X Mutant Puzzle vs Joel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
X Mutant Puzzle
Embark on a global adventure to track and destroy mutants in this RPG puzzle game. Build and upgrade your team of mutants and weapons, explore over 50 destinations, and manage resources to save Earth.
- Global mutant hunting missions
- Team building and mutant recruitment
- Mutant and weapon upgrades
- Resource management (money, atomic batteries)
- Unlockable mutant book
- Cross-device synchronization
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X Mutant Puzzle is a Puzzle Game RPG. Mutants are all around the world. You and your team must track down these monsters and destroy them. You will fight in Osaka in Japan, but also in Hanoï, Mexico... You'll discover more than 50 destinations on Earth. To eliminate all the mutants, you will choose your leader, your faction and then build your team. For that, you will unlock new mutants to recruit them, thus your team power will raise. Mutants in your team can be improved by doing mutations. You can also improve your weapons to attack more strongly your enemies. Mutants are also on the Moon and in the seabed. Special equipments are needed for these missions. You will unlock them by doing researches. Managing your money and the atomic batteries is vital. After every battle, you earn money and your mutants improve their experience. Everyday, you earn coins, as a gift. Every week, you earn one atomic battery, as a special gift. More than 250 mutants have to be unlocked. A mutant book is available to visualize them. It's now your time to fight, future of Earth is in your hands. X Mutant Puzzle, the RPG Puzzle that will make you go all around the world and even to the Moon ... As your game is always synchronised with our servers, you can play with your iPad at home and continue your game on the iPhone during the day (Game Center needed for that feature). An Internet connection is required to play this game.
Joel
Experience a technical preview of advanced vector rendering technology by battling hundreds of zombies. This game showcases unprecedented vector rendering, ensuring crisp graphics that scale flawlessly across any resolution or device.
- Zombie battles
- Advanced vector rendering
- Scalable graphics
- High-quality animation
- Technical preview
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Battle hundreds of zombies in this technical preview of Rive’s new vector rendering technology. The Rive Renderer draws an unprecedented amount of vectors on screen. Everything animates and deforms without losing quality. Graphics remain crisp and clear regardless of scale, resolution, or device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Joel at 100% against X Mutant Puzzle's 0%. Joel also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. X Mutant Puzzle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Joel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Joel holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of X Mutant Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Joel's.
X Mutant Puzzle ships an update every 10 months, Joel every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | X Mutant Puzzle | Joel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Alexandre Minard | Rive, Inc |
Customer experience
X Mutant Puzzle
Joel
In-app purchases
X Mutant Puzzle
- 10 Atomic Batteries$1.99
- 100 Atomic Batteries$9.99
- Energy Always Full$19.99
Joel
No in-app purchases









