Comparison

Defrag Game vs Push the Circles

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

Head to head
About

Defrag Game

A simple yet addictive puzzle strategy game where players rearrange colored blocks into larger groups of the same color. The goal is to fill empty slots with adjacent blocks of matching colors to complete the game and achieve a high score.

Highlights
  • Rearrange colored blocks
  • Group same-colored blocks
  • Drag blocks into empty slots
  • Score based on time and moves
  • Compactness ratio scoring
  • Multiple difficulty levels
Features
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***** - "Very addictive once you master the method - A very easy game to pick up and play at any time with lots of ways to improve your score each time. Great idea!" "This is the nerdiest game I've seen for a while. Love it!" - pfg​2009 DefragGame is a fun, simple and highly addictive puzzle strategy game where goal is to arrange the colour blocks into larger same colour groups by reorganising them. Do this by dragging them into empty slots next to the same colour. The game is complete when there are no fragments left. Your score starts at 1,500 on easy, 2,000 on medium and 2,500 on hard. You lose 10 points per second taken and 2 points per move made. That score is then multiplied by your compactness ratio. Fewer gaps between the beginning and end of all the files means a better compactness ratio and a higher score.

About

Push the Circles

A tactical puzzle game where players stack rings of the same color to achieve high scores. Unlock new levels by reaching point milestones and strategically use special rings to maximize your score.

Highlights
  • Tactical ring stacking gameplay
  • Three unlockable difficulty levels
  • Score-based level progression
  • Increasing ring values with superposition
  • Special silver and joker rings
  • Dynamic field filling with new rings
Features
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Push the Circles is a tactical high score game with 3 different levels. Activation as follows: - Level „Easy“ is activated immediately. - Level „Medium“ will be unlocked upon scoring 10,000 points in Level „Easy“. - Level „Complex" will be unlocked upon scoring of 100,000 points in the level „Medium“. Rules: Rings of the same color have to be vertically or horizontally placed on each other. While no rings of a different color can be skipped, only empty fields can be skipped. The value of a ring increases with the number of superposed rings. The start value of a ring is 1. When superimposing the values of the start and end ring are added, the value of the starting ring is doubled. The value of a ring can increase to max. 10,000 points. After each move, the field is filled with rings again: Ring value 0 - 6: no new ring Ring value 7- 15: 1 new ring Ring value 16-31: 2 new rings Ring value 32-63: 3 new rings Ring Value 64: 100 - 5 new rings Ring value > 100: No new ring Where the field is filled from left to right and from bottom to top with rings random color. With higher score and more tactical options also free combinable silver and joker rings will appear.

Screenshots

Defrag Game4 screens
Push the Circles4 screens

Verdict

The call

Defrag Game and Push the Circles both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Defrag Game's written reviews are positive against 67% of Push the Circles's. Defrag Game also leads on iOS requirement (6.1 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Defrag Game against 5.0 for Push the Circles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Defrag Game's written reviews are positive against 67% of Push the Circles's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Defrag Game ships an update every 4 months, Push the Circles every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Defrag Game versus Push the Circles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDefrag GamePush the Circles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas ThompsonDirk Schulz-Judith

Customer experience

Defrag Game

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Push the Circles

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Defrag Game

No in-app purchases

None

Push the Circles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Defrag Game free?
Defrag Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Push the Circles free?
Push the Circles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Defrag Game or Push the Circles?
Defrag Game and Push the Circles are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Defrag Game or Push the Circles have ads?
Neither Defrag Game nor Push the Circles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Defrag Game or Push the Circles?
Defrag Game ships an update every 4 months, and Push the Circles every 7 months. Most recently, Defrag Game was updated on October 2, 2026 and Push the Circles on October 17, 2026.

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