Mindset GO! vs KaruQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mindset GO!
Engage in daily logic puzzles and weekly challenges to sharpen your mind. This free-to-play game uses observation and reasoning to help you sort shapes, develop mental abilities, and strengthen logical thinking. It's an educational brain trainer suitable for quick offline sessions or consistent practice.
- Daily brainteasers
- Weekly challenge events
- Shape sorting puzzles
- Offline play
- Share challenges with friends
- Unlock bonus Shape Sets
- Earn badges
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Sort. Slide. Solve. An ingenious puzzle game - sharpen your mind using observation and logic! Mindset is an all-new puzzle game using observation and logic to sort shapes into sets. By solving daily challenges, unlocking rules and completing weekly themes, you’ll embark on a journey of discovery, earning badges, sharpening your mind and growing your unique mindset along the way. From developers who’ve worked on hits including Pixelgrams, Chime and Stardew Valley, Mindset introduces a completely new puzzle mechanic to challenge both seasoned puzzlers and newcomers. - Mindset is a true masterclass in puzzle design, offering unique and captivating new puzzles every day - Share today’s challenges with friends and compete for the longest Streak or fastest time - Complete the themed weekly puzzles to unlock bonus Shape Sets with wildly different styles - Showcase your progress and achievements by earning badges for perfecting sets and discovering all the rules - With a vast collection of exquisitely designed Shape Sets and a new challenge every day, Mindset will keep you engaged for hours on end
KaruQ
Engage in a unique math puzzle game where you defeat ghosts by matching numbers with flames. Merge, split, and add to flames to create the correct calculations. Explore over 190 puzzles, daily challenges, and a creative mode to build and share your own levels.
- Defeat ghosts with numerical flames
- Merge and split flames for calculations
- Over 190 unique puzzles
- Daily challenge mode
- Puzzle creation and sharing
- QR code puzzle scanning
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- Defeat the Ghosts with Calculations Ghosts with numbers will appear on the screen. You can defeat a ghost by hitting it with a flame that has the same number. Flames can be merged and split. Merging multiplies the numbers, and splitting divides them, allowing you to create various numbers. You can also add 1 to a flame using a matchstick. Use these actions to defeat the ghosts! - This game includes: Over 190 different puzzles A challenging "Daily Puzzle" mode with one new problem each day A "Puzzle Creation" mode (Create your own puzzles and share them with other players.) QR code scanning (Scan puzzles made by others or generate puzzles automatically from QR codes.) Four different graphic themes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mindset GO! at Free against KaruQ's $1.99. Mindset GO! also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). KaruQ's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 17). On ratings volume, 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
Mindset GO! is free to download; KaruQ costs $1.99 up front. Mindset GO! sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. KaruQ asks for nothing beyond the download.
KaruQ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 63 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Mindset GO!'s written reviews are positive against 91% of KaruQ's.
Mindset GO! ships an update every 2 weeks, KaruQ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mindset GO! | KaruQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (41 ratings) | 4.9 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Magicave Holdings Limited | Ryuji Kuwaki |
Customer experience
Mindset GO!
KaruQ
Bugs and requests
Mindset GO!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent acceptance of valid solutions
- Greyed out tokens/hints after completing levels
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to earn tokens over time without daily puzzles
- Free play mode without token restrictions
- More hints or feedback for failed solutions
KaruQ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mindset GO!
- Monthly VIP Subscription$4.991 Month
- Tokens Pack$0.99
- Hints Pack 1$0.99
- Hints Pack$1.99
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- Tokens Pack$1.99
- Gói Tăng Cường Đỏ$2.99
- Tokens Pack$2.99
- Token-free Play 3$3.99
- Hints Pack$3.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Pack$3.99
- Tokens Pack$4.99
- Pack$4.99
- Hints Pack$7.99
- Pack$7.99
- Pack$9.99
- Token-free play$9.99
KaruQ
No in-app purchases








