Comparison

Keloric vs Hush Sort

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

Head to head
About

Keloric

A physics-based puzzle game where you manipulate heat sources to solve challenges. Explore a variety of materials with unique thermal properties and discover emergent solutions. Features daily and endless modes for continuous gameplay.

Highlights
  • Real-time heat simulation
  • Diverse material properties
  • Phase-change mechanics
  • Daily generated puzzles
  • Endless mode
  • Level sharing
  • Universal app support
Features
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KELORIC is a thermal-physics puzzle game. You don't draw paths. You don't push blocks. You place heat and cold sources on a grid of materials — metal, glass, wood, ice, wax, walls — and let the heat actually flow. Every cell is simulated tick by tick. A metal corridor spreads heat fast. Wood throttles it. A wall stops it dead. An ice pack absorbs heat, holds the path closed, and then — once enough energy has melted it — turns into water and lets the heat through. Wax does the same trick at 50°C, then floods heat through faster than metal. Place your sources, watch the temperature spread, and hold every target inside its band long enough to win. — REAL PHYSICS — A cellular-automaton solver drives every cell on the board. Heat moves between neighbors based on conductivity. Materials with high heat capacity warm slowly. Phase-change cells stall the system, absorbing latent heat before transforming. There are no hidden rules: what you see in the colors is what the simulation is doing. — SIX PACKS · 178 PUZZLES — • Fundamentals (free) — 28 levels including a phase-change introduction. Learn the mechanics step by step. • Advanced — 25 levels of tighter routes and narrower target bands. • Extremes — 25 levels with ±10°C bands and unforgiving budgets. • Impossible — 25 levels for players who beat the rest and want more. • Crucible — 25 levels built around melting ice. Heat dams, buffer races, slow burns, cascading melts. • Forge — 20 levels built around wax. Solid wax blocks heat like wood. Heat it to 50°C and it melts into molten wax — which conducts heat faster than metal. Burn through gates, time your melts, mix wax with ice for compound puzzles. — DAILY + ENDLESS — A new puzzle every day, generated from the date. Build a streak. One missed day per month is forgiven. Endless mode generates infinite puzzles with rising difficulty. How far can you push your streak before a level breaks you? — GAME CENTER — Fourteen achievements. Two leaderboards. Compete on Endless best streak and Daily current streak. — BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD — Universal layout. Portrait on iPhone, all-orientation on iPad. Drag to paint, double-tap to erase. CloudKit syncs your progress across devices. — NO ADS. NO ENERGY METER. NO TARGETED TRACKING. — Buy a pack once, own it forever. Free packs are genuinely free — no premium currency, no daily limits. Optional anonymous gameplay analytics help us tune level difficulty (opt-out in Settings → Privacy). No personal data is collected. — SHARE YOUR FAVORITES — Export any level you've played as a `.keloric` file or paste-code. Import others' levels straight into the app from a URL or AirDrop. If you liked Hexcells, Opus Magnum, SpaceChem, or Zachtronics games, Keloric is built in that lineage — but with a physics core that gives every puzzle a fingerprint-unique solution path.

About

Hush Sort

Features
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Pour, sort, breathe. Hush Sort is a cozy color-sort puzzle designed to slow your day down. There's no timer. There's no failure. Just gentle sounds, soft chimes, and a quiet little victory each time a bottle fills with a single shade. A LITTLE GAME WITH A LOT OF CALM - 1,000 hand-tuned levels — gradually richer as you play - Beyond mode: infinite levels once you finish the main set - 9 carefully-chosen colors — Dusty Rose, Sage Green, Lavender, Terracotta, Soft Amber, Powder Blue, Deep Plum, Eucalyptus, Blush Cream - Photo-realistic glass vessels with liquid that pours - Cork stoppers that drop in with a satisfying chime when a bottle is sorted - Each color rings a slightly different chime — sort enough and you'll hear unintended melodies - Optional gentle haptics - Ambient music that ducks and breathes with the game WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Most color-sort games push you with timers, popups, and aggressive ads. Hush Sort is the opposite — designed to be the most peaceful thing on your phone. Play it while waiting for coffee. Play it before bed. Play it during a meeting (we won't tell). GO PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) For $2.99/month, Hush Sort Pro removes banner ads and unlocks unlimited instant hints — for when you'd rather flow than puzzle. - Subscription: $2.99/month, auto-renewing - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the same monthly rate - Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal turned off in your Account Settings after purchase Privacy Policy: https://sunlightmedia.org/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Made with care in Los Angeles by Sunlight Media LLC.

Screenshots

Keloric4 screens
Hush Sort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Keloric at none against Hush Sort's shown. Keloric also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). Hush Sort's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, in-app purchases 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. Keloric sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Hush Sort sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keloric ships an update daily, Hush Sort every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on July 3, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Keloric versus Hush Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeloricHush Sort
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings2 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin HillaboltSunlight Media LLC

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Keloric

One-time5
  • Advanced Pack$0.99
  • Extremes Pack$0.99
  • Impossible Pack$0.99
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  • Crucible Pack$0.99
  • Forge Pack$0.99
1 purchases

Hush Sort

Subscriptions1
  • Hush Sort Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Keloric free?
Keloric is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hush Sort free?
Hush Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Keloric or Hush Sort have ads?
Hush Sort shows ads; Keloric does not.
Which is updated more often, Keloric or Hush Sort?
Keloric ships an update daily, and Hush Sort every 9 days. Most recently, Keloric was updated on July 3, 2026 and Hush Sort on September 15, 2026.

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