Comparison

Pour Puzzle vs Kirjo

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

Head to head
About

Pour Puzzle

Features
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Welcome to the alchemist's lab! Elixir Sort is a relaxing color-sorting puzzle where you pour colorful potions between flasks until every color settles into its own. Simple to learn, calming to play, and surprisingly clever. Tip a flask, watch the elixir flow, and untangle the colors one pour at a time. Take it slow or chase the perfect solution. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - Hundreds of hand-crafted levels, from cozy and easy to truly brain-bending - One-tap pouring with smooth, satisfying liquid animations - Unlimited undo and helpful hints whenever you get stuck - Fresh daily challenges to keep your streak alive - Earn coins as you play and unlock themes and flask skins in the shop - Fully offline - play anywhere, anytime, no Wi-Fi needed RELAX AND PLAY - No account, no sign-up, ever - No ads interrupting the core puzzle loop - No personal data collected - your progress stays on your device - Free to play Whether you have five minutes or an hour, Elixir Sort is the perfect way to unwind and give your brain a gentle workout. Pour, sort, repeat. Download Elixir Sort and start mixing today!

About

Kirjo

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Pour a colour onto the same colour, or into an empty vial. A vial is finished when it's full of one colour. Finish them all. Three rules โ€” but Kirjo plays a longer game than that. PAR IS THE TRUE MINIMUM Every level's par is proved by a complete search of its positions, not estimated. When you solve a level at par with no helpers, that's flawless โ€” and flawless means something real: nobody on earth can do it in fewer pours. 610 MEASURED LEVELS Six chapters, and every level in them was dealt, measured and selected. Difficulty isn't guessed โ€” the solver counts how many shortest routes a deal has and how often a careless line pours itself into a corner. A level with forty ways through is a warm-up. One with three is an evening. The pour budget tightens as you climb: four pours over par in the first chapter, one in the last three. The last two mix vial sizes, and the final one takes away the spare glass you had been leaning on. FAIR BY DESIGN All 610 levels are free, and nothing is withheld inside them. Helpers โ€” hints, extra vials, skips, continues โ€” are for the stuck, never the price of admission: a flawless solve hands a hint back, so the careful player never has to buy one. And a helper buys progress, never prestige โ€” a solve that used one counts, but it is never flawless. BUILT AROUND THE POUR โ€ข Drag a run of colour and it follows your finger โ€” or tap-tap, your choice. โ€ข When only the merging is left, the board finishes itself, at the count a careful player would have reached. โ€ข A dead end says so, the moment it happens, with a free restart. The game never sells you a way out of an unwinnable rack. โ€ข Undo is free and unlimited. The budget makes a finished line count; it doesn't tax thinking. โ€ข Every note is synthesised as you play โ€” a note per unit poured, a chord when a vial completes. Your podcast keeps playing. โ€ข Every square carries a stamped symbol, so the game plays the same whatever your eyes make of the colours. YOURS, EVERYWHERE Progress and helpers sync through your own iCloud. Seven Game Center achievements, strictly opt-in. Twelve languages, all of it translated. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Kirjo collects nothing โ€” your progress lives on your device and in your own iCloud, nowhere else.

Screenshots

Pour Puzzle4 screens
Kirjo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kirjo at none against Pour Puzzle's shown. Kirjo also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). Pour Puzzle's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Pour Puzzle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kirjo sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pour Puzzle ships an update every 5 weeks, Kirjo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Pour Puzzle versus Kirjo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPour PuzzleKirjo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size42 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnastassiya ShugaleyDiogo Resende Rainho

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pour Puzzle

One-time1
  • Elixir Remove Ads$3.99
4 purchases

Kirjo

One-time4
  • 10 hints$0.99
  • 10 continues$1.99
  • 5 skips$1.99
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  • 10 extra vials$2.99

Questions

Is Pour Puzzle free?
Pour Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kirjo free?
Kirjo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pour Puzzle or Kirjo have ads?
Pour Puzzle shows ads; Kirjo does not.
Which is updated more often, Pour Puzzle or Kirjo?
Pour Puzzle ships an update every 5 weeks, and Kirjo every 3 days. Most recently, Pour Puzzle was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kirjo on October 29, 2026.

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