Comparison

Cortex Pipes vs Patch Cats

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

Head to head
About

Cortex Pipes

Features
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Connect every pipe. Fill the board. Find your flow. Pipes is a satisfying color-matching puzzle that's easy to pick up and impossible to stop. Draw paths to link every matching pair, cover every tile — and don't cross the streams! But there's a twist. Some boards have warps — magical portals that teleport your pipes across the grid. Route your connections through the warp and watch them reappear on the other side. It sounds wild. It feels genius. Why you'll love it: • Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles, from quick 5×5 starters to mind-bending 10×10 grids • Multiple colors per board — coordinate every connection • Warps that bend space and flip your strategy upside down • Multiple difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert • Clean, minimal design — pure puzzle, zero clutter Perfect for: Lazy mornings, commutes, waiting rooms, or any time your brain wants a gentle workout. Free to play. Easy to love. Hard to master.

About

Patch Cats

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Sudoku, but with cats. Fussy, sleepy, lovestruck cats. Patch Cats is a cozy logic puzzle game stitched together from felt. Instead of numbers you place cats, one of each in every row, column and room. Sounds easy, until the cats start having opinions. EVERY CAT HAS A QUIRK • The Antisocial Tabby won't sit next to another Antisocial Tabby, not even diagonally. • The Box Ginger only sits inside a cardboard box. • The Sleepy Calico refuses to nap next to the noisy vacuum. • The Lovestruck Siamese always has to sit next to its sweetheart, the Van Cat. • The Plush Ragdoll has a twin on the exact opposite square. 16 felt cats in all, each with their own rule to learn and use. A COZY STORY, ROOM BY ROOM Follow the cats through moving day and into their new home: the window nook, Grandma's knitting corner, the study, the garden, midnight mischief and more. 133 hand-made levels across 11 rooms, with a short story in every room. PUZZLES THAT KEEP CHANGING • Roll yarn balls into baskets to clear the board • Turn mirrors to bounce a laser pointer's beam • Slide boxes, read shadow clues and dodge the robot vacuum's patrol • Solve the room next door to open a locked room • Boards grow from 3x3 to 4x4 to 6x6, with Expert 9x9 for real puzzle fans SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY • A fresh Daily Paw-zzle every day. Keep your streak going! • Collect every cat in the Catdex • Earn meows, open daily gifts and climb the Game Center leaderboard MADE TO RELAX • Short levels, perfect for a coffee break • Undo and catnip hints whenever you get stuck • Hand-crafted felt art, gentle music and plenty of purring • Plays in 12 languages Patch Cats is free to play with optional ads. A one-time "Remove Ads" purchase turns them off for good. Got a puzzle-loving friend who also loves cats? You know what to do.

Screenshots

Cortex Pipes4 screens
Patch Cats3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cortex Pipes at none against Patch Cats's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Patch Cats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cortex Pipes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Cortex Pipes versus Patch Cats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCortex PipesPatch Cats
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size343 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCortex (Apps)sulubeyn

In-app purchases

None

Cortex Pipes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Patch Cats

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Cortex Pipes free?
Cortex Pipes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patch Cats free?
Patch Cats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cortex Pipes or Patch Cats have ads?
Both Cortex Pipes and Patch Cats show ads.

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