The Bear vs Sparkpath
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Bear
Embark on a friendship adventure with a bear and a little one across a magical universe. This interactive bedtime experience features hand-drawn animations and original music, offering a calming story about togetherness and belonging.
- Interactive bedtime experience
- Friendship-forming adventure
- Hand-drawn animations
- Specially composed music
- Touching story
- Calming experience
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The Bear is an interactive bedtime experience for everyone. The game is free-to-try with no ads. You can play the first chapter for free and unlock the remaining 4 chapters with a single in-app purchase. Lead the bear and the little one through a friendship-forming adventure as they travel across the atmospheric universe of the World of Gra. Relax and stargaze with these weird little characters, as they tell you stories of togetherness, of letting go and of the longing to find a place you belong. The Bear has been lovingly crafted with hundreds of hand drawn animations, specially composed music and a touching story to create a uniquely calming experience, that feels like a bedtime story, read to you by a loved one.
Sparkpath
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Sparkpath is a calm circuit puzzle. Every tile on the grid holds a piece of wire. Tap a tile and it turns a quarter turn. When every end meets its neighbour, the whole board takes current and the level is done. One tile is the source. Wires connected to it light up, so you read your progress off the board itself instead of a status line. The further the light spreads, the closer you are. ZEN RULES No timer. No lives. No losing. No ads. Your moves are counted, but the only thing that depends on them is the star: finish in par without hints and you get three. THREE MODES • Journey — 10 chapters, 100 levels. The board grows slowly, from 3×3 to 13×7, and every level takes more turns than the one before it. • Daily — one puzzle a day, the same board for everyone. Streak and calendar. • Endless — pick one of four sizes and play as long as you like. ENTIRELY ON YOUR DEVICE No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No network connection at all — the game works exactly the same in airplane mode. Your progress lives on your phone and nowhere else. ACCESSIBILITY The game is playable end to end with VoiceOver: every tile announces its position, which directions it connects and whether it carries current. A live wire is drawn thicker as well as brighter, so players who find colour hard to separate do not need a special mode. Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion are supported. Light and dark themes. iPhone and iPad. Twelve languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sparkpath at none against The Bear's 4. The Bear's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. The Bear sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Sparkpath asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | The Bear | Sparkpath |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.7 GB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mucks Games | Sefa Eren Akdogan |
Bugs and requests
The Bear
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game resets when leaving the screen
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Make the full game free
- Add a demo or trial version
Sparkpath
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Bear
- Buy us a cookie!$0.99
- Unlock all chapters$2.99
- Buy us a coffee!$2.99
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- Buy us lunch!$3.99
Sparkpath
No in-app purchases









