Rules! vs Spünes
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
Spünes
Collect, clean, and trade virtual spoons by photographing real ones. Earn in-game currency to upgrade your collection and compete for 'Spoon of the Day' awards. A unique game focused on digital ownership and in-person trading.
- Photograph real spoons to collect
- Earn in-game currency (SpoonBucks)
- Clean spoons for higher earnings
- In-person spoon trading
- Compete for 'Spoon of the Day'
- Claim unique spoon names
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Spünes: Friends with Spoons is a spoon-trading game. You photograph real spoons to add them to your collection, keep them clean, use them 3 times a day, trade them in person with other players, and earn an in-game currency from them that you spend on upkeep and upgrades. Why? Do you really want to be the only one in your friend group without high-yield spoons in your drawer? COLLECT YOUR SPOONS Photograph a spoon to add it to your drawer. Each one gets a name and three stats: Balance, Scoop and Grip. EARN AND SPEND Every spoon generates SpoonBucks based on stats, cleanliness, streaks, trades, awards, and more. A new dirty spoon might get you a few SpoonBucks, but a clean spoon with a high millage and a Spoon of the Day ribbon could net you thousands! Buy more sponges, polish, or even a dishwasher to keep your spoons shiny and generate more SpoonBucks. CLEAN YOUR SPOONS Spoons get dirty over time. Wash them by hand, with a sponge, or in the dishwasher. Clean spoons earn more. USE YOUR SPOONS Pick one spoon to carry. It asks to be used at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Use it on time nine meals in a row to earn a reward. TRADE YOUR SPOONS Hold two phones together to trade one spoon for another, no internet needed. Each spoon keeps a record of everyone who has owned it. SHOW YOUR SPOONS Put three spoons in your display case. Display spoons earn more and are entered into Spoon of the Day, which everyone votes on. CLAIM A NAME Claim a spoon name and it is verified as yours. Nobody else can use it. You can own "The Spooninator" or even "Bob" (unless someone claims it first!) VIRTUAL SPOON There's a virtual spoon just in case you forget your real spoon at home! Every spoon you own in real life could be earning SpoonBucks right now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Spünes at Free against Rules!'s $2.99. Spünes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Rules!'s advantage is ratings volume (67 vs 4) and chart position (#177 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Spünes is free to download; Rules! costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spünes 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Rules!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Spünes's.
Rules! ships an update monthly, Spünes every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rules! | Spünes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #177 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 137b | Parker Stech |
Customer experience
Rules!
Spünes
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
Spünes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rules!
No in-app purchases
Spünes
No in-app purchases









