Comparison

AquaCircuit vs Voltway

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

Head to head
About

AquaCircuit

Features
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AquaCircuit is a calm pressure-routing puzzle game about building stable water circuits. Rotate pipe tiles, guide colored fluids to matching sinks, seal branch leaks, route through filters, cross over bridges, tune pressure gates, and combine flows through mixers. Each stage has an authored solution and target budgets for moves and time, with difficulty increasing across the full campaign. Features: - 500 playable stages across tutorials, glass routing, deep tanks, pressureworks, and advanced generated challenge packs. - Pipe mechanics including elbows, tees, caps, reservoirs, filters, pumps, bridges, pressure gates, and mixers. - Local-only progress and best-score tracking. - Optional timer, sound, haptics, and reduced-motion setting. - No third-party ads, in-app purchases, or account requirement. - Inspect pipe openings, pressure gates, timers, and portals without changing your route. - Read-only circuit overview for larger puzzles, then return to full-size editing controls. - Saved puzzle routes, clearer flow feedback, and a Firebase gameplay analytics control in Settings. Optional Hishi Games suggestions can introduce Nilo's Path on the main menu after three distinct non-tutorial stages are completed. Suggestions never interrupt a puzzle, appear at most once per app session and seven days, and can be dismissed for 30 days. The link opens the studio's Nilo page, with no user identifier in the URL.

About

Voltway

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Voltway is a quiet wire puzzle with exactly one rule: tap a tile to rotate it. Every board starts as a tangled circuit with a single power core. Turn the wires until every last one is connected, and the current races out from the core and lights the whole board. No timer counts, nothing chases you. Just you and a circuit that wants to be untangled. Key Features: • One rule, no tutorial to sit through Tap a tile, it turns a quarter step. That is the entire control scheme. • Endless levels, generated not authored Boards grow from a gentle 3Ɨ3 to a demanding 8Ɨ8, and every level is built from its own number. Level 37 is the same level on every device, forever. • Wraparound boards from level 51 Wires start connecting across opposite edges: leave through the right, come back on the left. A second way to think, not just a bigger grid. • Watch the power spread Connected wires light up the moment you turn them, so you can always see how far the current has reached. • Calm by design No timers, no lives, no move counter, no ads, no accounts, no scores to chase. • Free through level 30, then one payment The first 30 levels are free. A single purchase unlocks every level after that, wraparound boards included. No subscription, no ads, nothing else to buy. • Haptics, sound, and ambient music Each one has its own switch in Settings. Turn them all off and the game is completely silent. • Share a finished board One tap turns the completed circuit into a card you can send anywhere. The image is drawn on your device and never uploaded. • VoiceOver support Every tile announces its position and whether it is powered. A double tap rotates it. • Fully offline The game never connects to the network and collects nothing. Your level number lives on your device and nowhere else. Voltway is built on native SpriteKit and UIKit: dark, at home on both iPhone and iPad, and small enough to stay out of its own way.

Screenshots

AquaCircuit4 screens
Voltway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AquaCircuit at none against Voltway's 1. Voltway's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Voltway sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AquaCircuit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AquaCircuit ships an update every 4 weeks, Voltway daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
AquaCircuit versus Voltway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquaCircuitVoltway
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4++4
Developerhili morčæŖ 黎

In-app purchases

None

AquaCircuit

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Voltway

One-time1
  • All Levels$1.99

Questions

Is AquaCircuit free?
AquaCircuit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Voltway free?
Voltway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AquaCircuit or Voltway have ads?
Neither AquaCircuit nor Voltway shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AquaCircuit or Voltway?
AquaCircuit ships an update every 4 weeks, and Voltway daily. Most recently, AquaCircuit was updated on October 28, 2026 and Voltway on October 29, 2026.

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