Comparison

7 Planets vs Recursive

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

Head to head
About

7 Planets

This relaxing logic puzzle game features a wooden board and colorful marbles. Solve brain-teasing challenges by rolling and matching marbles to restore order. Enjoy offline play at your own pace with simple, satisfying gameplay.

Highlights
  • Wooden board and marble gameplay
  • Mind-bending logic challenges
  • Offline puzzle solving
  • Three distinct game modes
  • Leaderboards and achievements
  • Satisfying tactile experience
Features
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7 PLANETS is a relaxing yet challenging logic puzzle game with wooden balls, brain-teasing mechanics, and the timeless feel of a classic board game. Roll and match colourful marbles on a beautifully crafted wooden board, solve puzzles at your own pace, and train your brain with simple but deeply rewarding gameplay. A Puzzle with History 7 PLANETS has been on the App Store for over 15 years and is inspired by a beloved tabletop puzzle first introduced in 1985. It preserves the charm of the original game while bringing its clever logic challenges to modern mobile devices. You start with a wooden board containing 28 balls in 7 different colours. Your objective is simple: restore order by placing every ball into its correct row. The challenge is that when you move one ball, the entire row moves with it. Since the balls are shuffled differently every game, every puzzle presents a unique challenge. 5 Game Modes • One Planet – Match balls using only one randomly selected target colour. Fast, accessible, and perfect for short play sessions. • 7 Planets – The classic experience. Match all seven colours to their fixed positions on the board and improve your strategy over time. • Daily Planets – A new challenge every day. All players around the world receive exactly the same board and compete to achieve the best time and move count before a new puzzle arrives the next day. • Online Duel – Challenge friends or compete against players online in live head-to-head matches to prove who can solve the puzzle faster. • Black Planets – The ultimate challenge. Target colours are shuffled and a mysterious black planet blocks your path, creating entirely new strategic possibilities. This special mode appears only occasionally, making every appearance a unique event. Compete & Improve • Unlock 15 achievements • Climb 5 leaderboards • Improve your time and move count • Compare your skills with players around the world • Master increasingly difficult challenges Whether you are looking for a relaxing puzzle, a daily brain workout, or competitive challenges, 7 PLANETS offers a unique wooden puzzle experience that is easy to learn and rewarding to master. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://www.drugikat.com/new/?page_id=1772

About

Recursive

A challenging puzzle game where you guide robots to collect gems by creating simple programs. Master recursion and logic with a minimalistic, easy-to-learn language and diverse level elements.

Highlights
  • Learn a simple programming language
  • Solve puzzles with robots and gems
  • Master recursion concepts
  • Explore diverse level elements
  • Challenging, hard puzzles
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Recursive is a puzzle game about recursion, patterns, and programming. It is the perfect game for people who love hard puzzles. Your goal is to help little robots complete their mission and collect all gems by finding the correct pattern and translating it into a short program. # Programming language (no prior knowledge required) The programming language is minimalistic and easy to learn. It doesn't require any prior programming knowledge and consists of only four instructions. - Move forward: Move one cell forward. - Rotate left: Rotate 90° left in place. - Rotate right: Rotate 90° right in place. - Change color: Load a chip of a specified color and execute the instructions it contains. And even with this simple programming language, robots can follow complex patterns thanks to the power of recursion and to other tricks that you can discover along with your progression in the game. # Rich levels Recursive offers a large variety of levels thanks to supporting multiple types of elements. - Robots: They can have different colors that reflect the chip they have loaded. - Gems: Your goal is to collect all of them. - Bugs: They destroy robots and make them disappear. - Chips: They make robots load a different program. - Teleportation gates: They make robots teleport to a different location. - Inactive robots: They are activated when touched by another robot. # Mastering recursion Recursion is said to be hard to understand as a famous quote attributed to Stephen Hawking says: "To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion." However, we believe that playing Recursive is another fun way to understand it or even master it.

Screenshots

7 Planets4 screens
Recursive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 7 Planets at Free against Recursive's $2.99. Recursive's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (71% vs 39%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

7 Planets is free to download; Recursive costs $2.99 up front. 7 Planets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Recursive sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recursive holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of 7 Planets's written reviews are positive against 71% of Recursive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

7 Planets ships an update every 4 months, Recursive every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
7 Planets versus Recursive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter7 PlanetsRecursive
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.7 (15 ratings)4.9 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.7% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1528 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#182 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomislav PuzakKidori

Customer experience

7 Planets

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive38.7%
Neutral22.6%
Negative38.7%

Recursive

All ratings28 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

7 Planets

Subscriptions2
  • 7 Planets Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • 7 Planets Premium (Yearly)$8.991 Year
3 purchases

Recursive

One-time3
  • 10 hint credits$0.99
  • 20 hint credits$1.99
  • 40 hint credits$2.99

Questions

Is 7 Planets free?
7 Planets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recursive free?
Recursive costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 7 Planets or Recursive?
Recursive is rated higher. 7 Planets averages 3.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Recursive averages 4.9 from 28 ratings.
Do 7 Planets or Recursive have ads?
Neither 7 Planets nor Recursive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 7 Planets or Recursive?
7 Planets ships an update every 4 months, and Recursive every 4 days. Most recently, 7 Planets was updated on October 13, 2026 and Recursive on October 2, 2026.

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