JoyCove vs Sort & Settle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
JoyCove
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Welcome to JoyCove, a casual collection of sixteen mini-games you can pick up anytime. Brain Games Vine Untangle Drag the flower buds apart until no two vines cross. No timer, no pressure. Color Pour Tap one tube, then another, to pour ā sort every colour into a tube of its own. Marble Frog Aim the frog and shoot marbles, matching three or more of a color before the chain reaches the hole. Number Merge Swipe to slide and merge matching tiles, doubling up toward the top tile. Bubble Buddies Aim and shoot to pop three or more bubbles of the same color. Watermelon Merge Drop fruit and merge matching pairs to grow a giant watermelon. Draw Path Draw a route, dodge the chaser, and reach the goal in a quick puzzle. Emoji Match Tap tiles and match three of a kind to clear the board. Action Games Jungle Swing Tap to let go of one vine and fly to the next, all the way to the goal flag. Maze Dash Swipe through the maze, collect every star, and keep clear of the critters. Lane Dash Swipe left and right to weave between three lanes, dodging blocks and sweeping up stars. Brick Blast Bounce the ball to smash every brick and clear each level. Tower Stack Stack blocks with good timing and build the tallest tower you can. Flap & Coin Tap to fly, collect coins, and weave through obstacles in a light reflex challenge. Jump Jump Charge up, release to leap, and land on each platform. Fish Feast Swim, eat smaller fish to grow, and steer clear of the big ones. Key Features - Sixteen mini-games with distinct play styles - Three difficulty levels per game - 74 visual themes to collect - Best score and play history tracking - English, Japanese, and Chinese (Simplified & Traditional) support - Built for quick sessions and offline-first play Note: some features, update checks, and ad delivery require an internet connection.
Sort & Settle
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Sort & Settle is a sorting puzzle with nothing hurrying you. Tap a tube to lift a block. Tap another to pour it. Fill each tube with one colour and the level is done. You can learn it in about eight seconds, and there is no way to lose it. BUILT FOR BRAINS THAT NEED SOMETHING TO DO This was designed with ADHD, ADD and autistic players in mind. That shaped real decisions, not just the description: ⢠No timers. Anywhere. Not on levels, not on menus. ⢠No streaks, no lives, no daily targets. Nothing expires while you're away. Put it down for a month and nothing is lost. ⢠Unlimited undo and unlimited hints, always, free. Nothing is counted and nothing runs out. ⢠No ads. Not now, not later. ⢠No notifications unless you turn them on. ⢠Your music, podcast or noise app keeps playing. Sort & Settle mixes with it and never interrupts. IT WILL TELL YOU IF A BOARD CAN'T BE WON Sorting puzzles let you paint yourself into a corner ā a position that's legal, still has moves, and cannot be finished. Most games leave you working at one until you give up and assume you're bad at it. This one checks after every move, and if the board really can't be won it says so and offers to step you back to where it still could be. You will never spend twenty minutes on something that was already lost. MADE TO BE SEEN ⢠Three themes ā Calm, Contrast and Playful ā switchable instantly, all free. ⢠Every colour was tested against simulated protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia, and adjusted until the hardest pair was comfortably distinguishable. ⢠When a board has more colours than a theme can keep clearly apart, distinct shapes appear on the blocks automatically. You don't have to know that setting exists. ⢠Full VoiceOver support, and the game names blocks by shape rather than colour, so the labels make sense whether or not you've seen the colours. ⢠Larger Text, Bold Text, Reduce Motion and Differentiate Without Colour all respected. ⢠Every action is a single tap on a large target. Nothing needs a drag. MORE ROOM WHEN YOU WANT IT Turn on Extra Spare Tube and every board in the game gets more forgiving. It isn't called easy mode, because it isn't one ā it's just more room to think. WORKS ANYWHERE No account. No sign-up. No internet needed, ever. The app has no networking code in it at all. If you're signed into iCloud your place follows you between iPhone and iPad; if you're not, everything still works and stays on your device. FREE, THEN ONE PAYMENT Levels 1ā25 are free. One purchase unlocks every level after that, forever, on all your devices. It's a single payment, not a subscription, and it buys levels ā never hints, never themes, never accessibility settings. Hundreds of hand-paced levels before the board stops growing, then it keeps going.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JoyCove at none against Sort & Settle's 1. JoyCove also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Sort & Settle's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Sort & Settle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JoyCove asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | JoyCove | Sort & Settle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | ā |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHUN WANG | Daniel Maldonado |
In-app purchases
JoyCove
No in-app purchases
Sort & Settle
- Full Version$3.99









