Push the Circles vs JUST A SORT
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.
JUST A SORT
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THE GOAL: ALIGN ALL SPHERES (SORT COLORS) THE WAY: MOVE AND ROTATE THE SPHERES TO MOVE AND ROTATE A SPHERE: TOUCH THE SCREEN ON THE SPHERE AND MOVE THE FINGER TO THE EMPTY SPACE NEXT TO THE SPHERE THE SPHERE WILL THEN MOVE TO THE EMTPTY SPACE AND ROTATE 90 DEGREES THE DIRECTION OF THE ROTATION DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE SPHERE (SIMILAR TO A REAL SPHERE THAT IS TOUCHED BY A FINGER AND MOVED) TO CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE: TOUCH THE SCREEN ANYWHERE BEYOND THE SPHERES AND MOVE THE FINGER YOU CAN PLAY WITH TWO, THREE OR SIX COLORS AND THREE, SEVEN, EIGHT, 17 OR 25 SPHERES (ONLY THE FULL VERSION SUPPORTS MORE THAN THREE SPHERES) AND DON‘T FORGET: IT CAN BE HANDLED BY A HUMAN BEING. SO IT CAN BE HANDLED BY YOU! (Indonesia Games Rating System (IGRS): 3+)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Push the Circles at Free against JUST A SORT's $1.99. JUST A SORT's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 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; JUST A SORT 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, JUST A SORT every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Push the Circles | JUST A SORT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dirk Schulz-Judith | Power of Sphere UG (haftungsbeschränkt) |
In-app purchases
Push the Circles
No in-app purchases
JUST A SORT
No in-app purchases
Questions
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