Comparison

Cosmic Mechanic vs Subliminal Words

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

Head to head
About

Cosmic Mechanic

Engineer vehicles from found parts to navigate alien portals and return home. This game offers over 50 levels with multiple gameplay modes and numerous parts for creative problem-solving.

Highlights
  • Vehicle engineering
  • Alien portal navigation
  • Over 50 levels
  • Multiple gameplay modes
  • Creative contraption building
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A deep space explorer crash lands on a mysterious planet. To get back home, you must engineer vehicles out of whatever parts you find and traverse the alien portal network left behind by a long gone ancient civilization. Cosmic Mechanic is an exciting game about building cool gadjets and contraptions to navigate through many mind bending scenarios. Over 50 levels, 4 unique gameplay modes (puzzle, jump, time, collect) and lots of vehicle parts to experiment with. Reviews: * There really isn’t anything not to like about this game. It’s fun, creative, and and something the whole family can enjoy. -- thegamerwithkids.com * Offering up a solid collection of over fifty levels, Cosmic Mechanic is an entertaining adventure -- 148apps.com

About

Subliminal Words

This game challenges you to find hidden words, famous faces, and secret terms camouflaged within images. Create, play, and share your own visual puzzles with a growing community. Enjoy endless challenges with new user-generated content added regularly.

Highlights
  • Find hidden words and faces
  • Create and share custom levels
  • Solve user-generated puzzles
  • Over 500 official levels
  • Daily puzzles and live quests
  • Hint system available
  • Customizable color themes
Features
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Look closer. What do you see? And now... what will you create? Like the classic 'magic eye' pictures that once held our gaze, Subliminal Words is a captivating visual puzzle game filled with secrets hidden in plain sight. Subliminal words, famous faces, and hidden terms are cleverly camouflaged within each image, emerging only as you focus. - NEW: CREATE, PLAY & SHARE YOUR OWN LEVELS! - The hunt just got endless! What began as a quest to find hidden words has expanded into a massive, community-driven brain teaser experience. With our brand-new Level Maker, YOU can design the ultimate visual puzzles: • Create: Build your own custom optical illusions and hide secret words within them. • Play & Test: Solve your personalized puzzles to ensure your secrets are perfectly camouflaged. • Submit for Review: Send us your custom levels! Once accepted, your creations will be published globally and playable by thousands of players worldwide. ENDLESS VISUAL PUZZLES Test your "super sight" across 500+ official levels and a constantly growing library of user-generated content. Can you: • Beat Community Puzzles: Conquer fresh visual challenges designed by players just like you! • Discover hidden words from mesmerizing scenery. • Spot the Stars: Find famous celebrities sneakily blended into complex scenes. • Find the Athlete: Hunt for secret football lingo and identify iconic players. With our flexible, live-updated system, you get new community levels, daily puzzles, new categories, and live quests instantly—without ever needing to update the app. The puzzle-solving hunt never ends! Enjoy a clean and intuitive UI, choose your favorite color themes, and use helpful hints when an illusion leaves you truly stuck. How sharp are your eyes—and how creative is your imagination? Download Subliminal Words now to start hunting and creating your own masterpieces! EULA: https://indest.ee/eula

Screenshots

Subliminal Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cosmic Mechanic and Subliminal Words both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Cosmic Mechanic's written reviews are positive against 0% of Subliminal Words's. Cosmic Mechanic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). Subliminal Words's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On rating 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

Subliminal Words is free to download; Cosmic Mechanic costs $0.99 up front. Subliminal Words sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cosmic Mechanic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cosmic Mechanic against 5.0 for Subliminal Words. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cosmic Mechanic has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Cosmic Mechanic's written reviews are positive against 0% of Subliminal Words's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cosmic Mechanic ships an update every 9 months, Subliminal Words every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Cosmic Mechanic versus Subliminal Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCosmic MechanicSubliminal Words
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB154 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKimmo Factor OyIndest

Customer experience

Cosmic Mechanic

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Subliminal Words

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cosmic Mechanic

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Subliminal Words

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Pass$2.991 Month
  • Annual Pro Pass3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • No Ad Breaks$1.99
  • Remove 3$1.99
  • Highlight$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Manipulate$1.99
  • All-In Pack$4.99
  • Lifetime Unlock$39.99

Questions

Is Cosmic Mechanic free?
Cosmic Mechanic costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Subliminal Words free?
Subliminal Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cosmic Mechanic or Subliminal Words?
Cosmic Mechanic and Subliminal Words are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Cosmic Mechanic or Subliminal Words have ads?
Subliminal Words shows ads; Cosmic Mechanic does not.
Which is updated more often, Cosmic Mechanic or Subliminal Words?
Cosmic Mechanic ships an update every 9 months, and Subliminal Words every 2 months. Most recently, Cosmic Mechanic was updated on November 1, 2026 and Subliminal Words on November 3, 2026.

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