Comparison

Snip 'N' Split vs Braid Anniversary Edition

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

Head to head
About

Snip 'N' Split

A precision-based game where players snip shapes and divide them into equal parts. Test your accuracy to collect all the stars in this challenging puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Snip shapes
  • Split into equal parts
  • Precision gameplay
  • Star collection challenges
  • Intuitive controls
Features
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Snip 'N' Split is an where you do exactly that, snip shapes and split them into different amounts of equal parts. Are you precise enough to get all of the stars?

About

Braid Anniversary Edition

Manipulate time to solve intricate platform puzzles in this remastered indie classic. Explore beautifully painted worlds, uncover memories, and enjoy extensive creator commentary. Assemble jigsaw pieces and overcome challenges with unique time-bending mechanics.

Highlights
  • Time manipulation mechanics
  • Subtle platform puzzles
  • Refreshed high-resolution graphics
  • Extensive creator commentary
  • Jigsaw puzzle collection
  • Haunting, evocative score
Features
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Control the flow of time to solve subtle platform puzzles in this update of the indie classic "Braid," featuring refreshed artwork and seriously in-depth creator commentary. Travel from a city house through a series of interconnected worlds where time behaves strangely, searching for an elusive Princess. Along the way you'll explore memories and regrets that still haunt you. This Anniversary Edition remaster of the award-winning platformer contains fully repainted high-resolution graphics, new sound effects and extensive audio commentary. Rewind, pause and use the strange properties of time in each world to run and jump through beautifully painted environments. Avoid hazards, unlock doors and collect jigsaw puzzle pieces to assemble. If you get hung up on a particular puzzle, feel free to move on and return later. This is the game you remember, with all the original challenges and the same haunting, evocative score — but repainted pixel by pixel so that each carefully rendered world comes to life in high resolution. New visual details, animated brushstroke effects and revamped sounds add to the immersive experience. Explore the most extensive developer commentary ever put into a game, with over 15 hours of recorded insight and conversation from developer Jonathan Blow, artist David Hellman and more members of the "Braid" creative team. Navigate it by visiting a new in-game world, which also contains new puzzles and redesigns of classic puzzles.

Screenshots

Snip 'N' Split4 screens
Braid Anniversary Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Snip 'N' Split at Free against Braid Anniversary Edition's $4.99. Braid Anniversary Edition's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Snip 'N' Split is free to download; Braid Anniversary Edition costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Braid Anniversary Edition holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Braid Anniversary Edition has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Snip 'N' Split versus Braid Anniversary Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnip 'N' SplitBraid Anniversary Edition
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.4 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB2.1 GB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEvan MilenkoThekla, inc.

Customer experience

Snip 'N' Split

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Braid Anniversary Edition

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Snip 'N' Split

No in-app purchases

None

Braid Anniversary Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Snip 'N' Split free?
Snip 'N' Split is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Braid Anniversary Edition free?
Braid Anniversary Edition costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Snip 'N' Split or Braid Anniversary Edition?
Braid Anniversary Edition is rated higher. Snip 'N' Split averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Braid Anniversary Edition averages 4.4 from 11 ratings.
Do Snip 'N' Split or Braid Anniversary Edition have ads?
Neither Snip 'N' Split nor Braid Anniversary Edition shows ads.

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