Sequetur vs Recursive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sequetur
Challenge your mind with number sequences. Earn points by solving puzzles, but beware of incorrect answers. Hints are available to help you find the solution.
- Number sequence puzzles
- Point-based scoring
- Penalty for wrong answers
- Puzzle skipping option
- Hints provided
- Difficulty levels
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Like having fun with numbers? Sequetur challenges you to complete a series of number sequences and awards points based on the difficulty of each puzzle. Be careful, entering the wrong answer will result in a deduction of a quarter of the puzzle points from your total, but you can skip any puzzle you find too difficult. Hints are provided by showing the number of digits in the correct answer, and presenting 5 digits from which the answer is constructed.
Recursive
A challenging puzzle game where you guide robots to collect gems by creating simple programs. Master recursion and logic with a minimalistic, easy-to-learn language and diverse level elements.
- Learn a simple programming language
- Solve puzzles with robots and gems
- Master recursion concepts
- Explore diverse level elements
- Challenging, hard puzzles
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Recursive is a puzzle game about recursion, patterns, and programming. It is the perfect game for people who love hard puzzles. Your goal is to help little robots complete their mission and collect all gems by finding the correct pattern and translating it into a short program. # Programming language (no prior knowledge required) The programming language is minimalistic and easy to learn. It doesn't require any prior programming knowledge and consists of only four instructions. - Move forward: Move one cell forward. - Rotate left: Rotate 90° left in place. - Rotate right: Rotate 90° right in place. - Change color: Load a chip of a specified color and execute the instructions it contains. And even with this simple programming language, robots can follow complex patterns thanks to the power of recursion and to other tricks that you can discover along with your progression in the game. # Rich levels Recursive offers a large variety of levels thanks to supporting multiple types of elements. - Robots: They can have different colors that reflect the chip they have loaded. - Gems: Your goal is to collect all of them. - Bugs: They destroy robots and make them disappear. - Chips: They make robots load a different program. - Teleportation gates: They make robots teleport to a different location. - Inactive robots: They are activated when touched by another robot. # Mastering recursion Recursion is said to be hard to understand as a famous quote attributed to Stephen Hawking says: "To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion." However, we believe that playing Recursive is another fun way to understand it or even master it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sequetur at none against Recursive's 3. Recursive's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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
Sequetur costs $2.99 and Recursive $2.99 up front. Recursive sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sequetur asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sequetur against 4.9 for Recursive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recursive has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sequetur ships an update every 6 months, Recursive every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sequetur | Recursive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kelly Technology Inc. | Kidori |
Customer experience
Sequetur
Recursive
In-app purchases
Sequetur
No in-app purchases
Recursive
- 10 hint credits$0.99
- 20 hint credits$1.99
- 40 hint credits$2.99
