Slide It+ vs Drain Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slide It+
Experience classic sliding puzzles with fresh gameplay twists like Sudoku and ring challenges. Test your memory and speed in various modes, and compete globally through Game Center challenges.
- Sudoku Slide Puzzle variation
- Ring Slide Puzzle variation
- Classic slide puzzle with custom photos
- Normal and Memory modes
- Game Center Challenges
- Customizable piece display
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The classic slide puzzle has been revitalized with new playing variations and features that gives this old standby new life. "Sudoku Slide Puzzle" combines slide puzzles and Sudoku logic (not repeating a number or color within a single row or column). "Ring Slide Puzzle" is a colorful new option, where you move colored rings to surround circles drawn on the playing area. And, of course, there is the classic slide puzzle, which can be played with one of the built-in images, or using your own photos (with or without numbers or letters on the pieces). Each game variation can be played in either normal or "memory mode". In memory mode, the pieces are hidden as soon as you start moving them. The clock only runs while the board is visible, so the more you can do by memory, the better your time will be! When you feel you are ready, try one of the 3 Game Center Challenges, to see how you compare with other players around the world! Slide It+ is big on features, but small in price and size (i.e. it doesn't consume a lot of valuable space on your device). This makes Slide It+ the perfect slide puzzle app to keep on your device, always ready to provide a fun and quick (or not so quick) puzzle game, and to help you prepare if you are chosen as a contestant on Survivor!
Drain Brain
A retro-styled puzzle game where players connect pipes on a grid to create a path for flowing liquid. Score points by filling pipes and race against the clock to fix dead ends before the flow stops. Features include various pipe types, a smart queue, and bombs to correct mistakes.
- Pipe connection puzzles
- Retro LCD handheld style
- Progressive difficulty
- Smart queue system
- Game Center leaderboards
- Original soundtrack
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Connect pipes before the flow catches up in Drain Brain, a retro-styled puzzle game inspired by classic LCD handhelds! Place pipes on a grid to create a path from start to goal. Once the countdown ends, liquid begins flowing through your creation. Every pipe it fills scores points, but if the flow hits a dead end, you've got seconds to fix it or it's game over! Features: • 7 pipe types including cross pipes that can score twice! • Smart queue system with 5 upcoming pieces! • 3 bombs per level to fix mistakes! • Progressive difficulty that speeds up as you advance! • Game Center leaderboards and achievements! • Original soundtrack by Nobonoko! • Themes, and more! Easy to learn. Hard to master. Each level pushes you faster. How far can you go?!?!?!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drain Brain at 100% against Slide It+'s 0%. Drain Brain also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (daily vs every 47 months). Slide It+'s advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drain Brain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Slide It+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Drain Brain's.
Slide It+ ships an update every 47 months, Drain Brain daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slide It+ | Drain Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Brain | Symbolic Software |
Customer experience
Slide It+
Drain Brain
In-app purchases
Slide It+
No in-app purchases
Drain Brain
No in-app purchases
