Trikta vs Lockstep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Pattern recognition gameplay
- Four distinct game modes
- Daily puzzles with streaks
- Offline play and score syncing
- Global leaderboards
- Interactive tutorial
- 6 visual themes
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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
Lockstep
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Trikta ships an update fortnightly, Lockstep daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trikta | Lockstep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Martin | Retra LLC |
In-app purchases
Trikta
- Themes, Daily+, and future content$1.99
Lockstep
- Lockstep Complete$4.99





