Comparison

Sort It Up vs Sortlock

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

Head to head
About

Sort It Up

Features
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- Slide to sort numbers.

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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 ร— Minesweeper ร— Mastermind, in one calm puzzle. HOW TO PLAY โ€ข Tap a flask, then another, to pour the top ball across. โ€ข Make every flask a single colour to solve the board. โ€ข Some balls are hidden ("?") โ€” read the clues and deduce their colour. โ€ข Every level is guaranteed solvable by logic alone. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT โ€ข A real deduction layer โ€” not another mindless tap-sorter. โ€ข Adaptive difficulty keeps you in the zone: the engine learns your pace and tunes colours, hidden balls and empty flasks to you. โ€ข Endless, always-solvable content โ€” boards are generated on the fly, never a dead end. โ€ข Colour-blind friendly: every colour also shows a letter (R/B/G/Yโ€ฆ); hidden is "?". A BOARD FOR THE WHOLE WORLD โ€ข One shared Daily Board every day โ€” the exact same puzzle for everyone. โ€ข Climb the daily ranking: fewest moves, then fastest time. โ€ข No spoilers โ€” share a clean result card and a unique link to your run. ECHO DUELS โ€” DEDUCTION, HEAD TO HEAD โ€ข Race a rival's "echo": an asynchronous replay of how someone else cracked today's board. โ€ข Get matched to your skill, or challenge a friend with a 6-character code. โ€ข Win on fewer moves and tighter reasoning โ€” no real-time servers needed. CALM BY DESIGN โ€ข No timers on normal play, no pressure, no dark patterns. โ€ข Plays fully offline โ€” the daily board and duels are the only online extras. โ€ข 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

Sort It Up4 screens
Sortlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sort It Up at none against Sortlock's 3. Sort It Up also leads on ads (none vs shown). Sortlock's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Sortlock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sort It Up asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sort It Up ships an update every 3 weeks, Sortlock every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Sort It Up versus Sortlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSort It UpSortlock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS15.115.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDuyen HangDmitry Shurco

In-app purchases

None

Sort It Up

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sortlock

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

Questions

Is Sort It Up free?
Sort It Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sortlock free?
Sortlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sort It Up or Sortlock have ads?
Sortlock shows ads; Sort It Up does not.
Which is updated more often, Sort It Up or Sortlock?
Sort It Up ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sortlock every 11 days. Most recently, Sort It Up was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sortlock on October 16, 2026.

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