Association Cube vs Category Mania
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Association Cube
A 3D tile sorting puzzle game where you match cubes belonging to specific categories to clear the board. It challenges your strategic thinking and association skills with increasingly complex levels and clean visuals.
- 3D tile matching
- Category association puzzles
- Strategic thinking challenges
- Increasingly layered levels
- Clean 3D visuals
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Association Cube is a fresh take on sorting puzzles - a 3D tile game that challenges both your strategic thinking and your sense of association Each level presents a stack of cubes scattered across a three-dimensional board. Every cube belongs to a category - but figuring out which category takes a spark of lateral thinking. Tap a tile to send it to your buffer, match tiles of the same category, and watch them disappear. Clear the entire field to win! Levels start accessible and grow increasingly layered and tricky. Clean 3D visuals make stacked tiles easy to read without sacrificing the depth that makes each puzzle feel like a small strategic puzzle worth solving. If you love word games, sorting puzzles, tile matching, or brain teasers that reward planning over luck - Association Cubes is made for you. It's the kind of game you pick up for five minutes and put down an hour later!
Category Mania
Engage your mind with a challenging card sorting puzzle game. Unstack layered cards to reveal hidden ones and sort them into their correct categories. Hundreds of levels offer a relaxing yet brain-training experience.
- Layered card stacking mechanics
- Hundreds of puzzle levels
- Brain-training logic gameplay
- Smooth casual gameplay
- Play at your own pace
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Category Mania: Card Sort Challenge your brain with Category Mania, a relaxing yet tricky card sorting puzzle game. Each level gives you stacks of layered cards. Cards are piled on top of one another — you can only reach the lower cards after moving the top ones away. Your task is to sort every card into its matching group: fruits, mammals, accessories, occupations and many more fun categories await. When all cards of one category are correctly sorted, that group clears away and reveals new sets to solve. Complete every category in the level, and you win! ### Game features *Layered card stacking mechanics: move top cards to uncover hidden cards underneath* * Hundreds of puzzle levels with varied themes and categories* * Brain‑training logic gameplay, easy to learn but challenging to master* * Smooth casual gameplay, perfect for short game sessions* * No rush, play at your own pace* Sharpen your categorization and logical thinking. Unstack, sort, and clear every group to beat all puzzles!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Category Mania at 4.8 against Association Cube's 2.3. Category Mania also leads on ratings volume (123 vs 3). Association Cube's advantage is chart position (#125 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Association Cube sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Category Mania sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Category Mania holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Category Mania has 123 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Association Cube ships an update every 2 weeks, Category Mania fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Association Cube | Category Mania |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (123 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #125 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 315 MB | 673 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hitapps Games LTD | PLAYNEXX |
Customer experience
Association Cube
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In-app purchases
Association Cube
- Small Coin Pack$1.99
- Medium Coin_Pack$8.99
- Large Coin Pack$29.99
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- Huge Coin Pack$49.99
- Huge Coin Pack new$59.99
- Mega Coin Pack$79.99
- Mega Coin Pack new$99.99
Category Mania
- 1000 Coins$1.99
- Starter Bundle$2.99
- Revive Bundle$4.99
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- 5000 Coins$7.99
- No Ads$9.99
- Small Bundle$9.99
- No Ads Bundle$12.99
- 10000 Coins$14.99
- Medium Bundle$19.99
- Large Bundle$29.99
- 25000 Coins$29.99
- Mega Bundle$49.99
- 60000 Coins$59.99
- 120000 Coins$99.99
Questions
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