Break vs Drain Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Break
Engage in a classic logic puzzle where you deduce a secret code within a set number of attempts. Receive hints after each guess to guide your strategy. Compete with others or challenge yourself through various modes and difficulties.
- Secret code guessing
- Logic and deduction gameplay
- Multiple game modes
- Adjustable difficulty settings
- Game Center integration
- Colorblind support
- Left-handed support
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Guess the secret code in this classic game of pure logic and deduction. The goal of the game is to guess the secret code in a limited number of tries following the hints given after each try. You can challenge yourself or your friends on Game Center. • 4 game modes • 3 difficulty settings • Game Center leaderboards and challenges • gorgeous graphics • colorblind support • left-handed support • no ads, no In-App Purchases
Drain Brain
A retro-styled puzzle game where players connect pipes on a grid to create a path for flowing liquid. Score points by filling pipes and race against the clock to fix dead ends before the flow stops. Features include various pipe types, a smart queue, and bombs to correct mistakes.
- Pipe connection puzzles
- Retro LCD handheld style
- Progressive difficulty
- Smart queue system
- Game Center leaderboards
- Original soundtrack
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Connect pipes before the flow catches up in Drain Brain, a retro-styled puzzle game inspired by classic LCD handhelds! Place pipes on a grid to create a path from start to goal. Once the countdown ends, liquid begins flowing through your creation. Every pipe it fills scores points, but if the flow hits a dead end, you've got seconds to fix it or it's game over! Features: • 7 pipe types including cross pipes that can score twice! • Smart queue system with 5 upcoming pieces! • 3 bombs per level to fix mistakes! • Progressive difficulty that speeds up as you advance! • Game Center leaderboards and achievements! • Original soundtrack by Nobonoko! • Themes, and more! Easy to learn. Hard to master. Each level pushes you faster. How far can you go?!?!?!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Drain Brain at Free against Break's $0.99. Drain Brain also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Break's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). 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
Drain Brain is free to download; Break costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drain Brain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Break has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Break's written reviews are positive against 100% of Drain Brain's.
Break ships an update every 3 months, Drain Brain daily. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Break | Drain Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nestor Borgo | Symbolic Software |
Customer experience
Break
Drain Brain
In-app purchases
Break
No in-app purchases
Drain Brain
No in-app purchases
