Comparison

Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals vs Binairio

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

Head to head
About

Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals

This experimental game allows children to practice bitwise operations and conversions between binary and hexadecimal numbers. Developed with a psychologist, it aims to highlight children's natural aptitude for these concepts.

Highlights
  • Bitwise operations practice
  • Binary to hexadecimal conversion
  • Hexadecimal to binary conversion
  • Experimental learning game
  • No tutorial for natural adoption
Features
Read full description

Flippy Bit And The Attack Of The Hexadecimals From Base 16 Hi We at Q42 have teamed up with Russian psychologist Kateryna Afinogenova to create this experiment to test her recent study in which a group of 420 kids were shown to have a natural talent for doing bitwise operations and conversions to hexadecimals. "Seven percent of the test group could bitshift" she said to Scientific World News in an exclusive interview, which caught our nerdy attention. Especially the following statement: "While adults have trouble with binary numbers, from around the age of two, children can not only calculate on a binary scale, but even translate from binary to hexadecimal - and back." We were able to contact her and collaborate remotely on this experimental game that allows kids to literally do that conversion. Afinogenova requested to omit a tutorial to further emphasize the adoption difficulty between adults and children. We were amazed by the results. You can be amazed too! Play the game and find out!

About

Binairio

Engage your logic with a unique number puzzle. Fill grids with blue and green tiles, ensuring each row and column has an equal number of each, no more than two adjacent tiles share the same color, and all rows/columns are distinct. Thousands of puzzles offer endless challenges.

Highlights
  • Binary grid puzzles
  • Equal zeros and ones per row/column
  • Unique row and column constraints
  • No more than two adjacent same colors
  • Thousands of unique puzzles
Features
Read full description

Binary puzzles, if you love puzzling, you should try a binary puzzle. The goal of a binary puzzle is to have the same number of zeros (blue) and ones (green) in every row, and in every column. Each game starts with a grid with a few boxes already filled in. This must be completed further with the following lines: - Every row and every column is unique. - Each row and column contains as many zeros (blue) as ones (green). - There are no more than two neighboring tiles with the same number / color. With thousands of unique puzzles, every game will be different.

Screenshots

Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals3 screens
Binairio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals at 88% against Binairio's 38%. Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Binairio's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 96 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Binairio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Binairio holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Binairio has 157 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals's written reviews are positive against 38% of Binairio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals ships an update every 96 months, Binairio every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals versus Binairio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlippy Bit & the HexadecimalsBinairio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings)4.6 (157 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings27157 — better
Update frequencyEvery 96 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQ42Tom Miedema

Customer experience

Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals

All ratings26 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%

Binairio

All ratings121 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Binairio

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99

Questions

Is Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals free?
Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Binairio free?
Binairio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals or Binairio?
Binairio is rated higher. Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals averages 4.3 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Binairio averages 4.6 from 157 ratings.
Do Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals or Binairio have ads?
Binairio shows ads; Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals does not.
Which is updated more often, Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals or Binairio?
Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals ships an update every 96 months, and Binairio every 3 months. Most recently, Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals was updated on October 23, 2026 and Binairio on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons