Magic Sort vs QuadClue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Sort
Engage your mind with a unique water sorting puzzle experience. Help a wizard sort magical potions by color to solve challenging levels and find stress relief.
- Water sort puzzle gameplay
- Color sorting challenges
- Brain training
- Stress relief
- Mystical potion theme
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Magic Sort offers a delightful blend of challenging puzzles and satisfying water sorting experience! Train your brain and get a stress relief at the same time. Magic Sort introduces a unique twist to the classic water sort puzzle concept! Help Wizard George sort the magic potions! Can you solve the puzzles? Welcome to the Enchanted Realm of Magic Sort: A Mystical Water Sort Adventure!
QuadClue
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Sixteen squares. Four colors. Every color appears exactly four times. The clues sit along the top and left edges. Each one names a single color and tells you how many of it belong in that line. Nothing is hidden and nothing is random — every puzzle is built to have exactly one answer, and every answer can be reached by reasoning alone. HOW IT WORKS Tap a square to cycle through the colors. Press and hold to pick one straight from the palette. An inner clue points at one row or one column. An outer clue is twice as long, because it covers two rows or two columns at once — and that extra reach is what makes the hardest levels solvable. When a clue is satisfied, its border turns to a dashed line so you can see at a glance what is already accounted for. FIVE DIFFICULTIES Easy, Normal and Hard give you eight clues: one for every row and every column. That is enough to finish on its own. Expert and Master add four outer clues for twelve in total, and they are built so the rows and columns alone leave more than one possibility. You cannot finish without reading the outer clues. WHEN YOU ARE STUCK The hint button does not fill the square for you. It tells you which clue proves the answer, lights up both that clue and the square it points at, and names the color. Press it again and it moves on to the next one. There is no limit, and if you have put a color in the wrong place it will bring you back to it. Undo steps back one move at a time. Clear empties the board without starting a new puzzle. BUILT TO BE READ Every color is a cut gem with its own weight and depth, set on a black onyx tray so the four are easy to tell apart. If you would rather not rely on color, turn on the symbol overlay and each one carries a distinct shape — square, circle, triangle, diamond — outlined so it stays legible on every gem. ALSO INSIDE A timer and a best time for each difficulty, kept separately. Twenty achievements, from your first solved puzzle to clearing every level. Optional daily reminders, morning and evening. Sound and haptics, each with its own switch. Full support for iPhone and iPad. Your records live on your device. No account, no sign-in, and the puzzles are generated on the spot, so you can play with no connection at all.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QuadClue at none against Magic Sort's 36. QuadClue also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Magic Sort's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.5). On price 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. Magic Sort sells 36 one-off in-app purchases. QuadClue asks for nothing beyond the download.
Magic Sort ships an update every 9 days, QuadClue every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Sort | QuadClue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bluebook | ryuya matsuo |
Bugs and requests
Magic Sort
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Add more levels
- Improve in-app purchase reliability
QuadClue
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Sort
- Magic Holidays Offer!$0.99
- Travel Deal!$0.99
- Special Offer Promotion$0.99
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- Valentine's Offer$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Mini Coin Package$1.99
- Special Offer$1.99
- Easter Treasure$2.99
- Holidays Treasure$2.99
- Desert Treasure 01$2.99
- Jungle Treasure 01$2.99
- Travel Deal!$2.99
- Apprentice Bundle$4.99
- Desert Treasure 02$4.99
- Jungle Treasure 02$4.99
- Travel Deal!$6.99
- Magic Favor$7.99
- Desert Treasure 03$7.99
- Jungle Treasure 03$7.99
- Jungle Treasure 04$7.99
- Small Coin Package$7.99
- St Patrick's Offer$9.99
- Magic Holidays Offer!$9.99
- Magic Pass$9.99
- Magician's Bundle$9.99
- Desert Treasure 05$14.99
- Jungle Treasure 05$14.99
- Medium Coin Package$14.99
- Witch's Bundle$19.99
- Big Coin Package$29.99
- Wizard's Bundle$39.99
- Legendary Jungle Treasure$49.99
- Super Coin Package$59.99
- Potion Master's Bundle$79.99
- Magic Bundle$99.99
- Mega Coin Package$99.99
QuadClue
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Magic Sort free?
Is QuadClue free?
Do Magic Sort or QuadClue have ads?
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