Goritaire vs Pokermancer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Pokermancer
Engage in a strategic roguelite poker-puzzle experience by tracing card paths on a 4x4 grid to form poker hands and achieve target scores. Collect items and trinkets to enhance your build and overcome escalating challenges and boss encounters across multiple floors.
- Strategic card path tracing
- Poker hand formation
- Roguelite progression
- Item and trinket collection
- Boss battles with unique rules
- Escalating difficulty modes
- One-handed play
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Pokermancer is a roguelite poker-puzzle game built for quick, strategic runs. Trace paths through a 4x4 grid of cards to create poker hands and reach the target score. Cleared cards disappear, new cards fall in from your deck, and every path you draw can matter as much as the hand you form. Between rounds, spend your gold in the Break Room on trinkets and items that change how you score. Discover powerful synergies, shape your build, and turn modest hands into massive results. Each floor adds new hazards that change the board, including frozen, burning, and statically charged cards. Every fifth round, a boss changes up the rules. Adapt your strategy or lose the run! Beat all five tables to unlock Overtime, an escalating difficulty mode with ten ranks that remove resources, add challenges, and push your builds even further. Play for free through the first three floors. One purchase unlocks the full game! Features: * 100+ trinkets and 30+ items to collect * 11 unique starting packs each with their own perks and spells * 25+ boss conditions * 7 hazard types to contend with * 10 Overtime difficulty ranks per pack * Keep playing in an endless mode beyond floor 5 * Portrait orientation and one-handed play * No ads, no loot boxes, no pay-to-win; one purchase unlocks the entire game and all future content
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pokermancer at 4.7 against Goritaire's 4.0. Pokermancer also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Goritaire's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Goritaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pokermancer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pokermancer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pokermancer has 147 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Goritaire's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pokermancer's.
Goritaire ships an update every 9 days, Pokermancer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goritaire | Pokermancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (19 ratings) | 4.7 (147 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 87.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 147 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 264 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | ARC SYSTEM WORKS | Adam Bray |
Customer experience
Goritaire
Pokermancer
In-app purchases
Goritaire
- Goritaire Plus Upgrade$4.99
Pokermancer
- Full Game Unlock$4.99
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