Comparison

Beat the Odds vs GOA

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

Head to head
About

Beat the Odds

Features
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Beat the Odds: Luck Run is a minimalist high-stakes puzzle game about reading risk, trusting your instinct, and pushing your run as far as possible. Each level hides one correct tile. Find it and move on. Miss, and you burn attempts, lose score potential, and feel the pressure rise. The board grows from 3x3 to 10x10, so the odds get tougher every round. Features: - Fast one-handed runs - Clear odds, visible scoring, and fair rules - Medal Chase progression with rank tiers to beat - Local stats, best-rank tracking, and run performance summaries - A short first-run tutorial and quick retry flow - Optional one-time premium unlock for comfort only Premium removes ads and speeds up the experience, but it never changes odds, attempts, score generation, or gameplay outcomes. Can you beat the odds and climb to the highest rank?

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GOA

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Margin is a pursuit puzzle you win with your head, not your thumbs. Every level is a small board. You move one square at a time. So do the hunters โ€” and they always take the step that brings them closest to you. That is the whole rule, and it is also the whole trick: because you know exactly what they will do, you can decide where they end up. An arrow above each hunter shows the step it is about to take. Read the arrows, and a level stops being a chase and becomes a plan: pull the pack one way, slip through the gap they leave, walk out through the exit. โ€ข Three tiers: Easy, Medium and Hard. Each one puts more hunters on the board and less room between them. โ€ข Daily Board: one board for everyone, every day, separately for Medium and Hard. Solve it to earn 200 points on Medium or 400 on Hard, and claim your spot in the daily ranking. โ€ข Challenge a friend: send a board you've won as a link. They play the exact same one, then can watch your game step by step. โ€ข 48 titles to earn, plus weekly and all-time leaderboards on Game Center. โ€ข Every level is generated and then solved by the game before you ever see it. If it is offered to you, it can be beaten. โ€ข Every board shows its minimum move count. Each extra move costs a point (up to 5), so the shortest escape earns the most. โ€ข A hint when you are stuck, and a fresh board whenever you want one. โ€ข No timers, no lives, no energy to wait for. Think as long as you like. โ€ข Plays in portrait, one thumb, anywhere. There is no margin for error. There is exactly one square of it.

Screenshots

Beat the Odds4 screens
GOA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Beat the Odds at 13.0 against GOA's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Beat the Odds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GOA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Beat the Odds versus GOA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeat the OddsGOA
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyDaily
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size39 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNico WurthenbergerALI BUGATEKIN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Beat the Odds

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$2.99
1 purchases

GOA

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Beat the Odds free?
Beat the Odds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GOA free?
GOA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beat the Odds or GOA have ads?
Both Beat the Odds and GOA show ads.
Which is updated more often, Beat the Odds or GOA?
Beat the Odds ships an update daily, and GOA daily. Most recently, Beat the Odds was updated on October 18, 2026 and GOA on October 3, 2026.

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