Comparison

Distant Desert vs COUNTLINE

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

Head to head
About

Distant Desert

Guide an Emirati Bedouin family stranded on Mars to survive by finding essential resources like food, water, and oxygen. Explore the alien planet and manage their needs to overcome the challenges of an unexpected interplanetary journey.

Highlights
  • Resource management
  • Exploration
  • Survival simulation
  • Family management
  • Interplanetary journey
Features
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A family of Emirati Bedouins find themselves stumbling onto a spaceship and are accidently taken to Mars! How will they survive?! Join and help the Bedouin family to look for food, drinks, oxygen, entertainment, and communication devices to survive on Mars.

About

COUNTLINE

Engage in a challenging number-connection puzzle game where you draw a continuous route through numbered nodes. Master various rule types and route mechanics to solve handcrafted tracks and unlock new levels. Compete in different game modes for a tactical and engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Draw continuous routes through numbered nodes
  • Master ascending, descending, odd/even, and skip count rules
  • Navigate obstacles and directional checkpoints
  • Solve puzzles with special nodes like hidden and moving numbers
  • Multiple game modes including Zen, Rush, and Daily Track
  • Earn stars for score, combo, and efficiency
Features
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Countline is a focused number-connection puzzle game built for iPhone. Read the rule, find the correct order, and draw a continuous route through every numbered node. Clean decisions, accurate paths, and efficient movement turn a simple sequence into a tactical challenge. HOW TO PLAY - Touch the required starting node and drag through the numbers in the correct sequence. - Keep the route clear of obstacles and follow any directional checkpoints. - Complete every lane when a puzzle contains two colored paths. - Avoid crossing an existing path on levels where crossing is disabled. - Finish quickly and accurately to improve your score, combo, efficiency, and star rating. CAMPAIGN The campaign contains 24 handcrafted tracks across four chapters: 1. First Light 2. Cross Current 3. Deep Signal 4. Final Pulse New tracks unlock as earlier tracks are completed. The campaign develops from direct routes into layered puzzles with hazards, multiple lanes, special nodes, and stricter path planning. NUMBER RULES Countline changes the required sequence through several rule types: - Count Up: connect values in ascending order. - Reverse: connect values in descending order. - Odd / Even: resolve odd and even values in the required sequence. - Skip Count: advance through values by a fixed step. - Growing Sums: follow an arithmetic pattern with increasing differences. ROUTE MECHANICS Obstacles block parts of the board. Directional checkpoints require the route to enter from the indicated direction. Some tracks prevent paths from crossing, while dual-line tracks ask you to complete two independent colored sequences. SPECIAL NODES - Hidden nodes conceal their values until revealed by play or a power-up. - Moving nodes shift position while the puzzle is active. - Countdown nodes must be reached before their timer expires. - Switcher nodes can rearrange the board layout. - Freeze nodes briefly pause timed activity. GAME MODES - Zen: a relaxed memory-focused route with hidden numbers and no crossing restriction. - Rush: timed rounds that reward fast, accurate connections. - Endless: an evolving sequence of rounds with varied rules and special nodes. - Daily Track: one date-based challenge with a daily streak to maintain. - One Stroke: a hard single-drag trial. Releasing early, choosing a wrong node, hitting a barrier, crossing the route, or missing a directional checkpoint immediately fails the attempt. - Blackout: study the visible sequence before the numbers disappear, then rebuild the route from memory. - Relay: complete two differently colored number lines on one board without letting the routes cross. POWER-UPS - Reveal exposes hidden information. - Freeze pauses active timed pressure. - Undo removes the most recent connection step. Power-ups are earned through strong results and accurate runs. Additional tools unlock as campaign stars are collected. PROGRESS AND RECORDS Each run can award score, combo, efficiency, and up to three stars. Countline records campaign bests, recent runs, achievements, power-up inventory, and daily streak progress. The History page provides a local summary of completed play. AUDIO, HAPTICS, AND ACCESSIBILITY SETTINGS Music, sound effects, haptic feedback, and interface animations can be switched on or off independently in Settings.

Screenshots

Distant Desert3 screens
COUNTLINE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Distant Desert at 3 against COUNTLINE's 1. Distant Desert also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Distant Desert versus COUNTLINE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDistant DesertCOUNTLINE
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMassDiGIRAMEN TOHAN

Customer experience

Distant Desert

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

COUNTLINE

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Distant Desert

No in-app purchases

None

COUNTLINE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Distant Desert free?
Distant Desert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COUNTLINE free?
COUNTLINE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Distant Desert or COUNTLINE have ads?
Neither Distant Desert nor COUNTLINE shows ads.

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