Avoid The Walls vs Poly Rules!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avoid The Walls
A simple and addictive game where players must guide a red dot to avoid touching the walls. Test your reflexes and aim to beat your personal best score in this fun challenge.
- Swipe controls
- High score tracking
- Addictive gameplay
- Simple graphics
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Swipe and drag your finger left and right to move the red dot. Don't touch the wall. Beat your high score and have fun!
Poly Rules!
A challenging sorting game where the rules dynamically change as you progress. It offers increasingly complex scenarios to test your cognitive abilities. Researchers can inquire about using the game for studies.
- Dynamic rule changes
- Increasingly complex scenarios
- Cognitive benefit focus
- Research support available
- Log storage and analytics (coming soon)
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PolyRules is a challenging sorting game where the rules change as you play. As you progress through the game you will encounter increasingly more complicated scenarios that challenge you in ways you can't imagine. The current release is our first prototype and we will update the game semi-frequently as we move towards a design that features tried and true game design to facilitate the cognitive benefits this game aids to provide. Researchers who are interested in using this game for their own studies please reach out to us to us through our support page for more information on how to best use this App. We have several ways to support you including a central server to store logs and automatic analytics which will be implemented in the coming weeks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Poly Rules! at 80% against Avoid The Walls's 33%. Poly Rules! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). Avoid The Walls's advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Poly Rules! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Avoid The Walls's written reviews are positive against 80% of Poly Rules!'s.
Avoid The Walls ships an update every 6 weeks, Poly Rules! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avoid The Walls | Poly Rules! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John McGarrah | Northeastern University Information Services |
Customer experience
Avoid The Walls
Poly Rules!
In-app purchases
Avoid The Walls
No in-app purchases
Poly Rules!
No in-app purchases
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