Four Squares vs RE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Four Squares
Test your memory and concentration by watching sequences and repeating them. Increase difficulty, speed, and challenge friends across multiple game modes. Customize your experience with themes and sound packs.
- Sequence memorization and repetition
- Three distinct game modes
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Customizable themes and sound packs
- iCloud save and sync
- Automatic game pausing
- Game Center leaderboards
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Four Squares is a game of memory, skill, and concentration. Watch what happens each turn and repeat what you see. Each time you successfully repeat the sequence it is lengthened, the speed increases, and your thinking time is shortened. Keep practising, work your way up the leaderboards, and challenge your friends. ----- 3 Game Modes ----- Four Squares features 3 different game modes to challenge you in unique ways. Each game mode can be played with easy, normal, or hard difficulty. Endless is the classic mode that gives you a single life to repeat the longest sequence you can. One wrong move and it's game over! Time Attack mode gives you 30 seconds to repeat the longest sequence you can. Every correct sequence will win you some more time, but every wrong move will lose you time so don't rush! Speedrun mode gives you 3 lives to reach a sequence of 10 in the quickest time. You'll lose a life with each wrong move, but the timer doesn't stop so find the right balance of speed and accuracy. ----- Customisation ----- With 9 themes and 6 sound packs Four Squares allows you to customise the experience to your heart's content. ----- Save, Sync, and Replay ----- Each game you complete is saved and backed up to iCloud. You can view completed games on any device and choose to play the same sequence to get the best score. ----- Automatic Pausing ----- When interruptions occur, such as phone call or replying to a text, Four Squares will automatically pause the game and allow you to resume where you left off. ----- Leaderboards ----- Game Center integration provides leaderboards that let you compare your score to friends and other players worldwide. ----- Privacy ----- Four Squares doesn't collect user data or contain any adverts. It is funded by a single in-app purchase that unlocks extra themes and sound packs.
RE
A memory-based arcade game where players tap flashing tiles in sequence. The difficulty increases as you progress, with added elements like combo multipliers and limited lives. Compete with friends for the highest score.
- Memory tile matching
- Increasing difficulty
- Combo multipliers
- Limited lives
- High score competition
- Arcade gameplay
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RE-TRACE is a memory based arcade game. Tiles flash, you tap them, and repeat; Thats all there is to it... Well almost, add a combo multiplier some lives and make it get more difficult as you progress then you've got RE-TRACE. Test yourself against your friends and see who can get the highest score!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RE at every 4 weeks against Four Squares's every 57 months. RE also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 4) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.6). Four Squares's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.1). On price, review sentiment, 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. Four Squares sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Four Squares holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Four Squares's written reviews are positive against 75% of RE's.
Four Squares ships an update every 57 months, RE every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Four Squares | RE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 4.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 57 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yetii Ltd. | Stewart Thomson |
Customer experience
Four Squares
RE
In-app purchases
Four Squares
- Four Squares⁺$0.99
RE
- Remove Ads$0.99
