Comparison

Circuitous vs Prisms

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

Head to head
About

Circuitous

A puzzle game where you slide and rotate tiles to connect two terminals. It features 40 challenging levels, including complex circuits with multiple connection points. Track your best times and replay levels to improve your scores.

Highlights
  • Slide and rotate tiles
  • Complete circuits
  • 40 challenging levels
  • Multiple terminals
  • Best time tracking
  • Replay levels
Features
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Slide and rotate tiles to complete a circuit between two terminals. 40 levels of challenging puzzles. Higher levels include multiple terminals and puzzles where you must complete two possibly overlapping circuits. Keeps best time for game and each level. Can repeat levels to improve level and total time. To play, simply tap the tiles to rotate or touch and drag to slide into place. Great for all ages! Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays. Even runs on Apple Mac or MacBook equipped with the new Apple’s M1 Silicon chip with easy to use keyboard and mouse controls.

About

Prisms

Engage in a 3D spatial puzzle adventure as a scientist's intern. Roll, attach shapes, and orient your cube to solve challenges involving gates, teleporters, and invisible floors. Explore numerous experiments, with optional content available for purchase.

Highlights
  • 3D spatial puzzle gameplay
  • Cube manipulation with shape attachment
  • Teleporter and invisible flooring mechanics
  • 20 free experiments
  • Optional 20 bonus experiments
  • Mastering 3 shapes: circle, square, triangle
Features
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/// ABOUT PRISMS /// Prisms is a free 3D spatial puzzle game. You play the role of a newly hired intern of Dr. Cubit’s. Dr. Cubit is an underfunded, genius, zany scientist on the leading edge of cube-based research. As his intern, you can earn his satisfaction by assisting with scientific research in the form of rolling around cubes, attaching different shapes to your cube, then orienting your cube correctly to match up with shaped gates. During your internship, you will encounter 3 different shapes. The circle and square can be placed in any direction, while the triangle must be oriented correctly. You may also encounter teleporters and flooring that’s only temporarily visible, requiring additional spatial reasoning. There are 20 exciting experiments available for free and 5 crazy bonus experiments available by performing tests to Dr. Cubit’s standards. If you choose to fund Dr. Cubit’s research for $4.99, you can run 20 more challenging experiments and 5 more bonus experiments (not for the weak-minded)! /// PRISMS FACTS /// - Learn about Dr. Cubit and his friendly robot PRISMO over 20 challenging spatial puzzle levels. - Unlock the hidden challenges of 5 bonus levels by solving the puzzles more optimally. - Master the prism and learn to manipulate all 3 shapes. - No ads, no timers, no recurring microtransactions, no selling your data. This isn't some sort of dystopian spyware, this is REAL SCIENCE! - Optional $4.99 purchase to unlock 20 more levels with several new mechanics and 5 additional bonus levels for a total of 50 levels. - Visualize and complete successful experiments with invisible flooring. - Unleash the potential of the cube, teleporting to new areas. /// MORE LINKS /// LEARN MORE: https://prisms.app PRESS: https://press.prisms.app COMPANY WEBSITE: https://productionsofdust.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/37hwP3J TWITTER: https://twitter.com/dustygames FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DustProductionsLLC/ REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/user/dustyhunsaker/

Screenshots

Circuitous4 screens
Prisms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Prisms at Free against Circuitous's $1.99. Prisms also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 2) and update cadence (every 17 months vs every 35 months). Circuitous's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Prisms is free to download; Circuitous costs $1.99 up front. Prisms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Circuitous asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Circuitous against 4.9 for Prisms. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prisms has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Circuitous's written reviews are positive against 89% of Prisms's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Circuitous ships an update every 35 months, Prisms every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Circuitous versus Prisms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircuitousPrisms
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings219 — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 17 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMagnin & AssociatesDust Productions, LLC

Customer experience

Circuitous

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Prisms

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Circuitous

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Prisms

One-time1
  • Fund Dr. Cubit's Research$4.99

Questions

Is Circuitous free?
Circuitous costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prisms free?
Prisms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Circuitous or Prisms?
Circuitous is rated higher. Circuitous averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Prisms averages 4.9 from 19 ratings.
Do Circuitous or Prisms have ads?
Neither Circuitous nor Prisms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Circuitous or Prisms?
Circuitous ships an update every 35 months, and Prisms every 17 months. Most recently, Circuitous was updated on August 16, 2026 and Prisms on June 5, 2026.

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