Comparison

Ark Nova vs Sweepish

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

Head to head
About

Ark Nova

Design and manage a modern zoo to support global conservation efforts. Build enclosures, house animals, and utilize unique cards for special abilities. Compete to create the most successful zoological establishment.

Highlights
  • Plan and design a modern zoo
  • Build enclosures and accommodate animals
  • Support global conservation projects
  • Utilize 255 unique cards (animals, specialists, projects)
  • Upgrade action cards for gameplay
  • Increase zoo appeal and scientific reputation
Features
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Plan and build a modern, scientifically managed zoo to support conservation projects in an acclaimed strategy board game. In Ark Nova, you will plan and design a modern, scientifically managed zoo. With the ultimate goal of owning the most successful zoological establishment, you will build enclosures, accommodate animals, and support conservation projects all over the world. Specialists and unique buildings will help you in achieving this goal. At the heart of Ark Nova are 255 cards featuring animals, specialists, unique enclosures, and conservation projects, each with a particular ability. Use them to increase the appeal and scientific reputation of your zoo and to collect conservation points. Each player has a set of action cards, which you will use and upgrade to carry out your plans. Each player has a set of five action cards to manage their gameplay, and the power of an action is determined by the slot the card currently occupies. The cards are: BUILD: Allows you to build standard or special enclosures, kiosks, and pavilions. ANIMALS: Allows you to accommodate animals in your zoo. CARDS: Allows you to gain new zoo cards (animals, sponsors, and conservation project cards). ASSOCIATION: Allows your association workers to carry out different tasks. SPONSORS: Allows you to play a sponsor card in your zoo or to raise money. With high replayability and rich components, Ark Nova provides a remarkable gaming experience that will bring the game to the table again and again.

About

Sweepish

Features
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Sweepish is classic Minesweeper with one promise: you will never have to guess. NO GUESSING, EVER Every board is generated with a built-in logic solver that proves the whole board can be cleared by deduction alone, starting from your first tap. If the solver cannot finish a board without guessing, you never see that board. Your first tap always opens an empty area. When you lose, it was a misread, not bad luck, and you can always find the next safe move. PAY ONCE, PLAY FOREVER No ads, no in-app purchases, no account, no data collection. Nothing leaves your device. The game works fully offline: on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. THE RULES YOU KNOW - Tap to open a cell, long-press to flag (or swap the two in Settings) - Tap a number whose flags match to open everything around it - Ten levels that grow smoothly from an easy 9x9 with 10 mines to the full Expert 30x16 with 99, all in portrait - Pinch to zoom on the big boards 500 STAGES A journey of 500 stages that climbs one level every 50. Each stage is the same puzzle for every player, and any cleared stage can be replayed. DAILY CHALLENGE One shared puzzle every day, the same board for everyone in the world, generated from the date itself. Keep a streak going for a bigger point bonus each day. POINTS AND RANK Every win earns points, harder boards earn more, and a stage's first clear pays double. Points add up to a rank that never goes down. If you like, compare daily times and total points on Game Center leaderboards; it is entirely optional. FREE ASSISTS Every helper is free, and every board can be finished without using any of them. - Hint: highlights one cell that logic can decide right now and shows which number proves it - Safe reveal: makes the next logical move for you - Shield: hit a mine, flag it, keep playing (up to three per board) Time records only count clean wins without a shield or safe reveal. STATS Games, wins, win rate, best times and streaks for every level and for the daily challenge, plus your five best times, stored on your device only. Built for people who loved the original and were tired of losing to coin flips.

Screenshots

Ark Nova4 screens
Sweepish3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sweepish at $1.99 against Ark Nova's $10.99. Ark Nova's advantage is chart position (#36 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Ark Nova costs $10.99 and Sweepish $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Ark Nova versus Sweepish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArk NovaSweepish
Price$10.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#36 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size682 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDire Wolf DigitalToru Kitajima

Bugs and requests

Ark Nova

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • iPad Flash exit issue
  • Rewards screen being blocked by other UI elements

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to enable larger UI buttons for modal panels
  • Full screen mode
  • Option to reverse zoom direction
  • Improved card readability/zoom

Sweepish

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ark Nova

No in-app purchases

None

Sweepish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ark Nova free?
Ark Nova costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sweepish free?
Sweepish costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ark Nova or Sweepish have ads?
Neither Ark Nova nor Sweepish shows ads.

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