Comparison

Just solve it! by Mark Benya vs Sprouts+

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

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Just solve it! by Mark Benya

Features
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The sun's intense rays beat down from above as you slide into the driver's seat of the mint green Toyota Avalon parked adjacent to the abandoned Cloverleaf Technology Solutions carnival. Half-finished rides, and shattered dreams, are strew about in a haphazard fashion, with their corporate mascot "Lucky the Clover" emblazoned across the various signs and displays depicting mirth and joviality. You turn over the ignition and the car sputters to life, punch in the GPS coordinates for the nearest prize case, and shift into drive, when suddenly, without warning, an Airbus Atlas comes careening out of the sky. It swoops dangerously low, lopping the head off a Lucky the Clover billboard advertising teacup rides and bumper cars in one of the carnival's quadrants. The pilot pulls up and begins to ascend sharply, but the steep incline causes its freight to come loose and tumble out the back cargo hold door. As gravity beckons the freight to the ground below, you notice the sun glinting off the unmistakable surface of GreenStreak Corporation Tokens. Your excitement reaches a boiling point as you open the car's glove box and remove the trusty butterfly net kept stashed away for emergencies such as this. Slamming on the accelerator you speed towards the treasures raining down on the go cart track! When you arrive at the track, select and rotate puzzle clusters to match coins that are the same color! Group 3+ coins of the same color to decode a piece of their lies! But take care to avoid and defuse bombs strewed about by jasrag! For she is only interested in disrupting GreenStreak’s eco-minded objectives!!

About

Sprouts+

This app offers a digital rendition of a classic mathematical strategy game. Players take turns drawing lines between dots, adding new dots and strategically encircling areas to limit opponent moves. The goal is to be the last player to draw a valid line.

Highlights
  • Classic mathematical game
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Line drawing mechanics
  • Dot connection strategy
  • Multiplayer options
  • In-app purchases for tokens
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Sprouts is a mathematical game invented in 1967 by John H. Conway and Michael S. Paterson. The rules are simple. Two players start with a certain number of Dots. They take turns drawing a Line connecting any two Dots or connecting a Dot back onto itself. After each Line is drawn an additional Dot is added along the newly drawn Line. No Line can cross another Line. A Dot can have up to three Lines connected to it. The players take turns drawing a Line until no additional Lines can be drawn. The player who drew the last Line wins the game. The app color codes each Dot to indicate if it has three lines connected to it, is reachable by another Dot or is blocked by lines and cannot be reached. The strategy of the game is to divide the Dots into M groups by encircling Dots so that Lines cannot be connected to them from Dots in the other groups. M starts at 1 and increases as the players draw Lines that encircle Dots to form additional groups. Note that each time a Line is drawn, it fills two connections on preexisting Dots and it creates a new Dot that has one additional connection so the total number of connections is decreased by one (i.e. -2 + 1 = -1) for each new Line drawn. Note also that the last Line drawn in each encircled group will always generate a new Dot with one unfilled connection. If the game starts with N Dots that represents 3*N unfilled connections and there can therefore be 3*N Lines drawn minus one Line for each of the M groups formed during the game. This number will be even if N-M is even (2*N is always even) and odd if N-M is odd. To be the last player to draw a Line, the player who plays first will want to form M groups such that N-M is odd while the player who plays second will want to form M' groups such that N-M' is even. The app allows you to play with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 Dots. Two Dot games are unlimited. Other games require a Token. The game comes with 20 Tokens. Additional Tokens can be purchased through an IAP: 25 Tokens for $1, 100 Tokens for $2 (approximately). The game can be played on one device or on two connected devices connected through local WiFi or the Game Center. Using the Game Center you can invite friends and use SharePlay to incorporate a FaceTime window and voice communication. Alternatively you can play with a random player at a matching skill level.

Screenshots

Just solve it! by Mark Benya3 screens
Sprouts+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Just solve it! by Mark Benya at none against Sprouts+'s 2. Just solve it! by Mark Benya also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sprouts+ sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Just solve it! by Mark Benya asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Just solve it! by Mark Benya versus Sprouts+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust solve it! by Mark BenyaSprouts+
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThe GreenStreak, Corp.Peter Kramer

In-app purchases

None

Just solve it! by Mark Benya

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sprouts+

One-time2
  • Package of 25 Tokens$0.99
  • Package of 100 Tokens$1.99

Questions

Is Just solve it! by Mark Benya free?
Just solve it! by Mark Benya is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sprouts+ free?
Sprouts+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Just solve it! by Mark Benya or Sprouts+ have ads?
Neither Just solve it! by Mark Benya nor Sprouts+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Just solve it! by Mark Benya or Sprouts+?
Just solve it! by Mark Benya ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sprouts+ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Just solve it! by Mark Benya was updated on October 27, 2026 and Sprouts+ on October 8, 2026.

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