Catchup vs REXER:Diagonal Strategy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catchup
Master a beautiful abstract strategy game by connecting hexes to create the largest group. Features include a challenging AI, online multiplayer, and pass-and-play options. Learn the simple rules and strive for difficult mastery.
- Interactive tutorial
- Challenging AI opponent
- Online turn-based multiplayer
- Two-player pass-and-play
- Minimalist graphics
- Customizable colors
- Leaderboards & Achievements
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Catchup is a simple game of surprising turnarounds. "Catchup is as elegant as a game can reasonably be, presented in a marvelously user-friendly way.” -Pocket Tactics (5-star review) "If you're even a little bit into strategy games, you need to get some Catchup all over your mobile device." -Touch Arcade (4 & 1/2 star review) Can you have the largest group at the end of the game? Connect your hexes to master this beautiful abstract strategy game. Features: - an interactive tutorial to teach you how to play - a challenging AI opponent whose difficulty changes as you play - online turn-based multiplayer via Game Center - two-player pass-and-play on the same device - beautiful and haunting music by Tori Kamal - minimalist graphics with customizable colors - Game Center Leaderboards & Achievements - simple and easy to learn rules and gameplay - difficult to master strategy Here are all the rules: 1. One player plays all the hexes of one color and the other player plays all the hexes of the other color. The first player begins by claiming 1 empty hex for their color. 2. Starting with the second player, each player must claim 1 or 2 hexes on their turn. 3. If the largest group of hexes at the end of a turn is larger than the largest group of hexes at the beginning of that turn (regardless of color), the next player may claim up to 3 hexes on their turn. (This does not apply after the first player claims a single hex in step 1 above.) 4. The game ends when the board is full. The player with the largest group wins. If the players’ largest groups are the same size, compare their second-largest groups, and so on, until you come to a pair which aren’t the same size. Whoever owns the larger of the two wins. Catchup is an original Board Game designed by Nick Bentley.
REXER:Diagonal Strategy
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REXER features very simple rules. Anyone can start playing right away. 【Rules】 Piece Movement • Pieces move diagonally. • The King cannot be moved consecutively. • You can remove an opponent’s piece by trapping it between your pieces. You win by meeting any of the following conditions: • Capture the opponent’s King. • Move your King into the enemy territory. • Reduce the opponent’s pieces to one or fewer. 【Scoring】 Score is available in single-player (vs CPU). ◆ Remove enemy pieces 1 piece: 100 pts 2 pieces at once: 500 pts 3 pieces at once: 1500 pts 4 pieces at once: 3000 pts 5 pieces at once: 5000 pts 6 or more at once: 10000 pts ◆ Piece difference at victory +100 pts for each piece difference ◆ Bonuses • Capture the opponent’s King: +2000 pts • Win without losing any pieces: +3000 pts Higher CPU difficulty grants more score. Strong x2 score Strongest x3 score
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: REXER:Diagonal Strategy at daily against Catchup's every 101 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Catchup ships an update every 101 months, REXER:Diagonal Strategy daily. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catchup | REXER:Diagonal Strategy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 101 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Grider | Koji Murakami |
In-app purchases
Catchup
No in-app purchases
REXER:Diagonal Strategy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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