Project Alnilam vs Popcorn Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Alnilam
An abstract puzzle game where players must guide all green items to the exit. Items move together but have unique behaviors, requiring strategic thinking within a limited number of steps. Features 60 mind-bending levels.
- Abstract and atmospheric gameplay
- Mindbending puzzles
- Unique item behaviors
- Limited step challenges
- 60 included puzzles
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Project Alnilam is an abstract, atmospheric, mindbending puzzle. Prepare your braincells! Get all the green items to the exit! All items move together, but they have different behaviour. Some of them helps, some of them hinders movement. Warning: you have a limited number of steps! 60 puzzles included.
Popcorn Puzzle
A physics-based puzzle game where you draw lines to guide falling popcorn into containers. Overcome obstacles and challenges using your physics knowledge to collect as much popcorn as possible. Fun for all ages with increasing difficulty.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Draw lines to guide popcorn
- Collect popcorn in containers
- Variety of obstacles and challenges
- Increasing difficulty
- Fun for all ages
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A physics-based popcorn game that simulates the falling of popcorn kernels in a fun and interactive way. In this game, the player must use their knowledge of physics to draw lines and collect as many popcorns as possible in the Containers. The gameplay involves a variety of physics-based Obstacles and challenges that the player must overcome in order to collect the popcorns. For example, Collect butter popcorns in butter containers only, use Portals to transport popcorns from one location to another etc. As the game progresses, the challenges become more difficult and the player must use multiple skills at the same time to collect popcorns. Overall, this is a fun puzzle game where people of all ages can have a great time playing it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Project Alnilam at 100% against Popcorn Puzzle's 50%. Project Alnilam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Popcorn Puzzle's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 67 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Project Alnilam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Project Alnilam's written reviews are positive against 50% of Popcorn Puzzle's.
Project Alnilam ships an update every 67 months, Popcorn Puzzle every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Alnilam | Popcorn Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 67 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartCode | Hamsters Technology |
Customer experience
Project Alnilam
Popcorn Puzzle
In-app purchases
Project Alnilam
No in-app purchases
Popcorn Puzzle
No in-app purchases
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