Comparison

Color Sort Zen vs Sortlock

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

Head to head
About

Color Sort Zen

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Your brain deserves better than doom-scrolling. BallSort is the beautifully simple colour-sorting puzzle that keeps your mind gently engaged while your body completely relaxes. No timers. No pressure. No ads. No subscriptions. Just pure, satisfying puzzle play — anytime, anywhere, even offline. HOW TO PLAY • Tap a tube to pick up the top ball • Tap another tube to place it • Sort until each tube holds only one colour • That's it — simple to learn, delightful to master WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • 100+ handcrafted levels from easy to mind-bending • 100% offline — perfect for flights, road trips, and commutes • No ads, no in-app purchases — pay once, play forever • Calming, beautiful design that feels like a meditation • The magical Chameleon Ball — a wildcard that transforms to match any colour GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN Research shows that light puzzle play builds cognitive reserve, exercises working memory, and induces a restorative flow state — all while feeling like pure relaxation. BallSort lives in that sweet spot between rest and stimulation. ONE PRICE. NO TRICKS. $1.99. That's it. Less than a coffee, more zen than a spa day. No subscriptions. No hidden costs. Yours forever. Download BallSort and turn every quiet moment into something wonderful.

About

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 Ɨ Minesweeper Ɨ 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

Screenshots

Color Sort Zen4 screens
Sortlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sortlock at Free against Color Sort Zen's $0.99. Sortlock also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Color Sort Zen's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Sortlock is free to download; Color Sort Zen costs $0.99 up front. Color Sort Zen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sortlock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Color Sort Zen versus Sortlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor Sort ZenSortlock
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVINICIUS RIEGO SILVADmitry Shurco

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Sort Zen

One-time1
  • 10 Hint Credits$0.99
3 purchases

Sortlock

One-time3
  • Pack Small$0.99
  • Pack Medium$2.99
  • Pack Large$4.99

Questions

Is Color Sort Zen free?
Color Sort Zen costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sortlock free?
Sortlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Color Sort Zen or Sortlock have ads?
Sortlock shows ads; Color Sort Zen does not.

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