Comparison

Zoombinis vs Spice Sort

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

Head to head
About

Zoombinis

Guide adorable blue creatures through a series of logic puzzles and challenges to escape their captors and reach a new home. This re-creation of a classic game sharpens problem-solving, data analysis, and pattern recognition skills with engaging story and characters.

Highlights
  • Logic puzzles
  • Data analysis challenges
  • Pattern recognition
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Story-driven adventure
  • Twelve unique puzzles
  • Digitally painted backgrounds
Features
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Play Zoombinis and guide the little blue creatures through fun and increasingly challenging puzzles on their way to a new home. Zoombinis is a re-creation of the classic, award-winning 1990’s puzzle game Logical Journey of the Zoombinis. The small blue creatures, each with distinct personalities and appearances, are escaping imprisonment by the evil Bloats who have taken over the Zoombinis’ home. Players take on the role of guide and help the Zoombinis reach the safety of Zoombiniville. Use logic, analyze data, spot patterns and hone problem solving skills. Players face a series of increasingly difficult challenges that stand between the Zoombinis and freedom. Twelve perilous puzzles each with 4 levels of increasing difficulty, a great story, and many fun and memorable characters make for an engaging and challenging experience. We challenge you to get all the Zoombinis to safety! The Challenges • Allergic Cliffs • Stone Cold Caves • Pizza Pass • Captain Cajun’s Ferryboat • Titanic Tattooed Toads • Stone Rise • Fleens • Hotel Dimensia • Mudball Wall • Lion’s Lair • BubbleWonder Abyss • Mirror Machine Featuring • Beautiful digitally painted backgrounds • The original voices for the Narrator, Stone Guards, Pizza Trolls, Captain Cajun, and the Innkeeper • Restored music from version 1.0 of the original game • Improved celebrations and achievements

About

Spice Sort

A calming, offline puzzle game where you sort colorful spices into glass jars. Enjoy hand-crafted levels with no timers or pressure, and a focus on relaxation and accessibility.

Highlights
  • 500 hand-tuned, solvable levels
  • Daily Spice challenges
  • Unlimited undo and instant restart
  • Relaxing pour animations and sounds
  • Offline play
  • Colorblind assist mode
  • VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support
Features
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Spice Sort is a calm, hand-crafted sorting puzzle. Pour ground spices between glass jars until every jar holds a single color. That's the whole game — no timers, no lives, no energy meters, no pressure. It's the sort-puzzle you've played before, with a warmer soul: a dim pantry, real glass jars, and eight richly colored spices — turmeric, paprika, basil, sumac, black pepper, cinnamon, blue butterfly pea, and pink Himalayan salt. WHY YOU'LL KEEP IT ON YOUR PHONE • 500 hand-tuned levels, each one guaranteed solvable • A new Daily Spice every day — the same puzzle for everyone, with a streak to keep • Unlimited undo and instant restart. Stuck is never a dead end. • Genuinely relaxing pour animations and soft, tactile sounds BUILT TO RESPECT YOU • No ads. Not one. • No accounts, no sign-up, nothing to buy. • Works completely offline — play on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. • Google usage analytics and crash sharing are on by default. Turn either off in Settings. No advertising use. MADE FOR EVERYONE • Colorblind assist mode adds a distinct pattern to every spice • Full VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion friendly • One-handed, portrait, pick-up-and-play Sort a jar. Breathe. Sort another.

Screenshots

Zoombinis4 screens
Spice Sort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spice Sort at none against Zoombinis's 1. Spice Sort also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Zoombinis's advantage is ratings volume (600 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Zoombinis sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spice Sort asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spice Sort holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zoombinis has 600 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Zoombinis's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spice Sort's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zoombinis ships an update every 6 weeks, Spice Sort fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Zoombinis versus Spice Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoombinisSpice Sort
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (600 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings600 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size631 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTERC, Inc.Prachi Jain

Customer experience

Zoombinis

All ratings593 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews303 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative20.5%

Spice Sort

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Zoombinis

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Zoombinis disappearing or getting lost between levels
  • Mirror Cave puzzles not functioning properly on harder difficulties
  • Crashes and freezes, especially on older devices
  • Inability to move Zoombinis in certain puzzles

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to adjust difficulty level in journey mode
  • Cross-progression between devices
  • More Zoombinis games (Mountain Rescue, Island Odyssey)
  • French language option

Spice Sort

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Zoombinis

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99
None

Spice Sort

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zoombinis free?
Zoombinis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spice Sort free?
Spice Sort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zoombinis or Spice Sort?
Spice Sort is rated higher. Zoombinis averages 4.5 out of 5 from 600 ratings, while Spice Sort averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Zoombinis or Spice Sort have ads?
Neither Zoombinis nor Spice Sort shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zoombinis or Spice Sort?
Zoombinis ships an update every 6 weeks, and Spice Sort fortnightly. Most recently, Zoombinis was updated on October 26, 2026 and Spice Sort on October 24, 2026.

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