Comparison

ouch. thegame vs Nook Sort

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

Head to head
About

ouch. thegame

Features
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OUCH. is stupidly simple. Impossibly hard. Dangerously addictive. You're a glowing ball between two walls of spikes. Tap to dash to the other side. That's the whole game. You'll die in 2 seconds. Then you'll tap retry. And again. And again. No tutorials, no loading screens โ€” you're playing in one second. Instant death, instant retry. Starts easy, then the spikes come faster, from both sides, with smaller gaps. Good luck. NEW IN V2: Choose your nickname. Survive spike waves to level up โ€” each level faster than the last. Collect golden coins along the way. Every 5 coins earn you an extra life. You'll need it. The game roasts you when you die. Score 0? "did you even try?" Score 50? "you're not human" Screenshot your score. Share it. Prove it. Beat your friends. Beat your record. Beat the game. (Spoiler: you can't.) OUCH. โ€” you've been warned.

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Nook Sort

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Book Nook is a cozy shelf-sorting puzzle. Drag the books on the right onto a matching shelf. Fill a shelf with one color and it locks. Clear every shelf to keep the shop. Forty campaign shelves get harder as you go. Today's nook is a fresh puzzle each day โ€” play to keep the streak. Coins buy hints, a shop cat, lamps, and nook skins. The first treat takes about three shelves. Stuck? Undo, take a hint, or open one extra empty shelf. Watch a short ad, or buy No Ads and skip the wait. The Starter Pack is coins, hints, and the After Hours nook. No accounts. Progress stays on this iPhone or iPad. Apple handles every purchase.

Screenshots

ouch. thegame4 screens
Nook Sort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ouch. thegame at none against Nook Sort's 2. ouch. thegame also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Nook Sort's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Nook Sort sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ouch. thegame asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ouch. thegame ships an update every 2 weeks, Nook Sort weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
ouch. thegame versus Nook Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterouch. thegameNook Sort
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeiko LimbachVITALII HUK

In-app purchases

None

ouch. thegame

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Nook Sort

One-time2
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • No Ads$4.99

Questions

Is ouch. thegame free?
ouch. thegame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nook Sort free?
Nook Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ouch. thegame or Nook Sort have ads?
Nook Sort shows ads; ouch. thegame does not.
Which is updated more often, ouch. thegame or Nook Sort?
ouch. thegame ships an update every 2 weeks, and Nook Sort weekly. Most recently, ouch. thegame was updated on November 9, 2026 and Nook Sort on October 31, 2026.

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