TubeSort
Guide
This page explains how to play TubeSort.
How a level works
- Tap a tube, then tap another tube to pour.
- Only the color at the top moves, and only into an empty tube or onto the same color.
- Each level starts with exactly one empty tube. A second empty tube is added from the shop or from a gift. From level 100 the board grows: more colors, taller tubes, and longer mixes, up to 16 colors and height 12 at level 1,000. Levels 5, 10, and then every 25th level are exams and stay a little harder than the levels around them.
- There are 1,000 levels. Every level is prepared in advance, so the same level is the same for every player. Levels 5, 10, and then every 25th level are a step harder. Every level can be solved.
The path
Beside the level on the home screen there is a path. The road curves through the levels. It can be followed back to level 1, and forward only through the next 25 levels. The circle for the current level starts that level.
Coins
Pouring a color onto the same color adds one coin for each segment that moves. The shared list ranks players by level, then by coins.
Helpers
An extra empty tube costs 500 coins and is available from level 1. Undo costs 400 coins and is available from level 5. From level 25, 800 coins show the next 5 moves. From level 50, 1500 coins finish the level. A helper is hidden in the shop until that level. Ads do not give the five-move help or the whole-level help. Each stops at a stock of 99. The five-move help and the help that finishes the level still work after the player adds an empty tube.
Color marks
Color marks are optional in Settings, for players who find colors hard to tell apart. They are symbols on the liquid, not a separate mode.
Shop
Backgrounds cost 500 coins or €0.99. Tube designs other than Classic cost 500 coins or €0.99. Classic is free. An empty tube costs 500 coins. Undo costs 400 coins and opens at level 5. Coin packs are 600 coins for €0.99, 1400 for €1.99, 2500 for €2.99, 4500 for €4.99, 7000 for €6.99, 12000 for €9.99, 23000 for €14.99, and 37000 for €19.99. Coin packs are consumable. After Apple delivers them, they are not returned. The coins stay in the progress on the phone.
An extra empty tube costs 500 coins and is available from level 1. Undo costs 400 coins and is available from level 5. From level 25, 800 coins show the next 5 moves. From level 50, 1500 coins finish the level. A helper is hidden in the shop until that level. Ads do not give the five-move help or the whole-level help. Each stops at a stock of 99. The five-move help and the help that finishes the level still work after the player adds an empty tube.
Three empty tubes cost 1350 coins from level 1. Five undos cost 1800 coins from level 5. Three helps for the next five moves cost 2150 coins from level 25. Two helps that finish a level cost 2700 coins from level 50. A pack is shown only when every piece in it is already unlocked. The Extra tab sells packs of one extra only. Empty tubes: 5 for 1750 coins, 10 for 2500, and 20 for 4000, from level 1. Undos: 4 for 1400, 10 for 2000, and 16 for 2560, from level 5. The next five moves: 4 for 2560, 9 for 4320, and 12 for 4800, from level 25. Finishing the level: 4 for 4800, 7 for 6300, and 11 for 8250, from level 50. The discount is not always half, and the quantity is not always 10. An offer that would go past 99 for the five-move help or the finish-level help cannot be bought.
Remove ADS
Remove ADS costs €4.99. It stops the ads between levels and adds 1000 coins and 5 empty tubes once. It does not add undos. When the app opens again, the purchase is recognized and that bonus is not added a second time. There is no Restore Purchases button. Optional ads in the shop remain.
Ads
The ad between levels starts at level 4 and then appears every third level. Levels 5, 10, and then every 25th level are exams and never show that ad. The ad disappears after Remove ADS. Optional shop ads remain: 50 coins at most 3 times a day, an empty tube every 6 hours, and undo every 4 hours. The reward is given only after the ad finishes. The game uses Google's test ad units. Real AdMob ads are not connected yet.
TubeSort asks for Google consent through Google Mobile Ads. If that form does not appear, the game does not treat the absence as a yes. On iPhone, Apple then asks whether the app may track. The game still runs if you refuse. Google and its advertising partners may use a device identifier to measure ads.
Offline
A level can be played with no connection. The shared list updates when the phone is online and signed in with Apple.
The game runs offline. Progress stays on the phone. The shared leaderboard updates when there is an internet connection and an Apple account. Sign in with Apple is used for that list.
The list shows the Game Center name, or the nickname if the player chose one. The Apple account name is kept and is not shown. A nickname has 5 to 15 characters, no spaces, and it is unique.
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