GOA vs Cove & Cosmos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GOA
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Margin is a pursuit puzzle you win with your head, not your thumbs. Every level is a small board. You move one square at a time. So do the hunters — and they always take the step that brings them closest to you. That is the whole rule, and it is also the whole trick: because you know exactly what they will do, you can decide where they end up. An arrow above each hunter shows the step it is about to take. Read the arrows, and a level stops being a chase and becomes a plan: pull the pack one way, slip through the gap they leave, walk out through the exit. • Three tiers: Easy, Medium and Hard. Each one puts more hunters on the board and less room between them. • Daily Board: one board for everyone, every day, separately for Easy, Medium and Hard. Solve it to earn 20 points on Easy, 200 on Medium or 400 on Hard, and claim your spot in the daily ranking. • Challenge a friend: send a board you've won as a link. They play the exact same one, then can watch your game step by step. • 48 titles to earn, plus weekly and all-time leaderboards on Game Center. • Every level is generated and then solved by the game before you ever see it. If it is offered to you, it can be beaten. • Every board shows its minimum move count. Each extra move costs a point (up to 5), so the shortest escape earns the most. • A hint when you are stuck, and a fresh board whenever you want one. • No timers, no lives, no energy to wait for. Think as long as you like. • Plays in portrait, one thumb, anywhere. There is no margin for error. There is exactly one square of it.
Cove & Cosmos
Embark on a match-3 puzzle adventure across two distinct worlds, each with unique mechanics and companions. Master satisfying combos, utilize world-specific boosters, and overcome challenging objectives without needing an account.
- Two distinct puzzle worlds
- Interactive companion routes
- Gravity and cosmic objectives
- World-specific boosters
- Powerful special-gem combinations
- Progress without an account
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Step into Cove & Cosmos, a colorful match-3 adventure where two very different worlds bring their own puzzles, powers, and surprises. MATCH ACROSS TWO WORLDS Relax along the bright shores of Sunlit Cove, then journey into Starfall Observatory for puzzles shaped by gravity, starlight, meteors, and black-hole objectives. TEAM UP WITH MIKO & LUMA Each world has its own companion. Charge their power through normal play, then draw a route across connected cells and send them into action. Miko’s Pearl Route and Luma’s Star Route can clear jewels, affect obstacles, and activate special gems — without using a move. MASTER SATISFYING COMBOS Match jewels, create rockets and bombs, trigger cascades, and combine special pieces to clear challenging objectives within a limited number of moves. DISCOVER WORLD-SPECIFIC GAMEPLAY Sunlit Cove and Starfall Observatory feature separate progression and booster inventories. As you advance through Starfall, new cosmic mechanics change the way you plan every move. PLAY YOUR WAY • Explore two distinct puzzle worlds • Draw interactive companion routes • Master gravity and cosmic objectives • Use world-specific boosters • Create powerful special-gem combinations • Replay levels and improve your results • Progress without creating a game account Cove & Cosmos is free to download and includes advertising and optional in-app purchases. The optional No Ads purchase removes banner and interstitial ads. Rewarded ads remain optional and are only shown when you choose to watch them for rewards. Ready to travel from the cove to the cosmos? Start matching and discover what waits in both worlds.
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Verdict
GOA and Cove & Cosmos are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. GOA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cove & Cosmos sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | GOA | Cove & Cosmos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 225 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALI BUGATEKIN | FB COMPANY LLC |
In-app purchases
GOA
- Remove Ads$1.99
Cove & Cosmos
- 150 Coins$0.99
- coins_350$1.99
- coins_600$2.99
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- Starter Bundle$4.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- 1,400 Coins$5.99









