Comparison

SortFlow vs Sumward

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

Head to head
About

SortFlow

Features
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SortFlow is a relaxing water-sort puzzle. Pour colored liquids between tubes until each tube holds a single color. • Four ways to play: Standard, Classic (the traditional rules), Time Attack and Zen • Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles across eight difficulty tiers, up to Legendary • A new Daily Challenge every day, with streaks and trophy celebrations • Weekly Leagues: earn XP in any mode, climb from Bronze to Diamond, and claim coins every Monday • Leaderboards in the app for every mode and difficulty, Global or Friends, plus Game Center achievements • Daily and weekly quests with coins to claim • Challenge a friend: share a puzzle and see who scores higher on the same board • Level up, earn coins, and unlock themes, tube skins, sound packs and win celebrations • Leave any puzzle and resume right where you left off — all modes save automatically • Build combo streaks with a burning combo counter and sound effects • Play offline, anytime No pressure, no clutter — just satisfying, colorful logic.

About

Sumward

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MAKE A HAND. BUILD AN ENGINE. BREAK THE MATH. Step into the Night Parade: a number-card roguelite where simple hands become outrageous scoring machines. Draw 8 cards, play up to 5, and turn familiar sets and runs - plus Sum to Ten, Spectrum, and Pure Run - into chips x mult. Then draft relics, tune your deck, and survive eight escalating rounds. EASY TO READ. DEEP TO MASTER. • See your score before you commit a hand • Keep the complete hand table one tap away • Read every suit by color, symbol, and name • Spot overlapping hands and score the strongest pattern BUILD SOMETHING BROKEN • Discover 22 relics across common, uncommon, and rare tiers • Combine relic effects into powerful scoring engines • Add, enhance, or remove cards in The Exchange • Upgrade cards with foil, holo, and gild enhancements • Bank coins between rounds to earn interest - or spend them chasing the perfect build THE RULES CHANGE AS YOU CLIMB Every run climbs through eight named rounds. From the third, each round bends a rule: fewer swaps, a smaller hand, halved coins, or junk hands worth nothing. Beat The Auditor at Round 8 to win. Your run saves after every action, so you can leave and continue exactly where you stopped. ONE SHARED DAILY Everyone gets the same seeded run each day: the same deal, the same rule changes, and the same Exchange. You get one ranked attempt, then you can compare your result on the global leaderboard. The Daily is free for everyone. THE MARATHON (PRO) Pro adds a separate board on the same daily deck. Carry it past Round 8 in Infinite Mode as often as you like: every run counts and your best run ranks. The Daily itself stays one ranked attempt for everyone. KEEP MAKING PROGRESS • Complete 13 milestones • Discover every hand and relic • Track personal records and your strongest builds • Change the full table with unlockable themes • Share polished result cards with friends FREE TO PLAY Play the ranked Daily every day, start five introductory casual runs, then receive three casual starts each day. Free players get the complete eight-round game and the full core relic pool. There are no ads. GO PRO Unlock unlimited casual runs, continue winning builds into Infinite Mode, expand from five to eight relic slots after Round 8, play today's deck on the Marathon Pro board, where unlimited attempts count and your best run past Round 8 ranks, keep the Ledger of lifetime records and your last 30 runs, and equip every premium table theme. Choose the one-time Full Game Unlock or the StackForge Play Pass. No subscription is required to own the full game. Made by StackForge Studios. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SortFlow4 screens
Sumward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SortFlow at every 5 days against Sumward's every 3 weeks. Sumward's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. SortFlow sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Sumward sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SortFlow ships an update every 5 days, Sumward every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
SortFlow versus Sumward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSortFlowSumward
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIsaac CocarStackForge Studios

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SortFlow

One-time3
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • 1,800 Coins$2.99
  • 4,000 Coins$4.99
3 purchases

Sumward

Subscriptions2
  • StackForge Play Pass Monthly$2.991 Month
  • StackForge Play Pass Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sumward Full Game Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is SortFlow free?
SortFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sumward free?
Sumward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SortFlow or Sumward have ads?
Neither SortFlow nor Sumward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SortFlow or Sumward?
SortFlow ships an update every 5 days, and Sumward every 3 weeks. Most recently, SortFlow was updated on October 28, 2026 and Sumward on October 29, 2026.

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