Rules! vs Circle Bee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rules!
Engage in a fast-paced, challenging, and fun puzzle game with a hundred levels. Features a daily brain workout for Apple Watch and animated stickers. Offers multiple game modes and unique mechanics.
- Daily Apple Watch brain workout
- Animated sticker pack
- Beginner, Expert, or Timeless game modes
- Multi-touch interface
- Color perception assistance
- Surprising new game mechanics
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• Includes a daily brain workout mini-game for Apple Watch • Includes animated sticker pack • App Store – Best Apple Watch Game of 2015 • App Store – Best of 2014 • German Developer Award 2014 – Best mobile Game • German Video Game Award 2015 – Best mobile Game • Pocket Gamer Awards 2015 Finalist Best Casual/Puzzle Game & Most Innovative Game RULES! is a cute puzzle game that's challenging, fast-paced and fun. • Choose your preferred type of game: Beginner, Expert or Timeless • “What’s presented here is a stylish, original, clever puzzle game that I’m having trouble putting down long enough to write this review.” ~ Gamezebo “A delightfully constructed memory test that grows in complexity and appeal the deeper in you go.” ~ Pocket Gamer “The Coding Monkeys have never released anything that wasn’t utterly brilliant, therefore Rules shall almost certainly be brilliant.” ~ Pocket Tactics Follow RULES! into a hundred level-deep maze of cuteness and order: • Multi-touch interface at its finest • Color perception assistance mode • Whales, Unicorns, Robots and Squirrels! • A plethora of surprising new game mechanics
Circle Bee
Navigate through a series of challenging circles by controlling your flight path. Master precise movements to achieve high scores and overcome obstacles in this engaging arcade game.
- Precise flight control
- Challenging circle navigation
- High score chasing
- Arcade gameplay
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When you can't fly straight, resort to plan bee, and fly through the circles!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Circle Bee at 5.0 against Rules!'s 4.2. Circle Bee also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.2). Rules!'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (67 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Rules! costs $2.99 and Circle Bee $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Circle Bee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rules! has 67 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rules! ships an update monthly, Circle Bee every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rules! | Circle Bee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #101 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 137b | Anthony Hindle |
Customer experience
Rules!
Circle Bee
Bugs and requests
Rules!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Freezing and crashing issues, especially on Apple Watch
- Unresponsive tapping on certain tiles
Requested features
5 requests- Option to save progress and continue from last level
- Randomized rule order
- Difficulty settings with longer time limits
- Colorblind accessibility options
- More game modes and challenges
Circle Bee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rules!
No in-app purchases
Circle Bee
No in-app purchases
