Comparison

Erwin 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

Erwin

Experience a unique 3D sliding puzzle on a cube's six faces. Merge tiles, rotate the cube, and discover quantum effects like superposition and entanglement. Play with friends in multiplayer mode.

Highlights
  • 3D cube sliding puzzle
  • Tile merging and scoring
  • Quantum effects (superposition, entanglement)
  • Cube rotation for multiple faces
  • Local multiplayer via Game Center
  • Universal app purchase
Features
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Erwin is a sliding puzzle played on the six faces of a cube, a unique 3D experience with spatial audio and holographic depth effects. Swipe to slide and merge tiles, or swipe the background to rotate the cube and work the other sides. Tiles have a value that doubles when they merge, and each merge adds to your score. Play long enough and quantum effects begin to appear: some tiles are in superposition, alternating between two values, some entangled and move together, and some even teleport. Play together with friends via Game Center Multiplayer: take turns on a shared cube, watch each other's moves in real time, and climb the cooperative leaderboard. Universal purchase with Family sharing: pay once, and play Erwin on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with up to six family members. Erwin respects your privacy and your wallet. This is an app I wanted for myself without compromise or dark patterns: pay once and it's yours, on all your devices, with no ads, no nagging in-app purchases, no tracking, no profiling.

About

Nook Sort

Features
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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

Erwin4 screens
Nook Sort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nook Sort at Free against Erwin's $4.99. Nook Sort also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Erwin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

Nook Sort is free to download; Erwin costs $4.99 up front. Nook Sort sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Erwin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Erwin ships an update every 8 days, Nook Sort weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Erwin versus Nook Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterErwinNook Sort
Price$4.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size43 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTamas BartalVITALII HUK

In-app purchases

None

Erwin

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Nook Sort

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

Questions

Is Erwin free?
Erwin costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nook Sort free?
Nook Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Erwin or Nook Sort have ads?
Nook Sort shows ads; Erwin does not.
Which is updated more often, Erwin or Nook Sort?
Erwin ships an update every 8 days, and Nook Sort weekly. Most recently, Erwin was updated on October 24, 2026 and Nook Sort on October 29, 2026.

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