Comparison

Constellations Puzzle vs StringFusor

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

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About

Constellations Puzzle

Learn constellations through a fun jigsaw puzzle experience. Choose from three modes featuring different sets of constellations. Compete for the best time, collect picture panels, and use assistance features to help you learn.

Highlights
  • Learn constellations via jigsaw puzzles
  • Three distinct constellation modes
  • Timed challenges for best scores
  • Collectible picture panels
  • Assisted navigation feature
  • Global player leaderboards
Features
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An educational puzzle game produced by Digital Gene. This is an educational game that allows you to learn the constellation as if you play a jigsaw puzzle. This game is designed to be simple yet fun to play. The app is best suited for people who want to learn the constellation or students who want to get ready for the exams. Or why don't you try this game to stay sharp during your spare time? There are three modes available: one featuring 12 constellations on the ecliptic like Aries and Libra, which are also used in astrology; one featuring the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, such as Orion and Cassiopeia, which appear in ancient myth; and one featuring the 88 constellations recognized by the IAU. You can improve your knowledge as you play the game aiming for the best time or compete against players from all over the world. You can also collect picture panels when you satisfy certain conditions. So do your best to get all of them. When you're stuck on finding the location, use the assisted function. It will help you to navigate the correct location without hassling yourself. Please enjoy it. (Note: Due to the nature of puzzle games, certain stars are emphasized and certain stars omitted. ) (Note: As there are no official diagrams for the lines connecting the constellations, the forms of the constellations here may differ from those in other material. )

About

StringFusor

Features
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Strings of colored energy fall into a reactor. Fuse them into patterns and release what they hold. StringFusor is a color-matching puzzle in the classic falling-piece family, rebuilt around one idea: patterns you can AIM for. Beyond rows and columns lies a book of named fusion patterns — THE BLOCK, THE ZIGZAG, THE X — each with a measured difficulty and a real payout. You are never matching by accident; you are hunting a shape you chose. TWO WAYS TO PLAY EXPERIMENT is the self-directed game. Choose your target pattern, set your own dials — how many colors, how long the strings — and the reactor pays you for difficulty honestly: harder hunts, bigger energy. When you outgrow the pattern book, the forge offers shapes designed by the game itself — symmetric, provably buildable, and never seen before. Skip what you like; the chooser is never a dead end. PROGRESSION is the shared game. Every day, one board, one seed, one bonus target — identical for every player on Earth. Same strings, same order, pure play. Your best lands on that day's leaderboard, and tomorrow is a fresh start for everyone at once. New here? A short optional ORIENTATION teaches the six easiest patterns on a fixed board, and its own leaderboard ranks your cleanest run. BUILT CALM ON PURPOSE No timers — think as long as you want. Unlimited undo — every move can come back. No ads, ever. Nothing pulses, nags, or flashes at you: the reactor hums, the planet turns, the strings fall when you say so. Every button carries a small accessibility feature: a tap filter tuned to the frequency of a resting hand tremor, so an unsteady hand registers one clean press — designed in from the start, not bolted on. REPLAY any run move by move. Watch the DEMO play itself when you would rather study than fuse. Compete on Game Center, or never sign in at all. ONE HONEST PRICE All of PROGRESSION — the daily board, the orientation, replays, and its leaderboard — is free, forever. A single one-time unlock opens the full EXPERIMENT track: the dials, the pattern chooser, the forge, and its leaderboard. No subscription. No ads. No consumables. Try EXPERIMENT free once per day before deciding. GIVING 2.5% of the net profit from halfmarble's software will go directly to support Team Fox, the grassroots fundraising program of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. halfmarble is an independent Team Fox third-party fundraiser. 2.5% to Public Health Collaboration (PHC) - https://phcuk.org/ StringFusor is a halfmarble game.

Screenshots

Constellations Puzzle4 screens
StringFusor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Constellations Puzzle at none against StringFusor's 1. Constellations Puzzle also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). StringFusor's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. StringFusor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Constellations Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Constellations Puzzle versus StringFusor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConstellations PuzzleStringFusor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlus Inc. (Japan)HaalfMaarble LLC

In-app purchases

None

Constellations Puzzle

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

StringFusor

One-time1
  • Fusion Core$4.99

Questions

Is Constellations Puzzle free?
Constellations Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StringFusor free?
StringFusor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Constellations Puzzle or StringFusor have ads?
Constellations Puzzle shows ads; StringFusor does not.

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