Push the Circles vs WheelsAround
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Push the Circles
A tactical puzzle game where players stack rings of the same color to achieve high scores. Unlock new levels by reaching point milestones and strategically use special rings to maximize your score.
- Tactical ring stacking gameplay
- Three unlockable difficulty levels
- Score-based level progression
- Increasing ring values with superposition
- Special silver and joker rings
- Dynamic field filling with new rings
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Push the Circles is a tactical high score game with 3 different levels. Activation as follows: - Level „Easy“ is activated immediately. - Level „Medium“ will be unlocked upon scoring 10,000 points in Level „Easy“. - Level „Complex" will be unlocked upon scoring of 100,000 points in the level „Medium“. Rules: Rings of the same color have to be vertically or horizontally placed on each other. While no rings of a different color can be skipped, only empty fields can be skipped. The value of a ring increases with the number of superposed rings. The start value of a ring is 1. When superimposing the values of the start and end ring are added, the value of the starting ring is doubled. The value of a ring can increase to max. 10,000 points. After each move, the field is filled with rings again: Ring value 0 - 6: no new ring Ring value 7- 15: 1 new ring Ring value 16-31: 2 new rings Ring value 32-63: 3 new rings Ring Value 64: 100 - 5 new rings Ring value > 100: No new ring Where the field is filled from left to right and from bottom to top with rings random color. With higher score and more tactical options also free combinable silver and joker rings will appear.
WheelsAround
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Get three numbers to match and collect the total for a score. But, the first click costs one point, the second costs two, and so on. Can you figure out the best number to go for?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Push the Circles at Free against WheelsAround's $1.99. Push the Circles also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 49 months). WheelsAround's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Push the Circles is free to download; WheelsAround costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Push the Circles ships an update every 7 months, WheelsAround every 49 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Push the Circles | WheelsAround |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 49 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dirk Schulz-Judith | Paul Cohen |
In-app purchases
Push the Circles
No in-app purchases
WheelsAround
No in-app purchases
Questions
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