Percepto vs Overwords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Percepto
Navigate a surreal 2D world by manipulating its perspective. Solve intricate puzzles by rotating rooms and compressing your viewpoint to guide Bruce to the exit. Encounter unique block mechanics that require strategic thinking to overcome.
- Room rotation
- Perspective compression
- 3D thinking in 2D movement
- Moving block puzzles
- See-through blocks
- Perfect moves challenge
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App Store iPhone Game of the Week in more than 70 countries! - April 2011 "We’ve seen clever puzzle games before, but we’ve never seen anything like this." – AppSmile "Percepto is an excellent little puzzle game that feels perfect for iOS devices" – GamePro Bruce has fallen asleep and finds himself in a strange room that can be flattened to two dimensions. Help him find his way to the door by rotating the room and compressing to a new point of view. Once you've mastered the basics of rotating the room, you'll encounter new puzzle elements that will force you to think in 3D, but move in 2D. Moving blocks can carry you to your destination, but only after they have been turned on using a button! Green blocks enable you to see through other blocks like they aren't even there. After you've solved each room, play it again for the perfect moves challenge
Overwords
A word game where you stack, fuse, and expand letters to achieve high scores. Features an infinite mode for endless gameplay. It's completely free with no advertisements.
- Stack letters
- Fuse letters
- Expand words
- Infinite mode
- High score chasing
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Overwords returns: stack, fuse, and expand. Now with an infinite mode. Chase your high score for as long as you can. 100% free and no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Overwords at Free against Percepto's $0.99. Overwords also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks). Percepto's advantage is ratings volume (520 vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Overwords is free to download; Percepto costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Overwords holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Percepto has 520 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Percepto's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overwords's.
Percepto ships an update every 4 weeks, Overwords daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Percepto | Overwords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (520 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 520 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Hooper | Maciej Targoni |
Customer experience
Percepto
Overwords
Bugs and requests
Percepto
Reported bugs
3 issues- Getting stuck at level 33
- Crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Level editor or community sharing
- Difficulty settings or customization
- Syncing progress across devices
Overwords
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Percepto
No in-app purchases
Overwords
No in-app purchases
