Comparison

Qix vs Core Containment

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

Head to head
About

Qix

Features
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Relive the golden age of arcade gaming with Qix - the ultimate territory-capturing challenge! Draw lines to claim territory, but watch out! The mysterious Qix bounces around the playfield, and Spark enemies patrol the borders. If they touch your line before you finish drawing, you lose a life! FEATURES: • 30 progressively challenging levels • Classic arcade gameplay with modern touch controls • Capture 75% of the area to clear each level • 3 lives to conquer all stages • Level select for replaying favorites • Touch D-pad for precise movement • Pause and resume anytime • Full offline play - no internet needed Can you master all 30 levels and claim every inch of territory? Download now and test your reflexes!

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Core Containment

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Hold the line. Seal the reactor. New Orange City is under siege. Mechanate drone-cores ricochet through the reactor decks beneath the city, and you are the one sealing them in. Drag across the deck to raise a containment field. If the field finishes, it seals; any space with no core inside is claimed. Claim enough of the deck to secure it and drop to the next one. If a core touches your field while it is still growing, it shatters. A SIMPLE MOVE THAT KEEPS DEEPENING Crawlers that chew through sealed walls, spiders that walk across your claimed ground, tethered pairs whose link shatters fields, and shards that slip through thin walls Deck conditions: tremors, brownouts, swarms and more Infestation decks that throw one kind of core at you, and nothing else Supplies to grab mid-deck: shields, freezes, gravity wells, fortified plating, and a few rarer ones deep down SEVEN BOSSES, AND HIM God-Emperor Deblon scorches the deck from above, and he learns new attacks the deeper you go, from twin beams to Cinders that bounce across the deck and then blow. Below him, seven bosses each break the rules a different way: The Foreman pries your walls loose The Mason lays plating across open deck The Splitter sheds new cores off your walls The Triplet's loose nodes explode unless you box them in The Mass pulls every core around it into orbit The Ghost phases straight through your walls The Weaver strings strands that shatter your fields A CITY THAT KEEPS GOING DOWN Decks have their own names and layouts, and the music slows and darkens as you descend. Reach the bottom at deck 100, then keep going into the Second Descent, where Deblon brings a partner boss and each new stratum changes the rules. Earn a seal rating on every deck and chase PERFECT seals. PLAY EVERY DAY The Daily Deck is the same deck for everyone that day. Keep a streak going, beat your best, and share a video replay of your finish. MADE FOR QUICK RUNS One-finger controls, built for portrait play Earn city themes as you play, including ECHO for defeating all seven bosses Accessibility options: reduced motion, shape outlines and larger HUD text Battery Saver mode for long sessions Game Center achievements and leaderboards No ads Decks 1-20 and the Daily Deck are free. A single optional purchase, Deep Clearance, opens deck 21 and everything below it, all the way past deck 100, and adds four city themes and three core styles.

Screenshots

Qix4 screens
Core Containment4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Qix at none against Core Containment's 1. Core Containment's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). 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. Core Containment sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Qix asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Qix ships an update monthly, Core Containment every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Qix versus Core Containment: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQixCore Containment
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerꙓ 郭Benjamin Uelk

In-app purchases

None

Qix

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Core Containment

One-time1
  • Deep Clearance$2.99

Questions

Is Qix free?
Qix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Core Containment free?
Core Containment is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Qix or Core Containment have ads?
Neither Qix nor Core Containment shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Qix or Core Containment?
Qix ships an update monthly, and Core Containment every 5 days. Most recently, Qix was updated on October 17, 2026 and Core Containment on October 29, 2026.

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