Number Join vs So Hard Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Number Join
A logic puzzle game where you fill in missing numbers sequentially, horizontally or vertically. Features multiple difficulty levels, over 500 puzzles, and helpful tools like a "Check" function to highlight errors. It also tracks your best completion times and offers Game Center achievements.
- Fill missing numbers sequentially
- Horizontal and vertical paths only
- 5 difficulty levels
- Over 500 levels
- Highlight wrong numbers function
- Auto-save progress
- Record best completion times
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This game is a logic puzzle with simple rules. Your aim is to fill in the missing numbers, in sequential order, going horizontally or vertically only. Diagonal paths are not allowed. **** Features **** # Content - 5 difficulty levels - more than 500 levels # Features - "Check" function can highlight wrong numbers - option to enable automatically highlight wrong numbers - Auto-save the process of unfinished levels - Record best completion time for each level # Challenge - Game Center Achievements - Try to complete as many levels as possible
So Hard Puzzle
A challenging memory game with numerous images to test your skills. Designed for those who enjoy difficult puzzles and visual memory challenges.
- Difficult puzzle gameplay
- Memory testing
- Multiple pictures
- Challenging levels
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A very difficult puzzle game, test your memory. A lot of pictures are waiting for your challenge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: So Hard Puzzle at 5.0 against Number Join's 4.2. So Hard Puzzle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Number Join's advantage is ratings volume (202 vs 1). 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. Number Join sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. So Hard Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.
So Hard Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Number Join has 202 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Number Join | So Hard Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (202 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 202 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 5.1.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | 涛 陈 |
Customer experience
Number Join
So Hard Puzzle
Bugs and requests
Number Join
Reported bugs
6 issues- Game crashes upon opening
- Game crashes during gameplay
- Update issues: game alignment, inaccessible older games
- View mode screwed up, nothing lines up
- Congrats window blocks game
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- Game stops podcasts playing in background
Requested features
8 requests- More puzzles, larger grids (11x11+)
- Ability to set up puzzles from external sources
- More distinguishing colors for tiles
- A 'backwards mode' for reverse number solving
- Different color tiles for next vs. back numbers
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- Option to choose number direction (up/down) manually
- Continuous puzzles at each level, not repeating ones
- Pencil options for number entry
So Hard Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Number Join
- Upgrade to Full Version$0.99
So Hard Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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