Comparison

Category Flow vs Plumb

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

Head to head
About

Category Flow

Features
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Category Flow: Card Connect Connect cards to their matching categories and solve satisfying puzzles in Category Flow! Plan your moves, discover connections, and clear every board in this relaxing yet challenging puzzle game. How to Play • Connect cards with their associated categories • Complete category goals • Plan your moves carefully • Navigate clever obstacles • Clear the board to complete each level Features • Easy to learn, challenging to master • Relaxing drag-and-connect gameplay • Hundreds of handcrafted levels • Unique blockers and puzzle mechanics • Bright and colorful visuals • Satisfying puzzle progression Can you find every connection and clear the board? Play Category Flow and put your puzzle-solving skills to the test!

About

Plumb

Tap to stack blocks and build a tower. Misplace a block and your tower shrinks, but perfect landings restore its width. Master three distinct modes with increasing challenges and strategic pickups.

Highlights
  • One-tap gameplay
  • Three distinct game modes
  • Offline play
  • High score tracking per mode
  • Colorblind-friendly design
  • VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support
Features
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Tap to drop. The block above slides back and forth — let go at the wrong moment and the overhang shears away, and your tower gets narrower. Land it dead centre and you get that width back. That is the whole game. It takes five seconds to understand and a long time to be good at. THREE MODES NORMAL — just the tower. Every miss costs you width, every perfect drop hands some back, and the block speeds up the higher you climb. Sooner or later it outruns you. ARCADE — pickups hang out to the sides. Swing a block wide to catch a Widen, a Slow, a double-points streak. Reaching one costs you width, so every pickup is a decision rather than a gift. Some of them bite: Overdrive triples your score and makes the block fly, Flipped turns the screen upside down. And a few you steer around entirely. GRAVITY — nothing is trimmed. Every block lands whole, in whatever width you are dealt, and the tower leans according to where the weight sits. Stack too much to one side and it goes over. A narrow block placed off-centre is a counterweight; a wide one is ballast you have to think about. WHAT IS IN IT - One tap. No buttons, no menus to learn. - Plays offline, on a plane, anywhere. - No account, no sign-up — just open it and play. - A separate high score for each mode. - Its own sound for every drop, trim, and perfect landing — or play it silent, your call. - Colorblind-friendly colors, VoiceOver, and Reduce Motion support. - Share your run as a card that draws the tower you actually built. - Optional one-off purchase removes the ads for good. Built for iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Category Flow4 screens
Plumb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Category Flow at none against Plumb's 1. Category Flow also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Plumb sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Category Flow asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Category Flow versus Plumb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCategory FlowPlumb
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size251 MB8 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTLC STUDIOS PRIVATE LIMITEDARRON PAUL CHELMO

In-app purchases

None

Category Flow

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Plumb

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Category Flow free?
Category Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plumb free?
Plumb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Category Flow or Plumb have ads?
Both Category Flow and Plumb show ads.

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