Comparison

Wood Brick vs Elixir Balls

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

Head to head
About

Wood Brick

A challenging puzzle game where you strategically place wooden bricks to fill an 8x8 grid. Clear lines horizontally or vertically to score points and prevent the board from filling up. It's designed to sharpen your mind and provide enjoyable free time.

Highlights
  • Strategic brick placement
  • 8x8 playing field
  • Line clearing mechanics
  • Score-based progression
  • Mind sharpening puzzles
Features
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Solve challenging puzzles using wooden bricks. Place the appropriately shaped bricks in the available space to fill the 8x8 playing field. Analyze carefully before placing bricks. Remove bricks by making complete horizontal or vertical lines! The more bricks are eliminated, the higher your score will be. The game will be over if there is no room for additional bricks on the playing field. Try deleting several lines at a time to get more points. An excellent puzzle that will help you spend your free time profitably and keep your mind sharp.

About

Elixir Balls

Features
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Pour, sort and seal. Elixir Balls is a ball sort puzzle set in a dark alchemist's apothecary — glowing essences, amber glass and candlelit shelves. Tap a vial to lift its top orbs. Tap another to pour them across. Keep going until every vial holds a single colour, then watch the cork drop and the glass bloom with light. That is the whole game. No tutorial, no walls of text. You will understand it in ten seconds and still be playing it in a month. ▸ ENDLESS LEVELS, EVERY ONE SOLVABLE Levels are not hand-made and they do not run out. Each one is generated fresh and then proved solvable by a solver before it ever reaches you. If a board is in the game, it has a solution — you will never be handed an impossible puzzle. Difficulty climbs from three colours to ten, and every tenth level is a deliberate breather. ▸ FOUR ESSENCES THAT CHANGE THE RULES The deeper you go, the stranger the apothecary gets: • Clouded Vial — only the top orb is visible. What lies beneath is revealed as you pour. • Sealed Essence — a locked orb that will not move until you complete the colour on its padlock. • Prima Materia — an iridescent wildcard that belongs anywhere, with anything. • Volatile Essence — a burning timer. Let it reach zero and the level is lost. Each one is introduced on its own, with room to learn it, and never more than two appear at once. ▸ NO READING REQUIRED There is not a single word of gameplay text. No tutorial popups, no instructions, no story to skip. Whatever language you speak, and whether or not you read at all, you can play this. Menus are available in English and Turkish. ▸ PLAY ANYWHERE, ANY TIME • Completely offline. No internet, no account, no sign-up, no ads to load before you can start. • A level fits in a spare minute — a bus stop, a queue, a kettle boiling. • Portrait, one-handed, thumb-friendly. ▸ EARN, COLLECT, PERFECT • Three stars for a clean solve. Beating a board is easy; beating it efficiently is the real puzzle. • Coins for every level, spent on hints, undos and an extra vial when you are truly stuck. • Four apothecary skins to unlock, from workshop glass to molten bloodmoon and frosted crystal. ▸ MADE TO BE COMFORTABLE • A colourblind mode with a distinct glyph on every colour. • Sound and vibration each have their own switch. • Nothing is ever communicated by sound alone. • A stuck board is never a loss. Undo, take a hint, add a vial, or restart — there is always a way forward. ▸ A QUIET GAME No timers on the main mode. No lives to wait for. No energy bar, no daily streak nagging you to come back. Elixir Balls asks for your attention when you want to give it, and leaves you alone when you do not. Pour the essence. Seal the vial. Light the shelf.

Screenshots

Wood Brick4 screens
Elixir Balls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wood Brick at 12.0 against Elixir Balls's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wood Brick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Elixir Balls sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Wood Brick versus Elixir Balls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWood BrickElixir Balls
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (10 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergei ShendrikovKemal Kaan Cetindag

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wood Brick

One-time1
  • No Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Elixir Balls

One-time1
  • Remove Interstitials$2.99

Questions

Is Wood Brick free?
Wood Brick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elixir Balls free?
Elixir Balls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wood Brick or Elixir Balls have ads?
Both Wood Brick and Elixir Balls show ads.

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