Comparison

Arimaa Puzzles vs Qirkat

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

Head to head
About

Arimaa Puzzles

Engage your creativity, logic, and intuition with thousands of unique puzzles. This app offers a fun and intriguing game experience that teaches its rules as you play, suitable for friends and family.

Highlights
  • Thousands of puzzles
  • Creative problem-solving
  • Logic and intuition challenges
  • Teaches rules while playing
  • Suitable for friends and family
  • Bonus puzzle pack
Features
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If you like solving puzzles you will love the Arimaa Puzzles app. With thousands of possible choices you will have to use your creativity, logic and intuition to find the right solution to each puzzle. The puzzles range from simple to challenging and teach the rules while you are playing. After completing the packs you will have discovered a fun and intriguing game that you can enjoy with your friends and family. (In app version 2.0 a bonus puzzle pack will appear if all in-app puzzles are installed)

About

Qirkat

Features
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Qirkat – also known as alquerque – is a board game that was popular in Medieval Spain, played by kings and queens and caliphs and commoners alike. Although it evolved into other popular games like checkers, qirkat itself was largely forgotten – until now. Play against another human or the AI – or watch the AI play itself. Includes documentation, move suggestions, analysis tools, and three short stories. Rules: - Whichever player runs out of moves (or pieces) first, loses. - You can only move forward or sideways onto a free point. - You can't move a piece back to a point it's already occupied. - But you can jump over your opponent's pieces in any direction. - In fact, you have to jump if you can. - Multiple jumps are possible. - That's it!

Screenshots

Arimaa Puzzles4 screens
Qirkat3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Arimaa Puzzles at Free against Qirkat's $0.99. Qirkat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On update cadence, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Arimaa Puzzles is free to download; Qirkat costs $0.99 up front. Arimaa Puzzles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Qirkat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arimaa Puzzles ships an update every 21 months, Qirkat every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Arimaa Puzzles versus Qirkat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArimaa PuzzlesQirkat
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 20 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartti JuotasniemiJonathan Huston

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Arimaa Puzzles

One-time6
  • The Dogs$0.99
  • The Horses$0.99
  • The Camel$0.99
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  • The Elephant$0.99
  • The Rocket Rabbits$0.99
  • Special Wins$0.99
None

Qirkat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arimaa Puzzles free?
Arimaa Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Qirkat free?
Qirkat costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arimaa Puzzles or Qirkat have ads?
Neither Arimaa Puzzles nor Qirkat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arimaa Puzzles or Qirkat?
Arimaa Puzzles ships an update every 21 months, and Qirkat every 20 months. Most recently, Arimaa Puzzles was updated on October 3, 2026 and Qirkat on October 10, 2026.

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