Comparison

GEAR vs 花格 Bloomgrid

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

Head to head
About

GEAR

Features
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A simple and refreshing gear puzzle game! Match three gears of the same color to clear the puzzle! Also, match falling gears to create combos!

About

花格 Bloomgrid

A relaxing hex flower puzzle game designed for short play sessions. Progress through themed gardens, collect flower facts, and enjoy daily challenges. Offers optional purchases for enhanced gameplay and customization.

Highlights
  • Hexagonal garden puzzle gameplay
  • 10 Japanese garden regions with 240 levels
  • Collect flower cards with facts and meanings
  • Daily Puzzle challenges
  • Replay assistance with last moves shown
  • Optional energy refills and cosmetic purchases
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Bloomgrid is a hex flower puzzle made for your commute. A level takes about 3 minutes, plays with one hand, and stops whenever your train does — next time you pick up right where you left off. HOW TO PLAY • Place seedlings in a hexagonal garden • Five touching flowers of one colour bloom • Fill a whole line from edge to edge to harvest it • After a clear, the outer flowers slide toward the centre and set off chains FEATURES • A journey through Japan's gardens: 10 regions from Hokkaido to Okinawa, 240 levels. Every region has six local flowers, and each level you clear adds a flower card to your book — flower facts, flower meanings, where to see them, and their place in Japanese culture. Weeds spread, stone tiles need breaking, and every chapter ends with a boss • Daily Puzzle: one board a day. All 3 seedlings are face up and you get just 3 moves — can you match the best solution? Send a challenge code and friends can play the same board in their browser, no download needed • Last time's you: when you replay a puzzle, faint dotted lines show where you put each move last time • When you lose, you see how close you came; fail the same level three times and a helping hand steps in • No forced interstitial ads, and levels are always free PURCHASES • Energy refills 1 point every 20 minutes; you can buy an instant refill or 1 hour of unlimited energy • Bloom PASS (monthly): get ad rewards without watching the ad, no home banner, 1 free tool every day • Bloom Pro (monthly / 3 months / yearly): energy cap 10 with twice-as-fast refills, a free refill and a free Last Chance every day, and an archive of every Daily Puzzle since you started • Archive+ (Bloom Pro add-on, one-time purchase): play the Daily Puzzles from before you started, all the way back to launch day; needs an active Bloom Pro • Garden Atelier sets (one-time purchases): scenes, seedlings, frames and effects to mix and match — looks only, gameplay is unchanged • PASS and Pro are separate auto-renewing subscriptions — get one or both. They renew and are charged to your Apple Account within 24 hours before the period ends unless cancelled; cancel any time in iPhone Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions • No random loot boxes and no virtual currency Terms of Service: https://bloomgrid-83374.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://bloomgrid-83374.web.app/privacy

Screenshots

GEAR3 screens
花格 Bloomgrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GEAR at none against 花格 Bloomgrid's 10. GEAR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price 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

Both are free to download. 花格 Bloomgrid sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. GEAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GEAR ships an update daily, 花格 Bloomgrid every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
GEAR versus 花格 Bloomgrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGEAR花格 Bloomgrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTOGETOGE DESIGNChao Hsuan Cheng

In-app purchases

None

GEAR

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

花格 Bloomgrid

One-time10
  • 生死一瞬$0.99
  • 今日殘局解答$0.99
  • 破局工具組$0.99
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  • 無限工具 10 分鐘$0.99
  • 無限行動力 1 小時$1.99
  • Garden Atelier: Kumamoto$5.99
  • Garden Atelier: Fukuoka$5.99
  • Garden Atelier: Kyoto$5.99
  • Garden Atelier: Tokyo$5.99
  • Garden Atelier: Golden Night$5.99

Questions

Is GEAR free?
GEAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 花格 Bloomgrid free?
花格 Bloomgrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GEAR or 花格 Bloomgrid have ads?
花格 Bloomgrid shows ads; GEAR does not.
Which is updated more often, GEAR or 花格 Bloomgrid?
GEAR ships an update daily, and 花格 Bloomgrid every 4 days. Most recently, GEAR was updated on October 25, 2026 and 花格 Bloomgrid on October 31, 2026.

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