Comparison

Trikta vs Lockstep

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

Head to head
About

Trikta

A pattern recognition game where players find groups of three cards based on shared or distinct attributes. Offers multiple game modes, including daily challenges and timed sprints, with offline play and score syncing. Sharpen your mind with this engaging puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Pattern recognition gameplay
  • Four distinct game modes
  • Daily puzzles with streaks
  • Offline play and score syncing
  • Global leaderboards
  • Interactive tutorial
  • 6 visual themes
Features
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Trikta is a pattern recognition game inspired by the classic card game Set. Study the cards, find triads and sharpen your mind. It works offline: scores sync when you reconnect. A triad is three cards where each attribute (shape, color, fill and count) is either all the same or all different. Easy to learn, hard to master. THREE MODES INCLUDED Daily: a 9-card puzzle every day, the same for everyone. Keep your streak and climb the daily leaderboard. Sprint: 60 seconds on the clock. How many triads can you find? Each mistake costs 5 seconds. Classic: play through the full 81-card deck. No rush, but the clock is ticking. THE ARCHIVE Every day of the current year is waiting in the calendar. Missed one? Play it whenever you like, even offline. TRIKTA+ (one-time purchase, no subscription) · Daily+: a harder 12-card daily with its own calendar and leaderboard · Historic Tournaments: 48 dates a year, each tied to a moment in history. Playable only on the day, and only your first game counts · Five more themes: Botanica, Cosmos, Bauhaus, Neon and Ceramica, each with its own shapes and palette · The whole archive: travel to any date since 1700. Have you played the day you were born? ALSO · Global leaderboards with each day's podium · Interactive tutorial: learn by playing · Streaks, points breakdown, achievements and stats · Hints, with a penalty, for when you're stuck · Light and dark mode · VoiceOver: every card is described by shape, color, fill and count, and the calendar, the stats and every button speak too · In English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Hungarian · No ads

About

Lockstep

Features
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Lockstep: Bead Puzzle is a calm game about moving everything at once. Swipe, and every bead on the board takes one step in that direction. A bead stops when a wall, the edge or another bead is in the way, and that's how you pull them apart. Get each bead onto its matching ring. • Hand-made cards from Beginner to Expert, each checked by a solver. Par is the fewest swipes possible; match it for three stars. • A Daily card, the same for everyone, with a streak to keep. Send it to a friend: they can play it straight from the link, even without the app. • Endless run: puzzles get harder, and swipes over par spend your spares. • Shuffle: a fresh puzzle at any difficulty, whenever you want one. • Arrows, holes, and a secret deck for those who clear every Expert card. • Hints that point the way without giving it away. • Plays on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch, with progress synced through iCloud. • Game Center leaderboards and achievements. Free to play: the Daily card, the Beginner and Intermediate cards, and Beginner Shuffle. Lockstep Complete, a one-time purchase, unlocks Advanced and Expert cards, the secret deck, Endless and every Shuffle level, on all your devices and for your family. Try today's card free in your browser at lockstepgame.com. No ads. No tracking. No subscription.

Screenshots

Trikta4 screens
Lockstep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lockstep at daily against Trikta's fortnightly. Lockstep also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Trikta sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lockstep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trikta ships an update fortnightly, Lockstep daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Trikta versus Lockstep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTriktaLockstep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlvaro MartinRetra LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Trikta

One-time1
  • Themes, Daily+, and future content$1.99
1 purchases

Lockstep

One-time1
  • Lockstep Complete$4.99

Questions

Is Trikta free?
Trikta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lockstep free?
Lockstep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trikta or Lockstep have ads?
Neither Trikta nor Lockstep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trikta or Lockstep?
Trikta ships an update fortnightly, and Lockstep daily. Most recently, Trikta was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lockstep on October 22, 2026.

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