Comparison

Spice Sort vs Aural Alibi

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

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About

Spice Sort

A calming, offline puzzle game where you sort colorful spices into glass jars. Enjoy hand-crafted levels with no timers or pressure, and a focus on relaxation and accessibility.

Highlights
  • 500 hand-tuned, solvable levels
  • Daily Spice challenges
  • Unlimited undo and instant restart
  • Relaxing pour animations and sounds
  • Offline play
  • Colorblind assist mode
  • VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support
Features
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Spice Sort is a calm, hand-crafted sorting puzzle. Pour ground spices between glass jars until every jar holds a single color. That's the whole game — no timers, no lives, no energy meters, no pressure. It's the sort-puzzle you've played before, with a warmer soul: a dim pantry, real glass jars, and eight richly colored spices — turmeric, paprika, basil, sumac, black pepper, cinnamon, blue butterfly pea, and pink Himalayan salt. WHY YOU'LL KEEP IT ON YOUR PHONE • 500 hand-tuned levels, each one guaranteed solvable • A new Daily Spice every day — the same puzzle for everyone, with a streak to keep • Unlimited undo and instant restart. Stuck is never a dead end. • Genuinely relaxing pour animations and soft, tactile sounds BUILT TO RESPECT YOU • No ads. Not one. • No accounts, no sign-up, nothing to buy. • Works completely offline — play on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. • Google usage analytics and crash sharing are on by default. Turn either off in Settings. No advertising use. MADE FOR EVERYONE • Colorblind assist mode adds a distinct pattern to every spice • Full VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion friendly • One-handed, portrait, pick-up-and-play Sort a jar. Breathe. Sort another.

About

Aural Alibi

Features
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Aural Alibi is a premium deduction game where mysteries are solved by reconstructing what a place sounded like. HEAR THE CONTRADICTION - Investigate twelve original case files with distinct rooms, witnesses, timelines, and acoustic surfaces - Audition evidence in stereo and place each source on an interactive floor plan - Rebuild the sequence of footsteps, doors, trains, bells, vehicles, voices, rain, and machinery - Compare witness statements against source direction, timing, audibility, and room-to-room attenuation - File a reconstruction graded for rooms, timeline, and reasoning rather than simple clicking AUDIO-RICH, NEVER AUDIO-ONLY - Every sound clue includes a synchronized waveform, transcript, map direction, and haptic description - Headphones deepen the spatial experience but are never required for a perfect score - Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, reduced motion, high contrast, and symbols support accessible investigation - Explore twelve original three-minute acoustic environments and eighteen evidence cues REPLAY THE SAME MYSTERY - Complete the campaign or select any unlocked case in the library - Play deterministic Daily and Weekly reconstructions entirely offline - Compare scores through optional Game Center leaderboards, achievements, and friend challenges - Keep progress on device with optional private iCloud synchronization ONE COMPLETE PURCHASE - No ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases, login, tracking, microphone access, or developer-operated server - Every case, witness, sound, visual, and story element is original.

Screenshots

Spice Sort4 screens
Aural Alibi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spice Sort at Free against Aural Alibi's $2.99. Spice Sort also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Spice Sort is free to download; Aural Alibi costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spice Sort ships an update fortnightly, Aural Alibi monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Spice Sort versus Aural Alibi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpice SortAural Alibi
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB95 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPrachi JainRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

Spice Sort

No in-app purchases

None

Aural Alibi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spice Sort free?
Spice Sort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aural Alibi free?
Aural Alibi costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spice Sort or Aural Alibi have ads?
Neither Spice Sort nor Aural Alibi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spice Sort or Aural Alibi?
Spice Sort ships an update fortnightly, and Aural Alibi monthly. Most recently, Spice Sort was updated on October 24, 2026 and Aural Alibi on October 25, 2026.

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