Comparison

Sambo vs Perception Lab

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

Head to head
About

Sambo

This brain-training puzzle game challenges you to balance circles and diamonds in rows and columns. It offers unlimited offline play with a clean design, perfect for focused, meditative moments. Compete with others and master hundreds of handcrafted logic challenges.

Highlights
  • Brain training challenges
  • Offline play
  • Unlimited gameplay
  • Minimalist design
  • Leaderboards
  • Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles
Features
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Sambo – The Puzzle That Plays With Your Brain! Can you crack the code of circles and diamonds? In Sambo, every row and column must be perfectly balanced – no three in a row, and no symbol out of place. It sounds easy… until it's not. • Train your brain • Play offline – no Wi-Fi needed • Unlimited play – no lives, no waiting • Clean, minimalist design for maximum focus • Perfect for a calm, meditative moment Play, think, and sambo with your neurons! Download now and see if you can solve them all. Love Binairo, Takuzu, Binoxxo or any binary logic puzzle? Then Sambo is your next obsession. Train your brain with hundreds of handcrafted challenges, rise through the leaderboards, and prove you're the ultimate Sambo master. By downloading or using this app, you agree to our End User License Agreement. You can review the full terms here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Perception Lab

Features
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"That looks easy." Then the reveal shows how far off you actually were. Perception Lab is a benchmark for the senses you never think about — how accurately you judge speed, distance, timing, and change. 46 micro-tests, most under 25 seconds, each measuring one specific thing in real units: milliseconds, degrees, percent. SIX DIMENSIONS, 46 TESTS • Motion & Physics (8) — Speed Copy, Trajectory Guess, Occluded Motion Track, Collision Prediction, Motion Coherence • Space & Geometry (9) — Angle Snap, Distance Recreate, Center Finder, Area Illusion, Mental Rotation • Time & Rhythm (6) — 10-Second Sense, Tempo Match, Reaction Time, Double-Tap Precision, Two-Interval Compare • Focus & Inhibition (7) — Go/No-Go, Change Blindness, Target Tracking, Stroop Speed, Aim Trainer, Symbol Coding • Memory (10) — Sequence Memory, Visual Memory, Chimp Test, Spatial N-Back, Number Memory, Instruction Trap • Calibration & Bias (6) — Percent Estimation, Dot Count, Müller-Lyer Match, Hue Order, Typing Prediction SIX WAYS TO PLAY Today's Run — five tests, seeded from the date. Everyone gets the same set, so streaks and comparisons are fair. Quick Run — a random five when you have two minutes. Practice — pick any test, set the difficulty, drill it until it clicks. Marathon — endless and escalating. Stop when you break. Boss Run — eight rounds on one test, difficulty climbing from 2 to 9, with a single free retry at the halfway mark. Ghost Duel — replay a past run at its original seed and race your own recorded scores. Identical stimulus, no excuses. WHAT YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF Every result feeds a Perception Score and six trait tracks. Over time the app surfaces your systematic biases — that you always tap early, or consistently underestimate distance, or lose accuracy the moment something distracting appears. Those aren't random errors. They're yours, and they're measurable. • A bias profile built from your own error patterns • A 7-day Bias Training Plan aimed at your weakest trait • Weekly recap with 7-day and 30-day trends • 25 achievements, plus trait medals for mastering an entire category • Daily Twist modifiers that bend the rules once you've earned them BUILT TO BE FAIR Deterministic scoring — same seed, same test, every time. Difficulty ramps gradually rather than spiking. Every test reveals the true answer next to yours, in the unit that actually matters. No arcade points, no fake precision, no randomness dressed up as difficulty. OFFLINE AND PRIVATE No accounts. No sign-in. No server. Every test, score, and stat runs on your device and stays there — we have no way to read it. Play on a plane, underground, anywhere. Accessibility: left-handed and one-handed modes, reduce motion, larger text, and independent control over sound and haptics.

Screenshots

Sambo4 screens
Perception Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perception Lab at none against Sambo's 9. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sambo sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Perception Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sambo versus Perception Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSamboPerception Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwo4TeaVipul Sodha

Bugs and requests

Sambo

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Level 191 bug
  • Level 186 unplayable
  • Level 119 impossible
  • Level 125 impossible
  • Level 155 impossible

Requested features

1 request
  • More levels

Perception Lab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Sambo

One-time9
  • 100 coins$0.99
  • Special Offer$1.99
  • Premium$2.99
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  • Special Offer 2$4.99
  • 550 coins$4.99
  • Special Offer 3$9.99
  • 1200 coins$9.99
  • 3200 coins$24.99
  • 13000 coins$99.99
None

Perception Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sambo free?
Sambo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Perception Lab free?
Perception Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sambo or Perception Lab have ads?
Both Sambo and Perception Lab show ads.

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