Comparison

Codex! vs Mag Lode Spin

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

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About

Codex!

Engage your mind with a daily word puzzle that tests your vocabulary and logic. This game offers a classic brain teaser experience for enthusiasts of word games and crosswords.

Highlights
  • Daily brain teaser
  • Word puzzle challenges
  • Vocabulary testing
  • Logic challenges
  • Classic word game experience
Features
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Are you a word puzzle master? Whether you enjoy classic crossword puzzles or modern word games, Codex! will get you thinking. Take on the daily brain teaser and challenge your brain with this word game.

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Mag Lode Spin

Features
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MAGLODE is a one-thumb mining game about a magnetic breaker head on a cable. Hold to grab it, draw circles to wind it up, release to throw. Every ore you smash is loose in the void until you reel the head back in — and the deeper you go, the more you are carrying when it all goes wrong. Swing, Throw, Reel Three inputs, no menus in the way. Press anywhere to catch the head and bank whatever it carries. Circle your thumb to build speed — the faster the head travels, the harder it hits. Let go and it flies, smashing ore on contact and dragging the cable behind it. Reeling in at full speed pays CLEAN or PERFECT; reeling in slow pays plain. The whole loop lives under one thumb. Loose Until Banked Smashed ore is not yours yet. It rides with the head as loose cargo, multiplying as your combo climbs, and a single crash into the floor scatters it. The HUD says it plainly — LOOSE 21 AT RISK. Reel in to lock it away, or keep swinging to grow the pile you might lose. Descend or Extract Clear a seam and the run stops to ask one question. EXTRACT banks everything and ends the run. DESCEND takes you a layer deeper at a higher multiplier, into denser ore, more volatile rock, and a fuel clock that never stops counting down. There is no correct answer, only how far you trust yourself. Pick Your Route Every descent offers two seams, and each one costs something. RICH SEAM pays ore value ×1.6 but drops ore count 25%. DENSE SEAM adds five ore and 1.5× the volatile rock. SILENT SEAM removes volatile ore entirely at the price of a thinner field. HAZARD ZONE hands you an extra crate on clear and doubles the volatile. Choose one — no reroll. Rig & Modules Eleven modules turn up in crates and fit into a three-bay rig. LONG CABLE extends your reach 18%. RECLAIMER pays half a second of fuel every catch. VOID WARD stops volatile ore from scattering your cargo. OVERCATCH pushes a PERFECT catch from ×2.0 to ×2.5. BLAST RIG widens chain reactions 40%. Three legendary modules — BLAST RIG, ANCHOR POINT and AUTO CRUISER — only appear in specific crates. Contracts & Records The Freight Ring tracks your best banked run, deepest seam, biggest single hit and longest chain. Book a contract before you launch — CHAIN, BREAK, CLEAN STREAK or ONE HIT — and it pays out mid-run when you meet it, on top of whatever you were already carrying. Loadouts Each run opens with a choice that shapes it. STEADY adds ten seconds of fuel and softens every seam. DEEP DIVE starts you at seam five with ten seconds less. One high-variance option doubles the first three seams and halves everything after. Every option costs something — that is the point.

Screenshots

Codex!4 screens
Mag Lode Spin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Codex! at 5.0 against Mag Lode Spin's 1.0. Codex! also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 3). Mag Lode Spin's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Codex! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Codex! ships an update weekly, Mag Lode Spin every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Codex! versus Mag Lode Spin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodex!Mag Lode Spin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven PhunWilimina Holt

In-app purchases

None

Codex!

No in-app purchases

None

Mag Lode Spin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codex! free?
Codex! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mag Lode Spin free?
Mag Lode Spin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Codex! or Mag Lode Spin?
Codex! is rated higher. Codex! averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Mag Lode Spin averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Codex! or Mag Lode Spin have ads?
Neither Codex! nor Mag Lode Spin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Codex! or Mag Lode Spin?
Codex! ships an update weekly, and Mag Lode Spin every 3 days. Most recently, Codex! was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mag Lode Spin on October 24, 2026.

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