The Manhole vs Basic Reversi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Manhole
Explore a whimsical, interactive world filled with delightful characters and surprises. This award-winning digital playground offers endless discovery for children, featuring charming animations, original music, and engaging activities.
- Interactive world exploration
- Whimsical characters
- Original music and sounds
- Hand-rendered characters
- Award-winning design
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From the creators of Myst, The Manhole is a silly, delightful, interactive, busy-box-of-a-world that kids can explore and explore - finding something new around every corner. This award-winning romp transports children to the fanciful world around, above, and beneath what appears to be just an average, everyday manhole. But there is much more than meets the eye - have tea with a rabbit, wake up a walrus, nibble biscuits with a dragon, hang with a penguin, boat with an elephant, speak French with a turtle, and much more! First released in the 80s, the original version won rave reviews and numerous awards including "Best New Use of a Computer" from the Software Publishers Association. This Masterpiece Edition was produced in the 90s as a ground-up re-make of the original with meticulous computer-rendered scenes layered with delightful hand-rendered characters. There are over 30 original music compositions and scores of original sounds and voices.
Basic Reversi
A classic strategy board game where players alternate placing black and white stones on an 8x8 grid. The objective is to outnumber your opponent by strategically sandwiching their stones to convert them to your color. The player with the most stones of their color when the board is full wins.
- Classic Reversi gameplay
- 8x8 board
- Stone placement strategy
- Opponent stone conversion
- Score based on stone count
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Classic board game "Reversi" "Reversi" , put the black and white of the stone alternately to the board of 8X8, it is a board game that compete for victory or defeat in the final number of colors. * Bat first is black, rear attack is the stone of white. * When you place your stone so as to sandwich the opponent's stone, you can the opponent's stones in my color. * Stone, can not put it only so as to sandwich the color. (If you do not put anywhere it will be in the path) * When the board is filled, is a win is more number of stone often. Let's play!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Basic Reversi at Free against The Manhole's $1.99. Basic Reversi also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 21 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). The Manhole's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Basic Reversi is free to download; The Manhole costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic Reversi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Manhole has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Manhole ships an update every 21 months, Basic Reversi every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Manhole | Basic Reversi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cyan Worlds | RUCKYGAMES CO., LTD. |
Customer experience
The Manhole
Basic Reversi
In-app purchases
The Manhole
No in-app purchases
Basic Reversi
No in-app purchases
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