Comparison

PicTheYear vs Sortobot

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

Head to head
About

PicTheYear

Guess the year a historical photograph was taken by placing it on a timeline from 1900 to the present. Earn points based on your accuracy and challenge your personal best. Explore a collection of diverse images spanning over a century.

Highlights
  • Guess the year of historical photos
  • Timeline from 1900 to present
  • Score points based on accuracy
  • Collection of 1,000 hand-picked photos
  • Hints in images like cars and fashion
  • Ad-free and no account required
Features
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A street scene with horse-drawn carriages. A rock concert. A kitchen in pastel colors. When was this photo taken? PicTheYear shows you real historical photographs โ€“ and you guess the year they were taken. On a timeline from 1900 to today. HOW IT WORKS - Each round shows five photos - Set your guess on the year ruler - The closer you are, the more points you score: 100 for the exact year - Beat your personal best THE PHOTOS Around 1,000 hand-picked photographs: everyday life, technology, fashion, sports, cities and landscapes from more than a century. Clues are everywhere โ€“ cars, haircuts, film grain, neon signs. You'll be surprised how much history you can read in a single picture. NO NONSENSE - Free, no ads - No account, no tracking - Quick rounds, perfect for in between

About

Sortobot

A factory simulation game where players sort packages by color and shape into designated bins. Navigate increasingly complex challenges across six factory halls, with a daily challenge and optional cosmetic purchases.

Highlights
  • Package sorting by color and shape
  • 155 levels across six factory halls
  • Daily generated challenges
  • Offline play
  • Customizable themes and skins
  • Optional in-app purchases
Features
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Sortobot is a friendly little factory where the belts never stop. Packages roll out of the machine and head for the bins. Your job is simple, and there is only ever one thing to do: tap a diverter to flip which way the belt sends the next package. Red triangles to the red bin, blue circles to the blue bin, and so on. Three wrong sorts and the machine overloads โ€” so keep your eyes on the belt. Every colour is paired with its own shape, on the packages and on the bins, so you are never guessing which is which. 155 levels across six factory halls - Startband โ€” the basics, at a gentle pace - Farbwerk โ€” painters that recolour packages on the way past - Nachtschicht โ€” tunnels that hide the belt, and gates that open on a timer - Turbohalle โ€” splitters, speed zones, and five colours at once - Chaoszentrale โ€” bins that swap places while you are watching - Remix โ€” everything at once Play it your way - A Bonus Shift every day: an extra level, generated fresh and identical for everyone โ€” and it works with the phone in airplane mode - Collect bonus gears by taking the risky route - Earn coins and spend them on belt themes, backgrounds, package skins and hats for your robot โ€” on one-level boosters when a shift gets too hot, on continuing a run that went wrong, or on refilling your hearts - Find robot cards and fill in the album What this game does not do - No ads. None. - No tracking, no analytics, no account, no internet needed. - No timers you can pay to skip, and nothing you can only buy: every purchase is optional, and everything coins buy can also be earned by playing. The optional purchases are coin packs, a lives refill, and a one-time purchase that removes the lives system for good. Sortobot works completely offline. Nothing you do here leaves your phone.

Screenshots

PicTheYear4 screens
Sortobot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: PicTheYear at free against Sortobot's free with in-app purchases. PicTheYear also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicTheYear ships an update every 10 days, Sortobot every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
PicTheYear versus Sortobot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicTheYearSortobot
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree โ€” betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size18 MB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFranz BernackGoatee Avengers

Customer experience

PicTheYear

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sortobot

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PicTheYear

No in-app purchases

None

Sortobot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PicTheYear free?
PicTheYear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sortobot free?
Sortobot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PicTheYear or Sortobot have ads?
Neither PicTheYear nor Sortobot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicTheYear or Sortobot?
PicTheYear ships an update every 10 days, and Sortobot every 5 days. Most recently, PicTheYear was updated on October 8, 2026 and Sortobot on October 3, 2026.

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