Comparison

Flow Free vs Elementle

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

Head to head
About

Flow Free

Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board and solve puzzles. Avoid crossing pipes to complete each level. Offers hundreds of free puzzles with varying difficulty, plus daily challenges and a timed mode.

Highlights
  • Connect matching colors
  • Cover the entire board
  • Hundreds of shaped puzzles
  • Daily new levels
  • Time Trial mode
  • Game Center achievements
  • Cloud sync
Features
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Flow Free® reimagined: Infinite possibilities! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Shapes! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Shapes a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free: Shapes features: * Over 4,000 free, shaped puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!

About

Elementle

A daily guessing game that challenges your knowledge of historical dates and events. Solve puzzles, build streaks, and compete with friends or climb global leaderboards. Learn a new historical fact with every game.

Highlights
  • Daily historical event puzzles
  • Logic and number-based clues
  • Global and country leaderboards
  • Customizable leagues with friends
  • Learn historical facts
  • Play past puzzles in the archive
Features
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Step into the ultimate daily puzzle challenge! Elementle blends logic, numbers, and history into a highly addictive daily guessing game that is completely free to play every day. Crack the date, build your streak, and climb the leaderboards. WHY YOU'LL LOVE ELEMENTLE • Uncover the Past: Every day brings a new historic event. Will you know the year the first Olympic Games were held, or when the first footprint was left on the moon? • Tailored to You: Play the Global puzzle, and get a unique daily event based entirely on where you live (dialed right down to your State!). • Compete & Connect: Keep your daily streak alive, climb the Global and Country Leagues, or create Custom Leagues to battle it out with friends and family. • Learn Every Day: Win or lose, every puzzle unlocks a fascinating short story about the event. • Meet Hammie: Crack the code and Hammie the Hamster will pop in to celebrate your victory! HOW IT WORKS It’s simple to learn, but tough to master. You have 5 guesses to nail the exact 6 or 8-digit date. After each guess, color-coded clues will guide you: [ Green ] Right number, right spot! [ Amber ] Right number, wrong spot. [ Arrows ] The correct number is higher or lower! THE ARCHIVE & PRO Can't wait until tomorrow? Dive into the limitless Global Archive to play past puzzles—completely free for all users. Want total control? Upgrade to Elementle Pro for an ad-free experience and to customize your categories—from Sports and Mythology to Science and Literature. Download Elementle today, start your streak, and see if you have what it takes to crack history! Terms of Service: https://www.elementle.tech/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.elementle.tech/privacy

Screenshots

Flow Free4 screens
Elementle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Elementle at every 9 days against Flow Free's every 7 months. Elementle also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Flow Free's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Flow Free sells 18 one-off in-app purchases and Elementle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Flow Free against 4.8 for Elementle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free has 13K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Flow Free's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elementle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flow Free ships an update every 7 months, Elementle every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Flow Free versus Elementle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlow FreeElementle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13K ratings)4.8 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB73 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBig Duck Games LLCdobl Ltd

Customer experience

Flow Free

All ratings13,103 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews395 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative12.4%

Elementle

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Flow Free

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Accidental hint usage due to button placement
  • Visibility issues with overlapping paths in 3D levels

Requested features

3 requests
  • Restore original UI layout from previous Flow Free games
  • Option to disable in-app purchase prompts
  • Forward/backward level navigation

Elementle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Flow Free

One-time18
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • Spring Greens Colors$0.99
  • Fall Harvest Colors$0.99
Show 15 more
  • Pastel Colors$0.99
  • Neon Rainbow Colors$0.99
  • Winter Chill Colors$0.99
  • Jumbo Oval 2$1.99
  • Circle Pack 2$1.99
  • 8x8 Cube Mania$1.99
  • Kids Pack$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • Unlock All Themes$1.99
  • Extreme Alley 2$1.99
  • 5x5 Cube Mania$1.99
  • Cube Pack 2$1.99
  • 20 Hints$2.99
  • Unlock All Packs & Remove Ads$4.99
  • 100 Hints$9.99
3 purchases

Elementle

Subscriptions3
  • Elementle Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Elementle Pro - Quarterly7 Days trial$2.793 Months
  • Elementle Pro - Annual7 Days trial$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Flow Free free?
Flow Free is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elementle free?
Elementle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flow Free or Elementle?
Flow Free and Elementle are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 13K and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Flow Free or Elementle have ads?
Both Flow Free and Elementle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Flow Free or Elementle?
Flow Free ships an update every 7 months, and Elementle every 9 days. Most recently, Flow Free was updated on October 19, 2026 and Elementle on October 8, 2026.

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