Fixum vs hocus GO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fixum
This addictive puzzle game challenges you to switch and spin patterned tiles to match a solution design. Explore over 1600 unique levels across 28 episodes, with daily challenges and multiplayer duels. Improve your cognitive skills while enjoying a constantly expanding puzzle experience.
- Switch and spin patterned tiles
- Match solution designs
- 28 episodes with 1600+ levels
- Daily challenges with rewards
- Online multiplayer duels
- Improve cognitive skills
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"Meet the latest addictive iOS puzzle game — but don’t say we didn’t warn you…" - Zach Epstein, BGR.com "WHAT IS FIXUM??" Our newest puzzle saga is "Fixum." Simple in its design, the object of Fixum is to switch or spin the patterned game tiles to match the solution design. Follow each map through 28 different episodes, with more than 20 game modes. Just when you think you've got this game figured out, try playing upside down or in the dark. Join us on this journey through 1600 unique levels with hand crafted designs. Can you master each of the game modes? Are you able to solve all 1600 puzzles? Improve your memory, mental flexibility, visual acuity, and spatial relativity skills with FIXUM! Just when you think: "Only 1600 puzzles? Is that all?" We have daily challenges with a new puzzle everyday, rewards for completing the daily puzzles including boosters for use in the campaign. We also have three sets of "Masters" puzzles, which gives a real challenge to the Fixum Elite. Now you're probably thinking: "SO all we have is 1750 puzzles, with another 30 puzzles each month for a total of over 2100 puzzles? Come on, I want more." Well you got it, we also have an online multiplayer version called Duel. Play against your friends, play against your enemies... a Duel match to earn stars and feel good about yourself. "Is this game really good enough to have all this content?" YES... YES IT IS. download it and find out. Earn achievements both within the app or on game center. Thank you for your download and tell a friend if you wanna keep the fun going.
hocus GO
Design and build your own unique mazes with this app. Once created, watch as the app generates a solution for your custom puzzle.
- Build custom mazes
- Drag and create mazes
- Watch maze solutions
- New gameplay available
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year and hocus GO is ready. A new gameplay is live now. Just drag/create your own maze and watch the solution
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: hocus GO at 4.6 against Fixum's 4.1. hocus GO also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (416 vs 36). Fixum's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (77% vs 44%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Fixum sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and hocus GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
hocus GO holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hocus GO has 416 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Fixum's written reviews are positive against 44% of hocus GO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fixum ships an update every 3 weeks, hocus GO every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Fixum | hocus GO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (36 ratings) | 4.6 (416 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews — better | 43.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 | 416 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Porter | GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Fixum
hocus GO
User reviews
Fixum
From 36 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Challenging puzzles
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 💡 Variety of game modes
- 🎨 Great visuals
- 🧠 Mentally stimulating
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 💰 Aggressive in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Restrictive time limits
- 🤯 Frustrating controls
- 🤖 Unresponsive developers
hocus GO
From 416 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Calming game
- 💡 Challenging
Room to improve
- 🔋 Ads too frequent
- 🐛 Pieces overlap on the bottom
- 🐛 Game doesn't register solution until entire maze is reassembled
Bugs and requests
Fixum
Reported bugs
4 issues- Spotlight mode not working
- Levels not loading properly
- Freezing and crashing issues
- Incorrect tile rotation
Requested features
5 requests- Undo/replay option
- Improved matchmaking for Duel mode
- More frequent level updates
- Syncing across devices
- Option to disable ads
hocus GO
Reported bugs
2 issues- Pieces overlap on the bottom
- Game doesn't register solution until entire maze is reassembled
Requested features
2 requests- Level replaying
- Cosmetics/skins to use stars on
In-app purchases
Fixum
- set of 10 Timeout Boosters$0.99
- set of 10 Extra Moves Boosters$0.99
- set of 10 No-Color Boosters$0.99
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- set of 10 No-Spin Boosters$0.99
- set of 10 Mismatch Second Chance Boosters$0.99
- set of 10 Lights-On Boosters$0.99
- set of 2 Level Skip boosters$0.99
- booster to Permanently Cancel All Timers$2.99
- Unlimited Lives Booster$4.99
- Bulk Purchase of Selected Boosters$5.99
hocus GO
- No Ads$4.99
