Comparison

Flow Free vs Prism Cascade

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

Prism Cascade

Features
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Colored pieces sit stacked in columns across a hexagonal grid. Lift the matching-color group from the top and move it to a neighboring column. Get four of the same color in one column and it collapses — the pieces above drop in. If that makes four again, that is a chain. ■ One rule to learn, a lot to think about A piece only lands on a neighboring column that is empty or whose top color matches. Empty columns are the only way to untangle a mixed stack, so spend them carefully. Instead of clearing right away, line the same color up above and below to set off a chain. ■ 200 verified levels Every level was checked by an offline solver for solvability before its move budget was set. Past level 200, verified boards keep coming. The board grows from 7 to 13 to 19 cells, and colors go from three up to six. ■ Obstacles that arrive one at a time · Stone — cannot be moved. It cracks when a collapse happens above or below it. · Ice — a color is trapped inside. One adjacent collapse melts it. · Locked cell — opens after a set number of collapses. ■ Turn the board Pinch to zoom and rotate at the same time. Check the colors hidden behind a column and plan your next move. ■ Help when you are stuck Undo, Break and Shuffle are given on every level. If no legal move remains, the board reshuffles itself. Out of a tool, or short on moves? You can watch a short ad for one more — but only if you tap the button. Nothing plays on its own. ■ No purchases, no account, no internet There are no in-app purchases. No paid items, no season pass, no energy meter. There is no sign-up and no login screen. The game itself is fully offline and runs the same in airplane mode. (Ads keep it free. A full-screen ad appears once every three levels cleared, and never before level 5.)

Screenshots

Flow Free4 screens
Prism Cascade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prism Cascade at none against Flow Free's 18. Prism Cascade also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). Flow Free's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Flow Free sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Prism Cascade asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flow Free ships an update every 7 months, Prism Cascade every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flow Free versus Prism Cascade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlow FreePrism Cascade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (14K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBig Duck Games LLCHongchul Lee

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

Prism Cascade

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
None

Prism Cascade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flow Free free?
Flow Free is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prism Cascade free?
Prism Cascade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flow Free or Prism Cascade have ads?
Both Flow Free and Prism Cascade show ads.
Which is updated more often, Flow Free or Prism Cascade?
Flow Free ships an update every 7 months, and Prism Cascade every 5 days. Most recently, Flow Free was updated on October 20, 2026 and Prism Cascade on October 16, 2026.

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