Comparison

Seal It Off vs Refract

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

Head to head
About

Seal It Off

Features
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The water is rising in the middle of the island, and every turn it spreads into every hex around it that you have not walled off. You get three wall pieces at the start of each turn. Drag them onto the hexes. The moment the water can no longer reach a single house, the town is safe and the island is yours. There is no timer. No move counter, no confirm button, nothing counting down but the water itself. Sit on a turn as long as you like — the island waits. HOW IT PLAYS • Three pieces a turn: usually two singles and a pair, sometimes a three-hex piece. Each one arrives in a fixed orientation — you place it as dealt, so the shape you're given is part of the puzzle. • Your hand is your whole budget. When it's empty the turn ends on its own — nothing to confirm. • Walls are permanent and watertight. Rocks are free walls that came with the island. Every stretch of coastline holds water for nothing, so let the sea build half your line. • Houses can't be walled over. They're what you're protecting. • Lose one house and the town shrinks, but the island plays on. The second one ends it. One misplaced piece is never fatal, so spotting a mistake two turns later still means something. WHAT THE ISLAND THROWS AT YOU • FISSURES crack open one turn before they go, then turn to water in the middle of the board. You can't wall a fissure — you have to wall around it, and six sides means that ring can eat most of a turn. • ICE holds water back like rock, but the number on it drops every turn. At zero it becomes a spring. A free wall now, a new flood later, and you can read the deadline from turn one. • Ponds that merge if you ignore them, necks where cutting the narrow crossing beats chasing the water, and boards where the town is surrounded and the whole puzzle reads backwards. ISLANDS, EVERY ONE HAND-BUILT No generated boards, no padding. Every island was drawn by hand, then machine-checked to prove it can actually be solved and to measure exactly how much wall the answer needs. When a level comes down to your last piece, that's the design, not a coincidence. Plays offline. No account. No energy, no lives to wait on.

About

Refract

Test your reflexes in this fast-paced arcade game by matching colors to gates. As the speed increases, the track splits, requiring quick thinking and precise timing to keep your run going. Unlock achievements and compete on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Color matching gameplay
  • Increasing pace and difficulty
  • Split-lane gates
  • Unlockable achievements
  • Global leaderboards
  • Offline play
Features
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Refract is a fast, focused arcade reflex game about matching colors. Tap through six colors and match each gate before it reaches you. Every match adds to your run. One mistake ends it. As the pace climbs, trapezium gates split the track into two lanes. Read the colors, shift left or right, and keep your timing sharp. The rules are simple. The speed is not. - Match red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet gates - Tap anywhere to cycle your color; swipe or use the arrows to change lanes - Pace rises past 180 gates, with split-lane gates from 60 - Unlock 8 badges, from First Refraction to Prism Elite - Submit your score to the shared daily and all-time leaderboard - Practice in the tutorial without touching your best score - Play offline, with sound you can mute any time - Free to play, no account needed How far can you refract?

Screenshots

Seal It Off4 screens
Refract4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Refract at none against Seal It Off'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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Seal It Off versus Refract: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeal It OffRefract
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMehmet Fatih SahinSurbhi Agrawal

In-app purchases

None

Seal It Off

No in-app purchases

None

Refract

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Seal It Off free?
Seal It Off is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Refract free?
Refract is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Seal It Off or Refract have ads?
Seal It Off shows ads; Refract does not.

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