Negentropy vs 8bit 2048
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Negentropy
Explore an old house by solving word puzzles in each room. Rearrange letters to escape entropy and advance to the next challenge. Can you master the wordplay to progress?
- Room-based puzzles
- Letter rearrangement
- Word formation
- Progressive challenges
- Escape entropy
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Step inside and wander the halls of a house of old. Play through a set of puzzles in each room to move ahead. Take the letters out of a state of entropy, strategically putting them together to make four different words! Can you make your way to the next room?
8bit 2048
Experience a classic number puzzle game with an 80s aesthetic. Swipe to merge tiles, aim for the 2048 tile, and achieve high scores across various board sizes. Enjoy retro music and customizable themes.
- Classic 2048 gameplay
- Multiple board sizes (3x3, 4x4, 5x5)
- 80s inspired music
- Multiple themes
- Game Center integration
- Addictive levels
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The famous 2048 for old school players, 8bit style with new addictive levels for legends. Enjoy addictive 80's games music Swipe to move numbers, merge numbers with same value into one to get higher number. Try to get 2048 number. Get to the 2048 tile, and reach a high score! - 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 Boards included. - Game center - 80's music - 5 Themes (yellow, orange, red, green, black) - Cool animations Inspired by Gabriele Cirulli game available on the web: http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Negentropy at none against 8bit 2048's shown. 8bit 2048's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 21 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Negentropy sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and 8bit 2048 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Negentropy against 5.0 for 8bit 2048. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Negentropy ships an update every 21 months, 8bit 2048 every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Negentropy | 8bit 2048 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 346 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Side Step Studios, LLC | Anas Almomany |
Customer experience
Negentropy
8bit 2048
In-app purchases
Negentropy
- Puzzle Set 1$0.99
- Puzzle Set 2$0.99
- Puzzle Set 3$0.99
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- Puzzle Set 4$0.99
- Puzzle Set 5$0.99
- Puzzle Set 6$0.99
- Puzzle Set 7$0.99
8bit 2048
- Remove ads$2.99
