Comparison

2048 vs Gate Master

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

Head to head
About

2048

Merge numbered tiles by swiping to reach the 2048 tile. This fun and relaxing puzzle game challenges you to achieve a high score by strategically combining tiles.

Highlights
  • Swipe to move tiles
  • Merge tiles with same numbers
  • Reach 2048 tile
  • High score challenge
  • Relaxing puzzle gameplay
Features
Currently charting
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Join the numbers and get to the 2048 tile! Swipe to move all tiles. When two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into one. Get to the 2048 tile, and reach a high score! Inspired by Gabriele Cirulli game available on the web: http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/

About

Gate Master

Features
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The town has lost its power! The lamps are dark, the bank vault is locked, and the traffic lights have gone out. Travel from region to region with your guide Wire, fix the circuits and bring the town's lights back on. Gate Master is a puzzle game played with real logic gates. Every level shows a real device at the top of the screen: a night light, a doorbell, an elevator, a traffic light. Below it sits the circuit board. Drop the right gate into each empty slot, press Test and watch whether the device works in every case. MEET THE GATES Every gate has a face and a personality: AND with its glasses, OR with its little sprout, NOT who flips everything around, NAND in a cape, XOR with a crown... When their output is 1 their faces light up, and at 0 they doze off. Each new gate arrives with its own intro card. BUILD, PREDICT, FIND THE FAULT Levels don't always ask for the same thing: • Build: place gates in the slots, and sometimes choose where a wire goes • Predict: look at the circuit. Will the lamp turn on or stay off? • Set the switches: flip the inputs to reach the goal • Find the fault: spot the wrong gate and swap it • Only these gates: copy one gate using just one kind of gate • Machine: a big circuit at the end of every region 10 REGIONS, 200 LEVELS Home, Bank, Apartment, Greenhouse, Factory, Stairs, Workshop, School, Traffic and Clock Tower. You start with a single wire and a NOT gate. After AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR and XNOR come binary numbers, adders, a 7-segment display, selectors, decoders and, at the very end, memory and counters. The challenge grows step by step, and every level was checked to be solvable. TEST IT, WATCH THE LIST The Test button tries every input combination in turn, filling the list of tries row by row. You see exactly which case went wrong. In the first levels the list uses pictures, and 0 and 1 come later. LIGHT UP THE TOWN As you repair the circuits, dark devices switch on one by one and the town lights up region by region. STARS AND HINTS Every level has 3 stars: solve it, get it right on the first Test, and finish without hints. Stuck? Wire can help. Hints are paid for with coins you earn by finishing levels, or you can watch a short ad to get one. PHONE AND TABLET Plays in landscape. On tablets the circuit board and the list of tries sit side by side, and everything is bigger. Plays without an internet connection too. PRIVACY AND ADS • The game is free and needs reading. Menus and Wire's guidance come in 17 languages; the level stories are in English and Turkish. • No ads in the first 4 levels. From level 5, an interstitial ad may appear only after a level is finished, at most once every 3 levels and at least 3 minutes apart. Never in the middle of a level. • Ads are not personalized and are limited to content rated G (general audiences). The app never asks for tracking permission. • Optional purchases: 5 hints, 20 hints and Remove Ads. Every purchase and restore goes through a parental gate. • No account and no analytics. Progress is saved on the device only. Wire is waiting. Let's light up the town together!

Screenshots

20484 screens
Gate Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gate Master at every 3 days against 2048's every 9 days. 2048's advantage is chart position (#139 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 2048 sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Gate Master sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

2048 ships an update every 9 days, Gate Master every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
2048 versus Gate Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter2048Gate Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (38K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings38K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#139 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB34 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperKetchappSarper Isık

Bugs and requests

2048

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Leaderboard and high score tracking issues
  • Freezing and crashing during gameplay
  • Ads interfering with gameplay and audio

Requested features

4 requests
  • Undo/rewind functionality
  • Customizable themes and styles
  • Multiplayer/competitive modes
  • Difficulty levels or progressive challenges

Gate Master

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

2048

One-time7
  • Revive 5 Lives$0.99
  • 10 lives (special first purchase)$0.99
  • 10 lives$2.49
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  • 15lives$2.99
  • 30 Lives$3.99
  • Remove ads$7.99
  • No-Ads + 25 Lives$9.99
3 purchases

Gate Master

One-time3
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 20 Hints$2.49

Questions

Is 2048 free?
2048 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gate Master free?
Gate Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 2048 or Gate Master have ads?
Both 2048 and Gate Master show ads.
Which is updated more often, 2048 or Gate Master?
2048 ships an update every 9 days, and Gate Master every 3 days. Most recently, 2048 was updated on October 29, 2026 and Gate Master on October 24, 2026.

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