Circle Sort vs Puzzle Poet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circle Sort
A physics-based puzzle game where players match ring colors to clear the board. Strategically drop circles to complete objectives, but avoid hitting the line to prevent a game over.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Color matching mechanics
- Strategic circle placement
- Level-based objectives
- Risk/reward gameplay
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Circle Sort is a fresh physics puzzle game where you have to match the colors to clear the rings. Drop the circles to the right spot, clear some space and complete the goals! Strategize your circle placements to win, but beware to not hit the line or it's game over!
Puzzle Poet
A unique puzzle game where matching pieces creates juxtaposed poetry. Reinterpret public domain texts with a beatnik alpaca guide and 12-tone musical accompaniment. Offers a relaxing, challenging, and colorful journey.
- Piece-matching puzzle gameplay
- Creates juxtaposed poetry
- Reinterprets public domain texts
- 12-tone musical accompaniment
- Aleatoric randomness
- Beatnik alpaca guide
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Lamb Went To Fleece, Little White Snow, Sure Mary, Everywhere, Lamb Mary Go. Puzzle Poet is a piece-matching, board-clearing puzzle game that creates juxtaposed poetry as you play, for dadaist reinterpretations of extant poems, lyrics, and taxonomies – with a furry beatnik alpaca as your guide. Things Stone Appear, Passions Trunkless, Traveller. Mighty Despair. Look Sand My Name. Pedestal, Antique Colossal. Near Half Desert Sneer, Wrinkled Ozymandias. With 12-tone musical accompaniment (Schoenberg) and aleatoric i-Ching-like randomness (John Cage), Puzzle Poet recontextualizes the poems, passages, and prayers of the public domain as spoken word. Relax Win Brain, Enjoy Free Calm, Training Challenge, Goals Match, Blast Chain Pair Shapes, Colorful Journey Beat Puzzle, Full Game Unwind. Break from conformists, free yourself from the egos of the authors, and channel the Muse directly as you read your own fortune. Try Puzzle Poet today – FREE to all fellow travelers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Puzzle Poet at 5.0 against Circle Sort's 4.0. Puzzle Poet also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). Circle Sort's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Circle Sort sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Puzzle Poet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Puzzle Poet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circle Sort has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Circle Sort ships an update monthly, Puzzle Poet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circle Sort | Puzzle Poet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 268 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Game5mobile | Tinkerton Inc |
Customer experience
Circle Sort
Puzzle Poet
In-app purchases
Circle Sort
- 100 Coins$0.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Revive Offer$4.99
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- 500 Coins$6.99
- Remove Ads Bundle$9.99
- 1000 Coins$14.99
- 5000 Coins$24.99
- Circle Plus$39.99
- 10000 Coins$49.99
- Circle Deluxe$79.99
- Circle Master$99.99
- 15000 Coins$99.99
Puzzle Poet
No in-app purchases
