Cargo vs Mekorama
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cargo
A brain-challenging puzzle game where players program a robot to move crates. It's designed to help users learn fundamental programming concepts through engaging gameplay and beautiful graphics.
- Robot programming puzzles
- Learn programming concepts
- Beautiful graphics
- Fiendish puzzles
- Record and share solutions
- Programmed on iPad
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Over one million people have enjoyed Cargo-Bot! The puzzle game that challenges your brain and helps you learn programming concepts. Cargo-Bot is the first game programmed entirely on iPad® using Codea It's a puzzle game where you teach a robot how to move crates. Sounds simple, right? Try it out! • Beautiful graphics • Fiendish puzzles • A game about programming, programmed entirely on iPad • Record your solutions and share them on YouTube • Learn more about how it was made by searching for Codea on the App Store
Mekorama
Guide a small robot through 50 intricate mechanical dioramas to reach its home. Enjoy relaxing gameplay with charming robots and collect level cards. Create your own dioramas with the built-in maker.
- 50 mechanical dioramas
- Relaxing gameplay
- Charming robots
- Collectible level cards
- Diorama maker
- Small install size
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Help a tiny robot stumble home through 50 puzzling mechanical dioramas. - Relaxing gameplay - Charming robots - Collectible level cards - Diorama maker - Small install size
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mekorama at 4.7 against Cargo's 3.6. Mekorama also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (8.9K vs 27). Cargo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Mekorama sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Cargo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mekorama holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mekorama has 8.9K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Cargo's written reviews are positive against 94% of Mekorama's.
Cargo ships an update every 30 months, Mekorama monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cargo | Mekorama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (27 ratings) | 4.7 (8.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 8.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Two Lives Left | Fancade |
Customer experience
Cargo
Mekorama
User reviews
Cargo
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Epic
- 👍 Tricky logical game
- 👍 Excellent game!
- 👍 Good accessible programming game
- 👍 Genius!
Room to improve
- 🐛 I AM SO MAD AT THE DEVELOPER AND THE GAME!!!!
- 🐛 The game is bad
- 🐛 The update deleted my save!
- 🐛 App Support
- 🐛 Teaches bad programming practices
Mekorama
From 8.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and fun gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and animations
- 🎶 Relaxing and interactive music
- 💡 Ability to create and share custom levels
- 👍 Smooth and responsive controls
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Limited camera controls
- 💰 Hints locked behind paywall
- 🤔 Difficulty curve can be uneven
Bugs and requests
Cargo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Come together 2 hard mode crashes when I complete it in 8 step... wants you to stack 7 blocks but stashes when you do!!
- App froze while I was doing the tutorial. Still frozen each time I open it.
- ERROR: Parameters dt = random numbers. (about 1.6) OUTPUT: TEST TEST error: [string " -- StagePhysics.lua..":97: attempt to index local 'info' (a nil value) Pausing playback
- Infinite loop issue, recursion does not work correctly
Requested features
13 requests- Add a prog 5?
- Create your own level thing added in
- Saving multiple solutions, version control of unsolved puzzles, & saving off a set of instructions for reuse (building libraries of moves that are easy to reference in other puzzles)
- Settings to disable the sounds/music while letting background music play
- A button to simply change the "best solution" criteria
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- Updating the game or downloading "content" updates when new solutions are found
- An option in Settings to include a link to the video with the best solution displayed
- More explications... Per exemple, why a left arrow on the last sqarre of prog2 bring the claw automaticly to the leftmost colum no matter where your claw is???
- A reset levels button so you can use it with other users in a school
- A break function to stop infinite loops
- A tutorial about how to do the tutorial?
- A way to see the best solution for a level
- Multiple player profiles or even reset the game
Mekorama
Reported bugs
3 issues- Robot getting stuck or falling off platforms
- Inconsistent QR code scanning for user levels
- Occasional crashes or performance issues
Requested features
5 requests- Expand level creation tools
- Add more block types and textures
- Improve AI robot behavior
- Implement a level rating/sharing system
- Allow free camera movement in creator mode
In-app purchases
Cargo
No in-app purchases
Mekorama
- Pay What You Want 1$0.99
- Pay What You Want 2$1.99
- Mekorama Premium$3.99
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- Pay What You Want 4$7.99
- Pay What You Want 5$15.99
- Pay What You Want 6$31.99
