Comparison

Valley Sort vs Look Closer

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

Head to head
About

Valley Sort

Guide travelers home in this serene puzzle game. Solve increasingly complex sorting challenges by directing colored crowds to their designated platforms. Discover new mechanics and enjoy a calming visual and auditory experience.

Highlights
  • Color-based crowd sorting
  • Progressive puzzle mechanics
  • Themed valley chapters
  • Endless supply of puzzles
  • Relaxing ambient music and visuals
  • Undo and hint system
Features
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A crowd of robed travellers waits at the top of the stairs. Tap to lift them, tap again to send them walking down — and watch a whole valley sort itself into colour. Valley Sort is a calm, beautiful sorting puzzle set among pastel towers, floating stones and long stairways. Gather every colour onto its own platform to finish the valley, then watch it crumble into the mist as the next one rises out of it. LEARNED IN TWO TAPS Travellers will only join a crowd of their own colour, or step onto an empty platform. That is the whole rule. Everything after it is you, looking at a beautiful little tangle and quietly working out the thread to pull first. A VALLEY THAT KEEPS SURPRISING YOU Just as you settle into a rhythm, the valley teaches you something new: - Veiled travellers who hide their colour until the crowd in front of them walks away - Caves that let crowds out one by one, and never let anyone back in - Frozen crowds that thaw only as you complete others - Wild travellers who belong to every colour at once - Burning lanterns counting down, worn stairs that crumble, carts that must move as one - Dyed stairs that recolour whoever crosses them - A harbour where completed crowds sail away and caravans bring new travellers to the gate IT NEVER RUNS OUT — AND IT IS NEVER UNFAIR Hand-built opening valleys give way to an endless supply of fresh ones, and every single puzzle is solved by the game before it ever reaches you. No impossible deals. No wasted evening. A JOURNEY WITH A SHAPE Climb through chapters of themed valleys, rise from Traveller to Valley Sage, fill your firefly jar, and meet a boss valley — the biggest of its chapter — at the end of each one. Your furthest valley goes to Game Center, if you want the company. MADE TO RELAX IN - Soft isometric architecture that dissolves into drifting mist - Skies that turn from dawn to lagoon to lilac to a starlit night - Gentle generative music and bell-like chimes that follow each level - Undo, hints, power-ups and a rewind for when you are truly stuck - Haptics on supported devices Take a breath, lift a crowd and guide the travellers home.

About

Look Closer

Features
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Life is a mess. Fix it. Every level is one chaotic scene and one ridiculous problem. Get rid of the creep who keeps coming back to the bar. Turn a disgusting flat date-ready before she rings the bell. Get a man in nothing but a towel back into his own flat. Look closer, find the fix, and watch it play out. 35 LEVELS OF GROWN-UP CHAOS • Get rid of the creep at the bar (he keeps coming back) • Stop the bride's exes from ruining the wedding • Find everyone he's hiding before his wife does • Pay a $250 dinner bill with an empty wallet • Sneak into bed at 3 a.m. without waking anyone • Get the whole queue past a very strict bouncer • No toilet paper. Get creative. • …and every level ends with a twist you won't see coming HOW IT PLAYS • Tap anything to see what it is. Drag an item onto a person or object to use it. • Every right move plays a funny cartoon scene, every wrong move gets its own joke. • Fully voiced characters, a ticking clock and a twist ending in every level. • Stuck? The first hint is free; after that a short optional ad unlocks each hint. Pause any time. • Free to play · Contains ads · No sign-up • Cartoon comedy for adults: cheeky jokes, gross-out gags, nothing explicit

Screenshots

Valley Sort4 screens
Look Closer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Look Closer at none against Valley Sort's 10. Valley Sort's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, 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. Valley Sort sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Look Closer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Valley Sort ships an update every 2 days, Look Closer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 4 level
Valley Sort versus Look Closer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterValley SortLook Closer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB194 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHE HEPravin Purohit

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Valley Sort

One-time6
  • Hour of Hearts$0.99
  • Wayfarer’s Kit2 variants$1.99
  • Afternoon of Hearts2 variants$1.99
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  • Day of Hearts$4.99
  • Explorer’s Bundle2 variants$7.99
  • Legend of the Valley2 variants$19.99
None

Look Closer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Valley Sort free?
Valley Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Look Closer free?
Look Closer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Valley Sort or Look Closer have ads?
Look Closer shows ads; Valley Sort does not.
Which is updated more often, Valley Sort or Look Closer?
Valley Sort ships an update every 2 days, and Look Closer weekly. Most recently, Valley Sort was updated on November 10, 2026 and Look Closer on November 6, 2026.

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