Comparison

Glowmender vs Aqua Sort

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

Head to head
About

Glowmender

Features
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Bring Bellhaven back to light, one window at a time. Glowmender is a cozy stained-glass restoration game built around thoughtful rotation puzzles. Tap a pane to turn it, reconnect the light, and watch a forgotten window glow again. RESTORE A TOWN Repair 60 handcrafted windows across seven places, from the Old Library and Coastal Light to the Mountain Observatory. Each finished window returns warmth and color to Bellhaven, and completing a building marks a lasting restoration. SOLVE AT YOUR OWN PACE There are no timers and no lives to lose. Every puzzle is a calm spatial challenge: light every pane, guide the glow to its destination, and leave no leaks around the frame. Use hints when you want a gentle hand. A NEW WINDOW EVERY MORNING Daily Light offers a fresh puzzle each day. Missed days never reset your progress, and there are no leaderboards or streak pressure. KEEP EVERY RESTORATION Visit your collection to revisit restored glass, read its workshop note, and discover the inspiration behind each design. Progress syncs through iCloud when available. FEATURES • Cozy, one-hand-friendly stained-glass puzzles • 60 town windows across seven buildings • 27 Daily Light designs • Deterministic puzzles with no random failure • Optional hints, undo, inspect, and restart tools • Warm original workshop ambience and haptics • iCloud progress sync • VoiceOver-friendly puzzle labels and controls • No ads The Old Library and Daily Light are free to play. A single optional purchase unlocks every remaining building and window forever.

About

Aqua Sort

A relaxing color-sorting puzzle game where you pour liquids between bottles to match colors. Features unique accessibility options and visually engaging animations for a polished experience.

Highlights
  • Colorblind support
  • Animated pouring
  • Bonus levels
  • Light and dark modes
  • Hand-drawn art
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Sort the colors, one pour at a time. Aqua Sort: Water Color Puzzle is a classic water-sort puzzle: pick a bottle, pour it into another, and untangle the colors until every bottle holds just one. Simple to learn, genuinely relaxing, and built with a level of craft and accessibility this genre usually skips. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - Real colourblind support: a second palette built and measured for color-vision deficiency, not a filter slapped on top. Switch it on anytime in Settings. - Pours you can actually watch: the bottle lifts, tips, and streams liquid into its target — no instant color swaps. - Pour two bottles into the same target at once, when the puzzle allows it. - Bonus levels: starting at level 15 and then every ten levels, taller bottles and a fresh layout shake up the routine, with a gold progress bar showing how close the next one is. - A hand-drawn icon and a hand-measured color palette — not a generated template. - Light and dark mode, controlled by a switch in the game, not just your phone's setting. HOW TO PLAY Tap a bottle to pick it up, then tap another to pour. You can only pour a color onto the same color or into an empty bottle, and only as much as fits. Clear every bottle down to a single color to finish the level. FAIR MONETIZATION It is free to play, supported by ads between levels. A one-time Remove Ads purchase turns them off for good — no subscription, no repeated charges. Every level is generated to be solvable before you ever see it.

Screenshots

Glowmender4 screens
Aqua Sort3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Glowmender at none against Aqua Sort's shown. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Glowmender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Aqua Sort sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Glowmender versus Aqua Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlowmenderAqua Sort
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperrociiuKACPER ADAM OSINSKI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Glowmender

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$3.99
1 purchases

Aqua Sort

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Glowmender free?
Glowmender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aqua Sort free?
Aqua Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glowmender or Aqua Sort have ads?
Aqua Sort shows ads; Glowmender does not.

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