Comparison

Drift vs GLYPH

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

Head to head
About

Drift

Experience a precision platformer set in a surreal house filled with ticking clocks and shifting realities. Explore 17 unique rooms, master precise movement mechanics, and uncover a poignant story told through memories. Challenge yourself with daily dreams and unlockable difficulty modes.

Highlights
  • 17 hand-built rooms
  • Precision platforming mechanics
  • Story told through memories
  • Daily Dream challenges
  • Unlockable difficulty modes
  • Speedrun timer
  • Shop with boosters
Features
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A precision platformer about leaving a house full of clocks. Free to play. If you loved Celeste, Journey, or Gris — this is your next obsession. She grew up in a house where the clocks didn't tick in time. Where the wallpaper breathed. Where mirrors stopped agreeing. The story starts small — a man at the table, a hallway that grew longer when she was alone in it — and ends with every clock in the house stopping. You play as the version of her that walked out. FEATURES • 17 hand-built rooms — each its own mood, palette, and score • Precision mechanics: wall slide, wall jump, air dash, coyote time • A story told one memory at a time • Daily Dream — a new room every day, same seed for every player • 3 Dream Layers: beat the game to unlock Nightmare and Abyss • 10 achievements • Speedrun timer • Shop with boosters and cosmetic effects • Original soundtrack that shifts with the room • Free to play, no required purchases "the house tried to swallow the sound. it could not."

About

GLYPH

Features
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GLYPH is a corrupted terminal dream — a minimalist precision platformer rendered entirely in glowing monospace glyphs on a black screen. You are @, a single character racing through a decaying machine. Run, jump, dash and wall-jump past spikes and patrolling enemies to reach the exit. Every procedurally generated level is verified solvable by a headless physics solver — so there are no dead ends, ever, and no two levels are alike. • 100+ levels across three difficulties — easy, medium and hard each play differently • Endless, always-fresh procedural levels, every one certified beatable • NOW IN 3D — flip a switch in settings and play the same levels as a live, volumetric neon world with a cinematic camera • Cinematic post-race REPLAY theater, with shareable video export • Keys and doors, switches, limited-dash runs, bounce pads, conveyors, sawblades, collectibles and crumbling bridges • Style combos and bronze / silver / gold par medals on every level • Tight, responsive controls built for one-more-try runs • NEARBY VERSUS — race a friend on the same Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (or the built-in bot), head-to-head; first to the exit wins the level, and the match tracks who's leading across the session • A hypnotic CRT aesthetic: scanlines, chromatic aberration, pure phosphor green No ads. No in-app purchases. Just you, the terminal, and the exit.

Screenshots

Drift4 screens
GLYPH4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GLYPH at none against Drift's 4. GLYPH also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Drift's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Drift sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. GLYPH asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drift ships an update every 6 weeks, GLYPH fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Drift versus GLYPH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDriftGLYPH
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperElliott WhiteLukasz Pomianek

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Drift

One-time4
  • Dream Pack$0.99
  • 50 Coins$0.99
  • 200 Coins$2.99
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  • 500 Coins$4.99
None

GLYPH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GLYPH free?
GLYPH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drift or GLYPH have ads?
Drift shows ads; GLYPH does not.
Which is updated more often, Drift or GLYPH?
Drift ships an update every 6 weeks, and GLYPH fortnightly. Most recently, Drift was updated on October 6, 2026 and GLYPH on October 7, 2026.

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