Comparison

Gem Factory! vs Buzzy Flow

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

Head to head
About

Gem Factory!

Features
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Welcome to Gem Factory! Get ready to embark on an exciting mining adventure where your logic and puzzle-solving skills will be put to the ultimate test. Grab your trusty pickaxe, break the tiles, and uncover the precious gems hidden beneath! In Gem Factory, your goal is to find specific gem shapes hidden in a grid to unlock the vault door at the top of the screen. You have a limited number of pickaxe swings for each level, so you must carefully plan every move. Tap the tiles to break them, reveal the glowing gems, and collect the exact shapes needed to progress. As you advance, the challenge grows! You will encounter new obstacles like Ice Blockers and Rock Blockers that require extra effort to break. Can you dig smart, manage your limited moves, and clear all the levels? Features: Unique Puzzle Mechanics: A fun blend of tile-breaking and hidden-shape-finding gameplay. Strategic Gameplay: Manage your limited pickaxe moves to find the right gems without failing. Challenging Obstacles: Overcome ice, rocks, and tricky layouts as you progress to higher levels. Brain-Teasing Levels: Each stage requires careful planning and deduction. Crisp Graphics: Enjoy satisfying tile-breaking animations and beautiful gem designs. Play Offline: No internet connection is required. Enjoy digging anytime, anywhere! Download Gem Factory today, start breaking those tiles, and become the ultimate gem master!

About

Buzzy Flow

Features
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Welcome to Buzzy Flow: Bee Pixel Puzzle, a color matching game where busy bees collect pixel flowers and uncover the colors hidden underneath. Your next swarm starts with a choice from the columns below. Tap an available color box, and its bees fly toward the board to gather flowers of the same color. Each box displays a number showing how many flowers its bees need to collect. As matching flowers are gathered, the number counts down. When it reaches zero, the box leaves its slot, making room for your next choice. Four slots connect your choices to the flower board. Keeping them available is part of every solution. A box that still needs flowers continues to occupy a slot. If all four fill with unfinished boxes and no swarm can collect more flowers, you run out of room to continue. READ THE COLORS, PLAN THE ORDER Look at the flowers currently exposed and consider which colors your bees can collect. The boxes below are arranged in columns, so selecting an available box also opens access to the next one behind it. Plan around both the flower board and the upcoming colors. Completing a box frees valuable space, while sending a color too early can leave you with fewer options. Find the sequence that keeps your bees working and your slots available. DISCOVER THE FLOWERS UNDERNEATH The pixel art board has more to reveal than its first pattern. As bees collect flowers, different colors appear underneath, changing what is available to gather. Different parts of the board open as you play, allowing you to reach flowers from multiple layers. A newly exposed color can give an unfinished swarm more flowers to collect. Watch the changing picture and adjust your plan to clear every flower. WHY PLAY BUZZY FLOW? • Release colorful bee swarms from numbered boxes • Match each swarm with flowers of its own color • Manage four slots and complete boxes to free space • Uncover hidden flowers throughout the layered board • Open the next boxes in each column • Solve pixel puzzles through color matching and careful planning Buzzy Flow combines flower puzzles, colorful pixel art, and a strategy challenge built around limited space. Each completed box gives you room to work, and each newly exposed flower can change your next decision. Read the board, choose your colors, and help your bees collect every flower.

Screenshots

Gem Factory!4 screens
Buzzy Flow4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gem Factory! and Buzzy Flow are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gem Factory! ships an update every 2 days, Buzzy Flow every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Gem Factory! versus Buzzy Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGem Factory!Buzzy Flow
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNebih BasaranRadiant Cat Studio

In-app purchases

None

Gem Factory!

No in-app purchases

None

Buzzy Flow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gem Factory! free?
Gem Factory! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Buzzy Flow free?
Buzzy Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gem Factory! or Buzzy Flow have ads?
Both Gem Factory! and Buzzy Flow show ads.
Which is updated more often, Gem Factory! or Buzzy Flow?
Gem Factory! ships an update every 2 days, and Buzzy Flow every 3 days. Most recently, Gem Factory! was updated on October 31, 2026 and Buzzy Flow on October 31, 2026.

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