Sort It Up vs Sortlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Sort It Up
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- Slide to sort numbers.
Sortlock
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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 โข Tap a flask, then another, to pour the top ball across. โข Make every flask a single colour to solve the board. โข Some balls are hidden ("?") โ read the clues and deduce their colour. โข Every level is guaranteed solvable by logic alone. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT โข A real deduction layer โ not another mindless tap-sorter. โข Adaptive difficulty keeps you in the zone: the engine learns your pace and tunes colours, hidden balls and empty flasks to you. โข Endless, always-solvable content โ boards are generated on the fly, never a dead end. โข Colour-blind friendly: every colour also shows a letter (R/B/G/Yโฆ); hidden is "?". A BOARD FOR THE WHOLE WORLD โข One shared Daily Board every day โ the exact same puzzle for everyone. โข Climb the daily ranking: fewest moves, then fastest time. โข No spoilers โ share a clean result card and a unique link to your run. ECHO DUELS โ DEDUCTION, HEAD TO HEAD โข Race a rival's "echo": an asynchronous replay of how someone else cracked today's board. โข Get matched to your skill, or challenge a friend with a 6-character code. โข Win on fewer moves and tighter reasoning โ no real-time servers needed. CALM BY DESIGN โข No timers on normal play, no pressure, no dark patterns. โข Plays fully offline โ the daily board and duels are the only online extras. โข 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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Sortlock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sort It Up asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Sort It Up | Sortlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Duyen Hang | Dmitry Shurco |
In-app purchases
Sort It Up
No in-app purchases
Sortlock
- Pack Small$0.99
- Pack Medium$2.99
- Pack Large$4.99









