Classic Nim vs Ink Sync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classic Nim
Experience the classic strategy game of Nim. Challenge yourself or a friend by taking turns removing stones from piles. The goal is to avoid being the last player to take a stone.
- Configurable board
- One player mode
- Two player mode
- Leveled AI opponent
- Classic Nim gameplay
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The classic board game Nim. Players take turns removing stones from piles and try not to be the last one to remove a stone. Features a configurable board, one and two player modes, as well as a leveled AI.
Ink Sync
Engage your mind with a unique logic puzzle game where you paint entire rows or columns at once. Mix colors, plan your moves, and solve over 400 handcrafted puzzles. Enjoy a relaxing yet challenging experience with no timers or lives.
- Unique row/column painting mechanic
- Color mixing logic
- 400+ handcrafted puzzles
- No timers or lives
- Offline play
- Hint system
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Paint the grid. Match the target. It sounds simple — until it isn’t. Ink Sync is a fresh take on logic puzzles, built around a unique mechanic: each pen paints an entire row or column at once. Mix colors intelligently — blue + yellow = green — plan your moves, and discover the exact sequence needed to recreate the target pattern. One wrong move can change everything. No timers. No lives. Just pure logic. With 400+ handcrafted puzzles, Ink Sync starts approachable and steadily challenges your spatial reasoning, planning, and color logic. Some puzzles take seconds. Others make you stop, rethink, and try again — until that satisfying “aha!” moment hits. What’s inside • 400+ unique puzzles with gradually increasing difficulty • A one-of-a-kind gameplay mechanic you won’t find elsewhere • One-tap, intuitive controls • Color mixing logic — combine primary colors to create new ones • Hints available when you’re stuck • Offline play — no internet required • 12 language support Relaxing, yet mentally engaging. Simple to learn, surprisingly deep to master. Free to play. No puzzle left unsolvable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Classic Nim at none against Ink Sync's 1. Classic Nim also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (99 vs 4). Ink Sync's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). On price 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
Both are free to download. Ink Sync sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Classic Nim asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ink Sync holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Classic Nim has 99 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Classic Nim's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ink Sync's.
Classic Nim ships an update every 9 months, Ink Sync every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classic Nim | Ink Sync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (99 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drew Bratcher | EverSky Studio, LLC |
Customer experience
Classic Nim
Ink Sync
In-app purchases
Classic Nim
No in-app purchases
Ink Sync
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