Comparison

Binar.io vs RobozzleReboot

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

Head to head
About

Binar.io

Features
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Binar.io is an assembly language puzzle game. You are given a machine, a specification, and a blank page. The BN-8 is an 8-bit processor with two registers, a loop counter, two flags, and twenty-seven instructions. It has no multiplier, no divider, and no compare instruction. Everything it can do, you build out of what it has. HOW IT WORKS Each level states a function, not a number. "Return the input with its two nibbles exchanged." "Return 1 when an odd number of the input's bits are set." A byte arrives in register A; whatever is in A when your listing ends is your answer. Your program is checked against cases you can see and cases you cannot. So there is nothing to write down and nothing to look up. The program has to be right for inputs you were never shown. THREE KINDS OF PUZZLE BUILD gives you a blank page and a contract. REPAIR gives you a listing that is already wrong, and a fault report. The first level in the game is one of these, and the program it hands you passes its first test case on purpose. IDENTIFY gives you nothing but the cases. Working out what the part is supposed to do is the puzzle. THREE SCORES, NOT ONE Every solution is measured on instructions, cycles, and silicon cost. On the levels that matter these do not agree: the smallest program and the cheapest program are different programs, and you cannot have both. A working program is always worth a star. Optimising is the reason to come back to a level, never the price of leaving it. WHAT IS IN IT 48 specifications across four worlds, from a single shift to bit reversal, packed field extraction, the doubling ladder, and a fourth world of memory, stacks and subroutines. A warm-up mode with 72 generated levels, each with a proven shortest solution. A one-page instruction reference you can open at any time. Dry and technical on purpose. No story, no energy timers, no ads, no subscription. World 1 is free, with all twelve specifications. The existing Full Campaign Unlock is an optional one-time purchase for the rest of the campaign. The App Store shows the price. For anyone who likes TIS-100, Shenzhen I/O, or finding out that the thing they built by hand was a single opcode all along.

About

RobozzleReboot

Guide a robot through grid-based puzzles by dragging and dropping programming instructions. Collect all stars and reach the goal. Features a campaign, community-created levels, and a puzzle editor.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop programming interface
  • Campaign mode with curated puzzles
  • Community puzzle catalog
  • Built-in puzzle editor
  • Global leaderboard integration
  • Step-by-step program execution
Features
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Robozzle Reboot brings back the classic robot-programming puzzle game to iOS — write tiny programs to guide a robot around a grid, collect every star, and reach the end. No syntax to memorize: every puzzle is solved by dragging instructions into place. HOW IT WORKS Program your robot with a small set of building blocks: move forward, turn left, turn right, paint a tile, and call one of five subroutines (F1–F5). Any instruction can be conditioned on the color of the tile the robot is standing on, so a handful of slots can express surprisingly deep logic. Run your program step-by-step or at full speed, and iterate until every star is collected. CAMPAIGN + COMMUNITY PUZZLES Work through a curated Campaign of puzzles from Robozzle's original creators, sorted by difficulty from your first steps to genuine head-scratchers. Or dive into Community Puzzles — the full catalog, searchable and sortable, with ratings from other players. BUILD YOUR OWN Design and publish your own puzzles with the built-in puzzle editor. Lay out the grid, place stars and colored tiles, test your solution, then share it with the community. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Sign in with Apple to claim a pseudonym, appear on the global Leaderboard, and rate the puzzles you play. Earn points for every puzzle you solve, and pick up right where you left off — your progress is saved automatically. NEW TO ROBOZZLE? Start with the in-app Tutorials, a short series of levels that introduce each instruction one at a time. Robozzle is an original game by Igor Ostrovsky and other contributors (robozzle.com). Robozzle Reboot is a fresh implementation, built with the original author's agreement.

Screenshots

Binar.io4 screens
RobozzleReboot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RobozzleReboot at none against Binar.io's 1. RobozzleReboot also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Binar.io's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads 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. Binar.io sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RobozzleReboot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Binar.io ships an update every 2 weeks, RobozzleReboot every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Binar.io versus RobozzleReboot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBinar.ioRobozzleReboot
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGustavo cesar Sola Barreto MarcelinoNicolas Widynski

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Binar.io

One-time1
  • Full Campaign Unlock$4.99
None

RobozzleReboot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Binar.io free?
Binar.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RobozzleReboot free?
RobozzleReboot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Binar.io or RobozzleReboot have ads?
Neither Binar.io nor RobozzleReboot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Binar.io or RobozzleReboot?
Binar.io ships an update every 2 weeks, and RobozzleReboot every 4 weeks. Most recently, Binar.io was updated on October 31, 2026 and RobozzleReboot on October 31, 2026.

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