ArcadeFlow vs Sortlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArcadeFlow
Connect matching colored dots to fill the entire board without paths crossing. Enjoy a calm, distraction-free puzzle experience with handcrafted levels. Unlock more challenging tiers with a single purchase.
- Handcrafted puzzles
- Mindful, pressure-free gameplay
- Distraction-free experience
- Privacy-first design
- 60 levels across five difficulty tiers
- Single one-time purchase to unlock full game
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ColorFlow just got a massive upgrade: over 2x the Classic levels + 5 new logic games, 1000 levels in total. Play offline, compete vs other players, completely ad-free. COLORFLOW IS NOW ARCADEFLOW Nothing is lost: your ColorFlow progress and purchases are waiting in ColorFlow Classic, exactly where you left them. Everything around them is new. SIX GAMES, 1000 LEVELS - ColorFlow Classic: 155 levels, up from 60, from Easy to Grandmaster. - ColorFlow: Worlds: connect matching dots and fill every cell, across 240 levels in eight themed worlds. - GemFlow: sort the gems until every tube holds a single color, across 90 levels. - Sudoku: place 1–9 in every row, column and box, across 265 graded puzzles. - PixelFlow: solve number clues to reveal a picture, across 150 puzzles. - Mnemora: flip cards and find every matching pair, across 100 levels of beautifully illustrated decks. PLAY OFFLINE No connection needed. Play on a plane, on the subway, or anywhere else, and pick up right where you left off. COMPLETELY AD-FREE No ads, ever. No lives, no energy meters, no pressure. Just you and the puzzle. A FREE PUZZLE EVERY DAY Every game has its own daily puzzle and its own streak. Play one, or all six. GAME CENTER Every game has its own Game Center leaderboards and achievements, so you can track your best scores and compete with other ArcadeFlow players. BEAUTIFUL ON iPAD Every game is designed for iPad, in portrait or landscape. WHAT WE BELIEVE - No ads, ever. - No data monetization. No accounts, no third-party SDKs, and your data is never sold. Your progress stays on your device. - From a studio of puzzle aficionados who believe games should be worth your time. FREE TO TRY Every game is free to try. Unlock all six games forever with the one-time Full Unlock, or choose the optional ArcadeFlow Pass. Fully localized in 12 languages, from English and Spanish to Japanese, Hindi, and Arabic. Questions or feedback? Visit jcy.studio. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ArcadeFlow Pass (optional auto-renewable subscription): available monthly or annually — the exact price for your region is shown at purchase. Unlocks all six ArcadeFlow games while active. Renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel any time in your Account settings. Restore Purchases is available on the store screen. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jcy.studio/privacy
Sortlock
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Sortlock is a colour-sort puzzle with a brain. Pour balls between flasks until each flask holds a single colour — the satisfying sort you already love. The twist: some balls are hidden under a "?", and you have to DEDUCE their colour before you move. No guessing, no luck — just clean logic. Every board is built by a solver that guarantees exactly one logical solution, so a hidden ball can always be worked out from the clues: colour counts, flask rules and the balls you've already revealed. Think Sort × Minesweeper × Mastermind, in one calm puzzle. HOW TO PLAY • Tap a flask, then another, to pour the top ball across. • Make every flask a single colour to solve the board. • Some balls are hidden ("?") — read the clues and deduce their colour. • Every level is guaranteed solvable by logic alone. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • A real deduction layer — not another mindless tap-sorter. • Adaptive difficulty keeps you in the zone: the engine learns your pace and tunes colours, hidden balls and empty flasks to you. • Endless, always-solvable content — boards are generated on the fly, never a dead end. • Colour-blind friendly: every colour also shows a letter (R/B/G/Y…); hidden is "?". A BOARD FOR THE WHOLE WORLD • One shared Daily Board every day — the exact same puzzle for everyone. • Climb the daily ranking: fewest moves, then fastest time. • No spoilers — share a clean result card and a unique link to your run. ECHO DUELS — DEDUCTION, HEAD TO HEAD • Race a rival's "echo": an asynchronous replay of how someone else cracked today's board. • Get matched to your skill, or challenge a friend with a 6-character code. • Win on fewer moves and tighter reasoning — no real-time servers needed. CALM BY DESIGN • No timers on normal play, no pressure, no dark patterns. • Plays fully offline — the daily board and duels are the only online extras. • Free to play: no ads and no in-app purchases in this version. Sortlock is made for quiet, thoughtful moments: a coffee break, a commute, or winding down before bed. Sort blind, think it through, and find your flow. Privacy Policy: https://sortlock.shurco.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://sortlock.shurco.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ArcadeFlow at none against Sortlock's shown. Sortlock's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. ArcadeFlow sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Sortlock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ArcadeFlow ships an update weekly, Sortlock every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArcadeFlow | Sortlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | JCY Advisors | Dmitry Shurco |
In-app purchases
ArcadeFlow
- Puzzle Master Pass — Weekly$1.997 Days
- Puzzle Master Pass — Monthly$4.991 Month
- ArcadeFlow Pass$7.991 Month
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- ArcadeFlow Pass$49.991 Year
- Puzzle Master Pass — Yearly$49.991 Year
- Unlock All Levels$1.99
- Puzzle Master$12.99
- Unlock All Six Games$14.99
Sortlock
- Pack Small$0.99
- Pack Medium$2.99
- Pack Large$4.99









