Comparison

Pocket8 vs Numeralea

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

Head to head
About

Pocket8

This app brings the PICO-8 fantasy console experience to your mobile device, offering access to thousands of community-made games. Enjoy customizable touch controls or gamepad support, and never lose progress with an instant save system.

Highlights
  • Browse and play community-made PICO-8 games
  • Customizable touch controls and gamepad support
  • Instant save states for unlimited progress saving
  • Portrait and landscape orientation support
  • Locked 60FPS gameplay
Features
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Experience PICO-8 Anywhere: Pocket8 brings the magic of the PICO-8 fantasy console to your pocket. Whether you’re on a commute or relaxing at home, thousands of indie games are a single tap away. A Massive Library in Your Pocket: Discover thousands of community-made games with integrated BBS exploration. From challenging platformers to relaxing puzzles, there’s always something new to play. Download your favorites and build a personal collection that goes offline wherever you do. Controls That Feel Right: Gaming on a touch screen can be a struggle. Pocket8 features high-precision controls that feel as good as a real handheld. Choose between a classic D-pad or virtual joystick, or swap the face buttons positioning to match your playstyle. Wanna go touch-less? Connect a controller and play with a bluetooth gamepad or keyboard. Play Without Interruption: Instant save system lets you freeze time and jump back in to the exact pixel where you left off. Manage an infinite amount of save states per cartridge. Features: Browse & Play: Explore the Lexaloffle BBS to find and download new games instantly. Pro-Style Controls: Fluid movement and adaptive controls. Gamepad and Keyboard support included. Portrait & Landscape: Play comfortably in any orientation. Save Anywhere: Never lose your progress with instant state saves. Pure Performance: Locked 60FPS gameplay for the ultimate retro experience.

About

Numeralea

Features
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All is number; within numbers lie games, within games lies the Way. In Numeralea you face the Entropy — a chaos of numbers closing in. Roll your dice, choose a set that sums to the target, and dissolve it before it reaches you. Land prime numbers, perfect squares, Fibonacci runs, Pythagorean triples, perfect numbers and more — fifteen mathematical relations in all — to unleash powerful resonances. A roguelike where every run is a new equation. Build your dice and modifiers, and travel with legendary mathematicians — Plato, Ramanujan, Euclid, Pythagoras, Lagrange, Goldbach, Fermat — each with a unique power. Choose your Calculus stone, push from Basic to Advanced, brave self‑set Challenge mutators, or descend the endless ∞. Drawn in the style of a da Vinci codex: sepia ink on parchment, astrolabe geometry, and adaptive music.

Screenshots

Pocket84 screens
Numeralea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pocket8 at Free against Numeralea's $1.99. Pocket8 also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On 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

Pocket8 is free to download; Numeralea costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket8 ships an update daily, Numeralea weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pocket8 versus Numeralea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket8Numeralea
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB113 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJevon Lipsey静 林

In-app purchases

None

Pocket8

No in-app purchases

None

Numeralea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket8 free?
Pocket8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Numeralea free?
Numeralea costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket8 or Numeralea have ads?
Neither Pocket8 nor Numeralea shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket8 or Numeralea?
Pocket8 ships an update daily, and Numeralea weekly. Most recently, Pocket8 was updated on October 31, 2026 and Numeralea on October 31, 2026.

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