Comparison

Quento vs Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

Quento

Engage your brain with this ad-free math puzzle game suitable for all ages. Solve sums by swiping numbers and operators, earning stars to progress through rounds. Offers endless play, daily challenges, and a special mode for educational settings.

Highlights
  • Ad-free gameplay
  • Daily challenges
  • Zen mode
  • Quento for Schools mode
  • Optional in-app purchase for more content
  • Swipe-based number puzzles
Features
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Quento is a delightful little math puzzler without ads that is fun for kids and adults. Over the past 8 years it has been played all over the world by children, parents, students, teachers and basically anyone during commutes, in schools, on camp sites, during lunch breaks, at offices and in bed before going to sleep. Enjoy endless rounds of quick play, a unique daily challenge, different sets of numbers and a zen mode. And with the special "Quento for Schools" mode, students can play in class, in smaller groups or engage individual challenges. Here's what the media said: Cult of Mac: "Quento is a delight. It’s different, it’s challenging, it’s got something to offer for kids learning math in school and for adults who want to give their brains a workout. Fantastic." iMore: "Quento is an excellent math puzzle game for all ages. Both young kids and experienced mathematicians will enjoy it." AndrCentral: "Look, I'm not a math guy. So what am I doing playing a game all morning that involves adding and subtracting? Moreover, why am I still playing it now? For the life of me, I don't know. But there's something about Quento that keeps me coming back." How does it work? Simple! Quento gives you the solution to a sum and you'll have to do the math. To play, just swipe from a number to a + or - and to another number again. Stars are earned when the sum adds up to the challenge above and before you know it you've progressed a round! Quento comes without ads, and the free version truly offers more than enough challenges to make it a perfect match for kids and students to use at schools. There is an optional single in-app purchase that unlocks the toughest challenges and more number sets for those that want to work out even more. This way we hoped to offer more than enough for everyone to enjoy!

About

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

This logic puzzle game challenges you to fill a grid with stars, ensuring no two stars touch, even diagonally. It offers daily and weekly challenges with varying difficulty levels and tracks your progress.

Highlights
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • Leaderboards for competitive play
  • Weekly challenges for advanced players
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Puzzle packs for beginners
  • Solving strategy guide
  • Player stats and progress tracking
Features
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Hoshi (星, Japanese for star) is a free and competitive Star Battle game with daily challenges. Star Battle, also known as "Two Not Touch", is a classic pen-and-paper logic puzzle published in newspapers and puzzle magazines worldwide. If you enjoy playing tricky puzzles and brain-teasing games and seek a new challenge, then you should give Hoshi a try. If you have never played the Star Battle logic game before, don’t worry the rules are straight forward: Similar to other logic puzzles you have a grid that you need to fill. In a normal 2 star “Two Not Touch” game each row, column, and region must have exactly 2 stars. Stars are not allowed to touch, even not diagonally. Hoshi includes Star Battles with 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 stars, but games with more stars are yet to come ;) Hoshi offers you: - Everyday we release a new number game (daily puzzle challenge) - Track your solving time and compete against other players (leaderboards) - There is also a weekly challenge for geniuses (3 star plus games) - There are 5 different difficulties (easy to diabolical) - Packs with hand-selected logic puzzle (e.g. for beginners) - Guide with solving strategies - Profile with stats about your skill level & progress Coming soon: - Add your friends and play with them a numbers puzzle - Star Battle games with more than 5 stars Privacy policy: https://guriddo.app/hoshi/legal/privacy Terms of use: https://guriddo.app/hoshi/legal/tos

Screenshots

Quento4 screens
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Quento at none against Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles's shown. Quento also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 59%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (269 vs 9). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Quento sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles sells 30 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles has 269 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Quento's written reviews are positive against 59% of Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quento ships an update every 3 weeks, Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quento versus Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuentoStar Battle Hoshi Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (9 ratings)4.8 (269 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews — better59.1% of reviews
Number of ratings9269 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQ42Simon Schuster

Customer experience

Quento

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative16.7%

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

All ratings268 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral11.4%
Negative29.5%

Bugs and requests

Quento

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • UI shifts on round 1000
  • Buttons halfway onscreen on round 1000
  • Game not updated for iOS 11
  • In-app purchase not recognized after reinstallation
  • Interface not responsive
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  • Buttons flicker and require double tap
  • Math errors in game logic

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add multiplication and division
  • Add Zen mode
  • Add volume/mute button
  • Add hint option
  • Add simultaneous duels
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  • Add timer for progression
  • Add speed round with timer
  • Add dark mode option
  • Add multiplication/division to purchased game
  • Add more number combinations
  • Add option to turn off sounds within the app
  • Add option to respect ring/silent switch

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quento

One-time1
  • Full Version of Quento$1.99
30 purchases

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

Subscriptions3
  • Supporter (Weekly)$0.797 Days
  • Supporter (Monthly)$2.491 Month
  • Supporter (Annual)$14.991 Year
One-time27
  • Beginner Pack 8$0.99
  • Beginner Pack 10$0.99
  • Beginner Pack 14$0.99
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  • Beginner Pack 12$0.99
  • Beginner Pack 11$0.99
  • Beginner Pack 9$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 6$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 3$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 5$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 4$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 7$1.99
  • Expert Pack 7$1.99
  • Expert Pack 6$1.99
  • Advanced Pack 6$1.99
  • Expert Pack 5$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 5$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 8$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 4$2.99
  • Expert Pack 4$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 2$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 3$2.99
  • Expert Pack 3$2.99
  • Expert Pack 2$2.99
  • Genius Pack 4$2.99
  • Genius Pack 3$3.99
  • Wizard Pack 1$3.99
  • Genius Pack 2$3.99

Questions

Is Quento free?
Quento is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles free?
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quento or Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles?
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles is rated higher. Quento averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles averages 4.8 from 269 ratings.
Do Quento or Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles have ads?
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles shows ads; Quento does not.
Which is updated more often, Quento or Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles?
Quento ships an update every 3 weeks, and Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles every 2 weeks. Most recently, Quento was updated on October 24, 2026 and Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles on October 21, 2026.

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