Comparison

Parallel Math vs River Crossing IQ

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

Head to head
About

Parallel Math

Test your brain's multitasking abilities by solving two math problems simultaneously. It's easy to learn but challenging to master, offering a fun way to exercise your cognitive skills.

Highlights
  • Solve two math problems at once
  • Easy to play
  • Hard to master
  • Cognitive skill exercise
  • Fun gameplay
Features
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EASY to play, HARD to master! We have two fingers but only one brain. We must answer two simple maths at the same time! Have Fun!

About

River Crossing IQ

Engage your mind with logic puzzles and river riddles. Explore diverse levels, each with a unique story and illustrated rules, at your own pace. Enjoy offline play and optional hints earned through gameplay or rewarded ads.

Highlights
  • Logic puzzles
  • River riddles
  • 42 levels across seven chapters
  • Illustrated rules and guidance
  • Offline play
  • Optional hints
  • Rewarded ads
Features
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River Crossing IQ has been rebuilt from the ground up. Travel with Sen through small villages, gardens and surprising puzzles. Observe the clues, try an idea and discover the next step at your own pace. Explore 42 levels across seven chapters: plan river crossings, measure water, arrange numbers, connect paths, guide messenger birds and roll a stone across the lotus pond. Each puzzle includes a story, illustrated rules and guidance when you need it. On iPhone Duo, the large inner screen shows a bigger puzzle with the buttons out of the way, in landscape or portrait, and folding or unfolding keeps your place. All levels and Solve with Sen are free to play, including offline. Choose English or Vietnamese, undo a move and continue from automatically saved progress. Optional Game Center and iCloud support can restore puzzle progress on another Apple device; when saves conflict, you choose which one to keep. Stars unlock optional specific hints. Earn stars through play, choose rewarded ads when available, or buy a star pack. A one-time purchase removes automatic ads; voluntary rewarded ads remain optional. The first level has no automatic ads. Already removed ads in an earlier version? Use Restore purchases with the same App Store account and ad removal comes back. Players of the earlier version receive a welcome gift of hint stars. No registration is required to play or purchase. Open Shop & Star wallet to purchase directly through the App Store. Signing in is optional. Guest and signed-in wallets remain separate; signing out returns to the guest wallet on this device. Consumable stars cannot be restored from store purchase history. Guest stars remain with the guest wallet on this device; signed-in stars remain with that wallet account. Open Shop & Star wallet while online and wait for synchronization before clearing app data or changing devices. Questions or something missing from the earlier version? Contact biz@patcell.com.

Screenshots

Parallel Math3 screens
River Crossing IQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Parallel Math at 100% against River Crossing IQ's 31%. Parallel Math also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. River Crossing IQ sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Parallel Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Parallel Math versus River Crossing IQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParallel MathRiver Crossing IQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better31.1% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShane Cliffordtechplus jsc

Customer experience

Parallel Math

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

River Crossing IQ

Written reviews90 reviews
Positive31.1%
Neutral15.6%
Negative53.3%

In-app purchases

None

Parallel Math

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

River Crossing IQ

One-time5
  • Remove Automatic Ads$0.99
  • 20 Stars$0.99
  • Ad removal$0.99
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  • 60 Stars$1.99
  • 150 Stars$4.99

Questions

Is Parallel Math free?
Parallel Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is River Crossing IQ free?
River Crossing IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Parallel Math or River Crossing IQ have ads?
River Crossing IQ shows ads; Parallel Math does not.

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