head to head
vs
Insaniquarium! DeluxevsPony Island
Insaniquarium! Deluxe leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Pony Island leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Insaniquarium! DeluxePony Island
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Insaniquarium! Deluxe leans harder on execution: quick clicking to feed and collect coins
Reads1 vs 0
Insaniquarium! Deluxe leans harder on reads: no adaptive opponent, solo management game
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.