Card Sort vs Category Mania
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Sort
A relaxing puzzle game where you organize cards by color, type, or theme. It offers a "Zen" break with IQ-boosting challenges and stress-relieving visuals. Enjoy the full game for free, playable offline.
- Card categorization puzzles
- IQ-boosting challenges
- Stress relief gameplay
- Offline play supported
- Minimalist visuals
- Free to play
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Experience the pure satisfaction of bringing order to chaos. Card Sort is a beautifully designed puzzle game that challenges you to categorize, match, and organize cards by color, type, or theme. It’s the perfect "Zen" break for your busy day. Why you’ll love Card Sort: Pure Satisfaction: Feel that "click" of joy as you perfectly organize every deck. IQ-Boosting Puzzles: Challenge your spatial reasoning and organizational skills. 100% Free: No hidden costs, no pay-to-win. Enjoy the full game for free. Play Anywhere: No Wi-Fi? No problem! Play offline during your commute, on a flight, or in the park. Stress Relief: Calm, minimalist visuals and smooth animations designed to help you unwind. How to Play: Tap to move cards into the matching category. Follow the prompt to sort by theme, type, or color. Relax and enjoy the flow as the puzzles get more rewarding! Find your focus and start sorting today. Download Card Sort for FREE!
Category Mania
Engage your mind with a challenging card sorting puzzle game. Unstack layered cards to reveal hidden ones and sort them into their correct categories. Hundreds of levels offer a relaxing yet brain-training experience.
- Layered card stacking mechanics
- Hundreds of puzzle levels
- Brain-training logic gameplay
- Smooth casual gameplay
- Play at your own pace
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Category Mania: Card Sort Challenge your brain with Category Mania, a relaxing yet tricky card sorting puzzle game. Each level gives you stacks of layered cards. Cards are piled on top of one another — you can only reach the lower cards after moving the top ones away. Your task is to sort every card into its matching group: fruits, mammals, accessories, occupations and many more fun categories await. When all cards of one category are correctly sorted, that group clears away and reveals new sets to solve. Complete every category in the level, and you win! ### Game features *Layered card stacking mechanics: move top cards to uncover hidden cards underneath* * Hundreds of puzzle levels with varied themes and categories* * Brain‑training logic gameplay, easy to learn but challenging to master* * Smooth casual gameplay, perfect for short game sessions* * No rush, play at your own pace* Sharpen your categorization and logical thinking. Unstack, sort, and clear every group to beat all puzzles!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Category Mania at 4.8 against Card Sort's 3.8. Category Mania also leads on ratings volume (118 vs 4). Card Sort's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Card Sort sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Category Mania sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Category Mania holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Category Mania has 118 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Card Sort ships an update weekly, Category Mania fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Sort | Category Mania |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (118 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 296 MB | 673 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SolarPlay Games | PLAYNEXX |
Customer experience
Card Sort
Category Mania
In-app purchases
Card Sort
- Super Card Pack A$2.99
- Card Pack B$7.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
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- Card Pack C$14.99
- Card Pack D$29.99
- Card Pack E$54.99
- Card Pack F$99.99
Category Mania
- 1000 Coins$1.99
- Starter Bundle$2.99
- Revive Bundle$4.99
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- 5000 Coins$7.99
- No Ads$9.99
- Small Bundle$9.99
- No Ads Bundle$12.99
- 10000 Coins$14.99
- Medium Bundle$19.99
- Large Bundle$29.99
- 25000 Coins$29.99
- Mega Bundle$49.99
- 60000 Coins$59.99
- 120000 Coins$99.99







