Comparison

Sortue vs FriendQuiz Buzz

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

Head to head
About

Sortue

This game offers a peaceful escape by letting you arrange colored tiles into seamless gradients. Enjoy instant play with no ads or subscriptions, and an endless supply of procedurally generated levels. It's designed to help you relax and find your center.

Highlights
  • Seamless gradient puzzles
  • Instant play, no loading
  • Zero ads and no subscriptions
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Adaptive difficulty
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Bring a little order to a world of color. Sortue is a relaxing color puzzle where you swap tiles to restore beautiful gradients. Look closely, compare neighboring shades, and watch the colors fall into place. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Casual Set your own pace. Choose a grid size from 4x4 to 12x12, preview the finished gradient, and use hints when you need a little guidance. Precision Make every move count. Complete each puzzle within a move limit as the grids grow with your progress. Pure Trust your eye for color. Solve without hints, solution previews, or marks that reveal correctly placed tiles. A NEW BLEND WITH EVERY PUZZLE Explore soft pastels, rich blues, warm sunset tones, and more. Generated gradients bring fresh color combinations to your next puzzle. SMALL DETAILS, SATISFYING MOMENTS • Swap tiles by tapping or dragging. • Use the fixed corners to guide your arrangement. • Enjoy ambient music and tactile feedback. • Play offline on iPhone and iPad. Whether you want a gentle color break or a closer test of your perception, there is a way to play that fits your mood. Find your flow. Restore the harmony.

About

FriendQuiz Buzz

Features
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FriendQuiz turns any dinner table into a trivia battlefield. Pass one iPhone around and let everyone show off what they know. No accounts, no ads, no internet required. THREE WAYS TO PLAY - Party Mode: 2 to 8 players take turns answering. Best for casual dinners and warm-ups. - Buzz-In Battle: everyone watches the question, fastest tap claims the right to answer. The competitive favorite. - Solo Practice: train your trivia muscles before the big night, beat your own high score. EIGHTY PLUS QUESTIONS, SEVEN CATEGORIES - Friendship: how well do you really know each other - Pop Culture: movies, music, internet things - Food and Drink: from sushi to spice levels - Science and World: earth, space and curious facts - Sports and Games: trivia from the pitch and the playground - Would You Rather: pick your poison, defend your choice - Mixed Bag: a pinch of everything THREE DIFFICULTY LEVELS - Easy, Medium, Hard tune both base points and timer length. - Streak bonuses reward consecutive correct answers. - Wrong answers and timeouts break the streak and dock points. ROUND RESULTS YOU WANT TO SHARE - Animated podium for the top three players. - Full leaderboard, accuracy, and best-streak stats. - Share a clean text recap to any messaging app. ALL TIME LEADERBOARD - Every finished round is saved on-device with SwiftData. - See lifetime wins, total points, and recent rounds at a glance. - Swipe to delete a round, or wipe everything from Settings. CUSTOMIZE YOUR PLAYERS - 1 to 8 players, with a name, color and SF Symbol avatar each. - Last roster is remembered between sessions. - Per-question seconds and per-round question count are configurable. PRIVACY FIRST - 100 percent offline. The app makes no network requests. - No account, no email, no phone number ever. - No analytics, no advertising SDKs, no third-party trackers. - Apple App Privacy: Data Not Collected. DESIGNED FOR THE TABLE - Portrait iPhone layout, big tap targets, optional haptics. - Light and dark mode support, follows your system setting. - Built with native SwiftUI and SwiftData for snappy performance. PERFECT FOR - Friends at dinner, family game nights, road trips. - Office team-building ice-breakers. - Long flights or anywhere without Wi-Fi. WHAT YOU WILL NEVER SEE - No ads or pop-ups. - No subscriptions or paywalls. - No login or sign-up screens. - No data leaving your phone. Open the app, set up the players, pick a category, and let the buzz-in begin.

Screenshots

Sortue4 screens
FriendQuiz Buzz3 screens

Verdict

The call

Sortue and FriendQuiz Buzz are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sortue versus FriendQuiz Buzz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSortueFriendQuiz Buzz
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAKINALP FIDAN晓 郭

In-app purchases

None

Sortue

No in-app purchases

None

FriendQuiz Buzz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sortue free?
Sortue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FriendQuiz Buzz free?
FriendQuiz Buzz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sortue or FriendQuiz Buzz have ads?
Neither Sortue nor FriendQuiz Buzz shows ads.

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