Comparison

Sortcery vs Köken

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

Head to head
About

Sortcery

Features
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Pour, sort, and cast a little magic. Sortcery is a relaxing water sort puzzle with a magical twist. Pour colored water between bottles until every bottle holds a single color. It takes one finger to play and a moment to learn — but the further you go, the more your planning matters. THE GRAVITY SPELL Sortcery's signature move. On special spell levels, you can flip the liquid in every bottle upside down — once per level. Colors buried at the bottom rise to the top, and choosing WHEN to cast becomes part of the puzzle itself. FEATURES • Endless levels that grow steadily more challenging — every single one is generated to be solvable • The Gravity Spell: a one-time, board-wide flip that rewards clever timing • Undo your last pour, restart anytime, or use a hint when you're truly stuck • Unlock new bottle shapes as you progress: slim vials, flasks, jars, boots and bathtubs • Calm pacing with soothing sounds and satisfying pours — no timers, no move limits, no pressure • Play in English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Simplified Chinese • Designed with VoiceOver and accessibility in mind HOW TO PLAY 1. Tap a bottle to pick it up 2. Tap another bottle to pour — matching colors on top can be poured together 3. Sort every color into its own bottle to clear the level Whether you have thirty seconds or thirty minutes, Sortcery is an easy place to unwind. Pick a bottle, pour, and let the colors fall into place.

About

Köken

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Turkish is agglutinative: göz (eye), gözlük (glasses), gözlükçü (optician), gözlükçülük (the optician's trade). Köken turns that chain into a game. Everyone gets the same three roots each day. Add letters to reach a new word and a branch grows out of the root on screen. Continue from the tip, or branch anywhere you like — gözlük leads to both gözlükçü and gözlüklü. What you have at the end of the day isn't a scoreboard, it's that day's tree. The rule is prefix-chaining, not morphology: a word is a valid extension if it's in the dictionary and starts with the previous one. So "kar" to "kart" counts too. This isn't a grammar lesson, it's the pleasure of finding out. Depth scores, not length. The fourth link in a chain is worth four times. Four short words are worth less than one four-link chain. Find every word on a root and the tree turns gold. No timer. No energy. No lives. As you type, the branch tip trembles to tell you whether a word exists in that direction. At the end of the day it tells you "you found 23 of 41" — it doesn't hide what you missed. Every completed day is planted in your garden. The garden scrolls, its season follows the real one, and morning light differs from evening light. Each word you find shows a one-line meaning. The dictionary works offline.

Screenshots

Sortcery4 screens
Köken4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sortcery at none against Köken's 1. Köken's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). 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. Köken sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sortcery asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sortcery ships an update every 10 days, Köken every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Sortcery versus Köken: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSortceryKöken
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuma UenoILHAN ISIK

In-app purchases

None

Sortcery

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Köken

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Sortcery free?
Sortcery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Köken free?
Köken is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sortcery or Köken have ads?
Both Sortcery and Köken show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sortcery or Köken?
Sortcery ships an update every 10 days, and Köken every 4 days. Most recently, Sortcery was updated on October 24, 2026 and Köken on October 29, 2026.

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