Comparison

CleanSort vs Odds & Ends

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

Head to head
About

CleanSort

Features
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No ads, no pop-ups, no "watch a video to continue." No fake currency. No timers pressuring you. No puzzle secretly rigged to be unsolvable so you'll watch a rescue ad. CleanSort is ball sort the way it should have been all along — a calm, honest color-sorting puzzle you can play on a plane, hand to a kid, or share with a friend, without anyone trying to sell you something or interrupt your train of thought. WHAT MAKES IT CLEAN - No ads, ever. Not between levels, not on restart, not mid-puzzle — and not a banner parked at the bottom of the screen. None. - No in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no "premium." The whole app is yours. - Every new deal is guaranteed solvable — checked by a built-in solver before you ever see it. You'll never be handed an impossible puzzle. - Works fully offline. No account, no sign-in, no tracking. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIKE THE GAME - Unlimited undo — take back as many moves as you want, no penalty, no watching anything. - Optional hints when you're stuck — and a hint is the real answer: the first move of a shortest solution, not a guess. (Games you needed a hint on don't count as clean wins. Fair's fair.) - The grudge list: needed a hint? That deal is remembered. Rematch it any time — beat it without help, and the grudge is redeemed. - Bookmarks: mark a position you're unsure about, experiment freely, and jump straight back. - Smart pours: a run of same-colored balls moves together in one move, the way the puzzle really works. SHARE PUZZLES WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY Every deal has a short shareable code. Send a fiendish one to a friend, or compare how you each cracked the same puzzle. WHY IT EXISTS I got tired of ball sort apps stuffed with ads and dark patterns, and I wanted my own kids to have a clean one. So I made it, and I'm sharing it. That's the whole story. Bugs, ideas, or a deal code that deserves to be framed: dev@stevepetersen.net

About

Odds & Ends

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Six small things to keep your hands busy. Odds & Ends is a box of sensory toys. No score, no timer, no streak, no way to lose. Open it in a waiting room, in a meeting, or at the end of a long day, and put it down whenever you like. WHAT'S INSIDE Bubbles — a sheet of bubbles that pop and quietly come back. Sliders — sliders that click through their detents. Sand — draw a groove with one finger. What you draw stays until you smooth it flat. Latches — twenty catches, bolts, hooks and switches that open and shut. Spinner — flick it and let it run down. A hard flick runs for the better part of a minute. Beads — one long rod of beads to send through the straights and the bends. Bubbles and Sliders are free, and stay free. The other four come as a single purchase — one payment, no subscription, on every device you own, and shareable with your family. MADE FOR RESTLESS HANDS Built for people who fidget: ADHD, autistic, anxious, or simply unable to sit still. Light, dark and system appearance. Three colour themes, every one measured for contrast. Colour-blind support — shapes and markers, never colour alone. Reduce Motion respected, or turned on just for this app. Haptics and sound you can soften or switch off. Sound never interrupts your music or your podcast. Bolder text. Full VoiceOver labels and actions on every toy. Settings reachable from inside every toy, because the moment you want the sound down is the moment it is too loud. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No accounts. No sign-in. No notifications. No tracking of any kind — the app collects nothing about you, and never asks who you are. Nothing counts how many days in a row you have come back. Works on iPhone and iPad, sized properly for both.

Screenshots

CleanSort4 screens
Odds & Ends4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CleanSort at none against Odds & Ends's 1. 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. Odds & Ends sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CleanSort asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 6 level
CleanSort versus Odds & Ends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCleanSortOdds & Ends
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTEPHEN DAVID PETERSENDaniel Maldonado

In-app purchases

None

CleanSort

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Odds & Ends

One-time1
  • The whole set$4.99

Questions

Is CleanSort free?
CleanSort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Odds & Ends free?
Odds & Ends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CleanSort or Odds & Ends have ads?
Neither CleanSort nor Odds & Ends shows ads.

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