer moves to reach a solution, but you only have 30 seconds to find it. MOVE CHALLENGE MODE Take your time and plan ahead. Every tap counts when you only get ten moves to find a solution.
The Daily Baffle
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Play a variety of challenging word and logic puzzles from The Daily Baffle, including: - MORPHOLOGY: A clued word ladder written on weekdays by a variety of constructors, many of whom have been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, and others. - PATHWORD: A spatial word puzzle where a path of letters must be laid out to spell 4 words. - PATHWORD 5X5: A more challenging version of the Pathword. - RUBIGRAM: A spatial word puzzle where grids must be rotated and flipped until every row and column spells a word. - TRIWORD: A word iteration puzzle where the solver must find the word fragment that completes 3 other fragments to form full words. - ARITHMEGLYPHS: A math-logic puzzle involving completing sequences of numbers based on logical inference. - TRUTHSORTING: A logic puzzle where statements must be ordered in a specific way that makes some true and others false.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Daily Baffle at Free against Cogs's $4.99. The Daily Baffle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Cogs's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads 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
The Daily Baffle is free to download; Cogs costs $4.99 up front. Cogs sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. The Daily Baffle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cogs ships an update every 2 months, The Daily Baffle every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cogs | The Daily Baffle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lazy 8 Studios | Julian Eden |
Bugs and requests
Cogs
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashes on some devices
- Levels don't load properly
Requested features
3 requests- Add a reset option
- Provide more free levels
- Improve restore purchase functionality
The Daily Baffle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cogs
- Cogs Puzzle Pack 2$0.99
- Cogs Puzzle Pack 3$0.99
- Cogs Puzzle Pack 4$0.99
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- Cogs Puzzle Pack 5$0.99
The Daily Baffle
No in-app purchases





