Mendax vs Goritaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mendax
Perform impressive magic tricks with a deck of cards and your phone. This app guides you through a mentalist routine where you can reveal a spectator's chosen card, even if they lie. It's easy to learn and requires no external devices or accomplices.
- Card selection and revelation
- Spectator can lie or tell truth
- No device connection needed
- Phone untouched after card selection
- No accomplices or forces
- Easy to learn and perform
- Repeatable performances
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MENDAX is a magic performance app, accessible to everyone, but with a powerful and surprising impact. It’s part of the hex16 series, the second and original chapter of an exclusive collection dedicated to digital magic. The magic with MENDAX is spontaneous and can be performed in various ways. One example? The spectator shuffles the deck and freely selects a card. They then set the phone down and it is not touched again. The magician asks the spectator a series of questions with two possible answers. For example, he might ask, "Is the card red or black?" If the answer is red, he could follow with, "Is it hearts or diamonds?" or ask, "Is it a face card or a number?" The spectator may choose to answer truthfully or lie, but the magician is able to determine the truth behind each response. In the end only one card remains and that is the card originally chosen by the spectator, MINDBLOWING! Key Features of MENDAX - The app doesn't connect to any device; you can even turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - Once the card is chosen, the phone is no longer touched - No accomplices and no forces involved - Easy to learn and ready to use - Can be repeated as many times as you like What are you waiting for? Become a mentalist magician today!
Goritaire
A single-player game where players expand a gorilla habitat by growing the troop and managing banana supply. The goal is to align seven or more gorillas on the ground while ensuring no gorilla is left without food to avoid defeat.
- Single-player gameplay
- Gorilla troop expansion
- Banana supply management
- Habitat growth mechanics
- Victory condition: 7+ gorillas aligned
- Defeat condition: Gorilla starvation
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Where did gorillas come from? What are gorillas? Where are gorillas going? A single-player game of gorillas— That is Goritaire! Fill the jungle with gorillas! Expand the gorilla habitat by growing the troop while ensuring a steady supply of bananas. To achieve victory, seven or more gorillas must be aligned on the ground. However, if any gorilla is left without food, defeat follows—marking the total collapse of the troop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Goritaire at Free against Mendax's $6.99. Goritaire also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1). Mendax's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 62%). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Goritaire is free to download; Mendax costs $6.99 up front. Goritaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mendax asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mendax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goritaire has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mendax's written reviews are positive against 62% of Goritaire's.
Mendax ships an update every 2 weeks, Goritaire every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mendax | Goritaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 61.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giuseppe Barbieri | ARC SYSTEM WORKS |
Customer experience
Mendax
Goritaire
In-app purchases
Mendax
No in-app purchases
Goritaire
- Goritaire Plus Upgrade$4.99
