Comparison

Math Cross vs Sortlock

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

Head to head
About

Math Cross

Engage your mind with a unique math crossword puzzle game. Solve handcrafted levels and daily challenges to sharpen your logic and arithmetic skills. Compete globally or play solo in a distraction-free environment.

Highlights
  • 100+ Handcrafted Levels
  • Daily Math Challenge
  • Global Rankings
  • Unique Math & Crossword Fusion
  • Sharpen Mental Math Skills
  • Ad-Free Gameplay
Features
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Three puzzle games. One challenge a day. No ads, ever. Math Cross is a crossword made of numbers: drop the pieces into the grid until every row and every column adds up. THREE GAMES IN ONE · Math Cross — the number crossword. A 1000-level campaign, 120 unlocked from the start. · Sudoku — a fresh 9x9 board every midnight, from easy to hard. · Water Sort — pour the liquids until each tube holds a single color. THE SAME PUZZLE FOR EVERYONE A new set drops every midnight in easy, medium and hard. Race the clock or take your time. Finish it and you enter the day's ranking. COMPETE Daily and weekly leaderboards, streaks and points. You see the leader's time before you start. Then go and beat it. FREE, NO CATCH No ads. No in-app purchases. Nothing locked behind money. WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT · Short rounds that fit into any gap in the day · Real mental arithmetic, not guesswork · Calm, uncluttered design · Hints and undo for when you get stuck If you like sudoku, kakuro, crossmath or any kind of number puzzle, Math Cross will feel like home. Download it and see how fast you can make everything add up.

About

Sortlock

Features
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Sortlock is a colour-sort puzzle with a brain. Pour balls between flasks until each flask holds a single colour — the satisfying sort you already love. The twist: some balls are hidden under a "?", and you have to DEDUCE their colour before you move. No guessing, no luck — just clean logic. Every board is built by a solver that guarantees exactly one logical solution, so a hidden ball can always be worked out from the clues: colour counts, flask rules and the balls you've already revealed. Think Sort × Minesweeper × Mastermind, in one calm puzzle. HOW TO PLAY • Tap a flask, then another, to pour the top ball across. • Make every flask a single colour to solve the board. • Some balls are hidden ("?") — read the clues and deduce their colour. • Every level is guaranteed solvable by logic alone. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • A real deduction layer — not another mindless tap-sorter. • Adaptive difficulty keeps you in the zone: the engine learns your pace and tunes colours, hidden balls and empty flasks to you. • Endless, always-solvable content — boards are generated on the fly, never a dead end. • Colour-blind friendly: every colour also shows a letter (R/B/G/Y…); hidden is "?". A BOARD FOR THE WHOLE WORLD • One shared Daily Board every day — the exact same puzzle for everyone. • Climb the daily ranking: fewest moves, then fastest time. • No spoilers — share a clean result card and a unique link to your run. ECHO DUELS — DEDUCTION, HEAD TO HEAD • Race a rival's "echo": an asynchronous replay of how someone else cracked today's board. • Get matched to your skill, or challenge a friend with a 6-character code. • Win on fewer moves and tighter reasoning — no real-time servers needed. CALM BY DESIGN • No timers on normal play, no pressure, no dark patterns. • Plays fully offline — the daily board and duels are the only online extras. • Free to play: no ads and no in-app purchases in this version. Sortlock is made for quiet, thoughtful moments: a coffee break, a commute, or winding down before bed. Sort blind, think it through, and find your flow. Privacy Policy: https://sortlock.shurco.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://sortlock.shurco.app/terms

Screenshots

Math Cross4 screens
Sortlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Math Cross at none against Sortlock's 3. Math Cross also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). On price, 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. Sortlock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Math Cross asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math Cross ships an update every 4 days, Sortlock every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Math Cross versus Sortlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath CrossSortlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB30 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperOscar Salas MestresDmitry Shurco

In-app purchases

None

Math Cross

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sortlock

One-time3
  • Pack Small$0.99
  • Pack Medium$2.99
  • Pack Large$4.99

Questions

Is Math Cross free?
Math Cross is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sortlock free?
Sortlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Math Cross or Sortlock have ads?
Sortlock shows ads; Math Cross does not.
Which is updated more often, Math Cross or Sortlock?
Math Cross ships an update every 4 days, and Sortlock every 11 days. Most recently, Math Cross was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sortlock on October 16, 2026.

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