Crate Bloom vs Valley Sort
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crate Bloom
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Crate Bloom is a minimalist puzzle game about movement, timing, and flowers. Choose a crate, send it sliding, and use the environment to stop it in exactly the right place. When a crate reaches its matching bloom spot, a flower opens. Every move matters. The early levels are easy to understand, then new mechanics gradually change how you plan: 1. Fixed stones that shape each route 2. Cracked stones that can be broken 3. Rotatable crates that change movement options 4. Bloom gates that open only when conditions are met 5. Compact handcrafted puzzles with satisfying animations There is no visible grid and no timer pressure. Just clear interactions, thoughtful puzzles, and a small garden that comes alive one bloom at a time. Play in short sessions or settle in to solve the full set of levels. The core puzzle experience can be enjoyed offline.
Valley Sort
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A crowd of robed travellers waits at the top of the stairs. Tap to lift them, tap again to send them walking down — and watch a whole valley sort itself into colour. Valley Sort is a calm, beautiful sorting puzzle set among pastel towers, floating stones and long stairways. Gather every colour onto its own platform to finish the valley, then watch it crumble into the mist as the next one rises out of it. LEARNED IN TWO TAPS Travellers will only join a crowd of their own colour, or step onto an empty platform. That is the whole rule. Everything after it is you, looking at a beautiful little tangle and quietly working out the thread to pull first. A VALLEY THAT KEEPS SURPRISING YOU Just as you settle into a rhythm, the valley teaches you something new: - Veiled travellers who hide their colour until the crowd in front of them walks away - Caves that let crowds out one by one, and never let anyone back in - Frozen crowds that thaw only as you complete others - Wild travellers who belong to every colour at once - Burning lanterns counting down, worn stairs that crumble, carts that must move as one - Dyed stairs that recolour whoever crosses them - A harbour where completed crowds sail away and caravans bring new travellers to the gate IT NEVER RUNS OUT — AND IT IS NEVER UNFAIR Hand-built opening valleys give way to an endless supply of fresh ones, and every single puzzle is solved by the game before it ever reaches you. No impossible deals. No wasted evening. A JOURNEY WITH A SHAPE Climb through chapters of themed valleys, rise from Traveller to Valley Sage, fill your firefly jar, and meet a boss valley — the biggest of its chapter — at the end of each one. Your furthest valley goes to Game Center, if you want the company. MADE TO RELAX IN - Soft isometric architecture that dissolves into drifting mist - Skies that turn from dawn to lagoon to lilac to a starlit night - Gentle generative music and bell-like chimes that follow each level - Undo, hints, power-ups and a rewind for when you are truly stuck - Haptics on supported devices Take a breath, lift a crowd and guide the travellers home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crate Bloom at none against Valley Sort's 10. Valley Sort's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Valley Sort sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Crate Bloom asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crate Bloom ships an update every 4 weeks, Valley Sort daily. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crate Bloom | Valley Sort |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Festus Sports and Finance Foundation | HE HE |
In-app purchases
Crate Bloom
No in-app purchases
Valley Sort
- Hour of Hearts$0.99
- Wayfarer’s Kit2 variants$1.99
- Afternoon of Hearts2 variants$1.99
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- Day of Hearts$4.99
- Explorer’s Bundle2 variants$7.99
- Legend of the Valley2 variants$19.99
Questions
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