Comparison

AroundState vs USA State Game

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

Head to head
About

AroundState

Test your knowledge of US state geography by guessing the correct state based on its surrounding neighbors. This educational game challenges your spatial reasoning and understanding of state borders, offering a fun way to learn and reinforce geography.

Highlights
  • Guess state by surrounding states
  • Improves understanding of state locations
  • Requires critical thinking and elimination
  • Suitable for group play
  • Challenges geographical knowledge
Features
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Guess the state. The question shows the surrounding states. Question: Oregon Idaho Answer: Washington This app will give you a better understanding of the state's location. It is especially for those who can indicate which state is on the map when told the name of a state or who can say what state it is when pointed to on the map. Compared to simple problems, guessing from the surrounding states requires a solid understanding of their locations. It requires new thinking. It is assumed that you will not look at the choices until you find it. Challenge yourself to eliminate the candidates correctly by looking at the states in question. Reading out the questions makes for a fun game recommended for large groups. Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico are touching at one point. All combinations are in contact with each other. Colorado and Arizona touch. Utah and New Mexico touch.

About

USA State Game

Features
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USA State Game No account, ads, or purchases A local name and avatar help learners keep their progress separate on a shared device. Profiles do not sync online. There are no ads or in-app purchases, and the game does not upload learner records. Practice all 50 states, their capitals and shapes. Start with the Northeast lesson, follow the Learning Path, or practice by skill. Progress saves on this device. USA State Game is a United States geography practice game for states, capitals, and state shapes. It includes a learning path, focused skill practice, regional activities, progress views, and missed-answer review in skill and regional practice. The installed native app includes the game for offline practice. The website needs an internet connection to load. Do not rely on the website being available offline. Text-only geography Practice states and capitals without shape challenges. This choice applies only to this learner. Practice coverage counts only the applicable challenges; mastery and recorded-answer accuracy are shown separately. Learn tracks completed lessons. Saved points and previous progress are preserved. Choose from 20 interface languages, including right-to-left layouts. Each learner can save a language choice. New profiles start with a supported device language. Optional feedback Review four fixed choices before sending a support report. No learner names, answers, progress, screenshots, local diagnostics or files are attached. The feedback service processes connection information to deliver the report and limit abuse. See the privacy policy for retention and deletion-request details.

Screenshots

AroundState4 screens
USA State Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

AroundState and USA State Game are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AroundState versus USA State Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAroundStateUSA State Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMotonari HibiOmar Megdadi

In-app purchases

None

AroundState

No in-app purchases

None

USA State Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AroundState free?
AroundState is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is USA State Game free?
USA State Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AroundState or USA State Game have ads?
Neither AroundState nor USA State Game shows ads.

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