Comparison

Ellen vs Prizmic

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

Head to head
About

Ellen

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The classic peg solitaire board game, beautifully crafted in wood. Jump one peg over another to remove it from the board. Keep going until only one peg remains โ€” or as few as possible. Simple to learn, surprisingly hard to master. SEVEN BOARD SHAPES - English (classic cross, 33 holes) - European (rounded cross, 37 holes) - Triangle (the classic triangle peg game, 15 holes) - Diamond (41 holes for an extra challenge) - Plus (bold cross, 45 holes) - Circle (round board, 49 holes) - Arrow (chevron shape, 29 holes) DAILY CHALLENGE A new puzzle every day with a unique starting layout. Build your streak and see how you compare over time. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Charts and personal bests show your improvement across games. Watch your pegs-remaining average drop as you sharpen your strategy. FEATURES - Beautiful wood-themed design with smooth animations - Undo moves to try different strategies - Hints when you get stuck (3 per game) - Haptic feedback and satisfying sound effects - Works completely offline โ€” no internet needed - No ads, no in-app purchases Also known as marble solitaire, brainvita, senku, hi-q, and the peg jump game. Whether you call it a peg board puzzle or a marble game, Ellen Solitaire brings the timeless single-player classic to your iPhone.

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Prizmic

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Prizmic is a quiet puzzle game about light. A single beam leaves the emitter and travels in a straight line until something changes its mind. Your job is to place that something. Mirrors turn the beam, prisms split it and shift its colour, splitters copy it, filters let one colour through and stop the rest, and crystals move a beam one step along the spectrum. Arrange them so every gem on the board is lit at the same time, and in the right colour where a gem asks for one. There is no timer, no lives, no energy meter and no way to lose. A puzzle waits as long as you do. 120 handmade and machine-verified levels Ten chapters, each opening with a new piece and a level that teaches it by letting you find it rather than by explaining it. Every level has been proved solvable at its par by an exhaustive solver, and proved unsolvable one piece below it, so the target on screen is a real target and never a guess. Three stars for a tidy solution Stars are awarded against the level's par piece count. Solving a board is one thing; solving it without a spare piece is another, and that is the game the later chapters are really about. A hint when you want one The hint button points at one next step, not at the answer. It works from the board as you have left it, so it stays useful after you have already committed to half a plan. Plays entirely offline No account, no sign-in, no ads, no in-app purchases, no analytics and no network requests of any kind. The only permission the app asks for is vibration, for the short buzz when a level is solved. Built to be turned down Sound, music, vibration and animation are four separate switches, because wanting a quiet game is not the same as wanting a still one. Everything is readable with all four off. Thirteen languages English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish. Prizmic is portrait, one-handed, and made to be picked up for two minutes or forty.

Screenshots

Ellen4 screens
Prizmic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Prizmic at 14.0 against Ellen's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Ellen versus Prizmic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEllenPrizmic
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.014.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert JensenILKER IBRAHIM CELIKBAS

In-app purchases

None

Ellen

No in-app purchases

None

Prizmic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ellen free?
Ellen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prizmic free?
Prizmic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ellen or Prizmic have ads?
Neither Ellen nor Prizmic shows ads.

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