Comparison

Serialogic vs Crumbcade

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

Head to head
About

Serialogic

This logic puzzle game challenges players to optimize their moves to solve color-sorting levels. It provides the minimum number of moves required, turning each level into an optimization problem. Enjoy a vast collection of levels with no ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Minimum move solutions provided
  • Optimization-based gameplay
  • 350 levels across 7 tiers
  • No ads or subscriptions
  • Offline play
  • Accessibility features
  • Progress sync via iCloud
Features
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The perfect move exists. It is shown. Serialogic prints the smallest number of moves that solves the level at the top of the screen, while you play. An exact solver found that number before the level shipped. You are no longer looking for a solution. You are looking for the solution. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT In an ordinary sorting game every solution is worth the same, so tapping until it works out is enough. Here the minimum is known and announced, which turns each level into an optimisation problem. The board also shows, before you commit, how many tokens each destination would take — information the genre simply does not give you. This is golf, not fumbling. THE RULES, IN FOUR LINES Coloured tokens sit mixed across vertical threads. Move the token at the end of a thread onto an empty thread, or onto a token of the same colour. A run of identical adjacent tokens moves as one move, up to the space available. You win when every colour is gathered in full on a single thread. WHAT YOU GET 350 levels across 7 tiers, from three colours on five threads to eight colours on ten. Difficulty climbs inside each tier as much as from one tier to the next. The first three tiers — 150 of the 350 levels — are proven free of dead ends. Every reachable position was enumerated, not sampled. Beyond that a dead end is possible, and a safety net checks after each move that a win is still within reach, telling you the moment it is not. A single undo always brings you back. Undo is free, unlimited, and costs no star. Only the moves of your final solution count. There is no timer anywhere in the app: a clock beside a move count would push you to hurry on a dimension that measures nothing. Nine themes in light and dark, six typefaces, forty-four languages. Progress syncs through iCloud. Game Center achievements and leaderboards. WHAT IS NOT IN IT No advertising, and there never will be. No subscription. No account. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDK of any kind. No network request is ever made: all 350 levels ship inside the app and play in airplane mode, from the first level to the last. The first 150 levels are complete and cost nothing. They sit entirely inside the proven-safe range, so a player who has not paid cannot get stuck. The remaining 200 unlock with a single purchase, once. Nothing recurring. BUILT TO BE READ Six typefaces including OpenDyslexic and Andika, applied to the whole interface. VoiceOver on every thread, announcing each token's colour and fill. Dynamic Type. Reduced motion. Token fill — disc or ring — already tells half the colours apart without relying on colour at all, and a colour-blind mode replaces green with violet. iPhone and iPad on iOS 17 or later, Mac on macOS 14 or later. One purchase covers all three. Serialogic is the fourth in a family of Bauhaus logic games, after KubiLogic, LineaLogic and Tektologic. Privacy policy: https://www.michaeldardol.com/serialogic/en/privacy/ Questions and bug reports: michael@caliapps.fr

About

Crumbcade

This match-three puzzle game offers eight-directional swaps for unique gameplay. Enjoy hundreds of levels, daily challenges, and special events with a variety of sweet treats as game pieces. Play with friends or solo, with all purchases being cosmetic.

Highlights
  • Eight-directional matching
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Daily challenges
  • Special themed events
  • Play with friends
  • VoiceOver compatibility
Features
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Welcome to Crumbcade, the match-3 bakery adventure where you can swap in all eight directions! Up, down, left, right, and now diagonally too. Every treat has eight neighbours instead of four, so the board bursts open with matches you'd never find in any other game. Get ready for a sweet new twist on match-3! MATCH IN EIGHT DIRECTIONS Swap doughnuts, gingerbread, macaroons, wafers and choc chip biscuits in any direction, diagonals included. Spot combos no other game lets you make, and chain them into delicious cascades! BLAST WITH SWEET SPECIALS - Match four to make a rolling pin that clears a whole row! - Make an L or a T shape for an explosive jam bomb! - Match five for a golden doughnut that sweeps every treat of one kind off the board! THOUSANDS OF LEVELS Every level is play-tested to make sure it's fair, and there's always something new to bake. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY Take on the daily challenge in Easy, Medium or Hard, the same board for everyone in the world. Then try Clear the Board, a brand-new puzzle where nothing new falls in and every move counts. Top the daily leaderboard! PLAY WITH FRIENDS - Duel friends head to head on one shared board! - Play Beat my board in your own time and win sprinkles! - Join a bakery club and bake together toward weekly goals! - Send gifts to your friends! SPECIAL EVENTS ALL YEAR ROUND Join the weekly Community Bake, where every player helps fill the whole bakery, and celebrate seasonal events with festive treats and sounds. MAKE IT YOUR BAKERY Unlock new bakery looks and sounds as you play, and collect rewards along the way. PLAY YOUR WAY Play by sight, or play by ear with VoiceOver. Blind and sighted friends play the same levels and can even duel on one shared board. Play offline anywhere, anytime. Crumbcade is free to play, with optional in-app purchases. Download Crumbcade now and start your sweetest match-3 adventure!

Screenshots

Serialogic4 screens
Crumbcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Crumbcade at every 2 days against Serialogic's fortnightly. Crumbcade also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2). Serialogic's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Serialogic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Crumbcade sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Serialogic against 5.0 for Crumbcade. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crumbcade has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Serialogic ships an update fortnightly, Crumbcade every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Serialogic versus Crumbcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSerialogicCrumbcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermichael dardoltori bemold

Customer experience

Serialogic

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Crumbcade

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Serialogic

One-time1
  • Same-Color Series$4.99
10 purchases

Crumbcade

One-time10
  • Five more moves$0.49
  • Starter pack$0.99
  • Cookie jar$1.99
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  • Weekend treat$1.99
  • Medium tip$2.99
  • Twenty-five hints$3.99
  • Golden Pass$4.99
  • Twenty-five of each item$9.99
  • One hundred hints$9.99
  • One hundred berry pies$24.99

Questions

Is Serialogic free?
Serialogic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crumbcade free?
Crumbcade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Serialogic or Crumbcade?
Serialogic and Crumbcade are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do Serialogic or Crumbcade have ads?
Neither Serialogic nor Crumbcade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Serialogic or Crumbcade?
Serialogic ships an update fortnightly, and Crumbcade every 2 days. Most recently, Serialogic was updated on November 8, 2026 and Crumbcade on November 10, 2026.

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