Vacation Time Puzzles vs Lost Artifacts Chapter 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vacation Time Puzzles
Engage your mind with charming puzzles set in beautiful, relaxing environments. Progress through increasingly challenging levels, with new areas and puzzle packs to explore. Enjoy a peaceful gaming experience designed to help you unwind.
- Charming puzzles
- Lush environments
- Progressive difficulty
- New areas and challenges
- Themed puzzle packs
- 25 free levels
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Welcome to Vacation Time! Lush and bright environments, accompanied with a happy tune, give you the opportunity to sit back and relax a bit. Sharpen your mind with charming puzzles - they start easy, but they get harder and harder with every one you complete. Can you solve them all? More polished than ever, enter the leisurely world of Vacation Time and discover new areas and challenges. You can grind your brain on one of the new puzzles, or, if you’re in that kind of mood, just chill by the pool. You can try 25 levels for free. If you just can't get enough, check out the puzzle packs. They contain a hundred puzzles each! CONTAINS - The world map - The windmill - The sunflower farm - The village - The pool - The lake - 25 free puzzles AVAILABLE - Summer Puzzle Pack - Fall Puzzle Pack - Winter Puzzle Pack
Lost Artifacts Chapter 3
Embark on a casual strategy adventure to stop an Emperor's world-domination plan. Restore statues, build structures, and overcome challenges across diverse mythical landscapes. Enjoy a fun storyline with over 40 levels and engaging gameplay.
- Restore statues and build structures
- Over 40 unique levels
- Engaging storyline with comics
- Resource management
- Four distinct locations
- Useful in-game bonuses
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After the Soulstone is stolen during an auction in the national museum, Claire and her loyal helpers witnessed the revival of the terracotta army and its Emperor. The Emperor wishes to take over the world by awakening a dragon from the crater of a volcano, but our heroes have other ideas. Go on a journey through a country full of legends and myth in the exciting casual strategy game Lost Artifacts: Soulstone. Many varied quests, over 40 levels, a fun storyline, simple and captivating gameplay and a mysterious world – all this awaits you now! Restore statues, build epic buildings, overcome challenges and manage resources. Simple controls and an easy to understand tutorial will help you easily grasp the basics of the game. Lost Artifacts: Soulstone – Stop the terracotta army! -A world full of legends and fairy tales – ancient monkey statues and dragon fountains give you strength on your journey. -A fun storyline, colorful comics and memorable characters! -Many varied quests that you’ve never seen before. -Over 40 unique levels. -Dangerous enemies: the Terracotta Army, archers, snakes and stone lions. -4 unique locations: a ruined city, a vast desert, a forest wilderness and snowy mountains. -Useful bonuses: speed up work, stop time, run fast. -Simple controls and a clear tutorial. -Over 20 hours of exciting gameplay for any age. -Fun themed music.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vacation Time Puzzles at 5.0 against Lost Artifacts Chapter 3's 4.3. Vacation Time Puzzles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 27 months). Lost Artifacts Chapter 3's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Vacation Time Puzzles sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Lost Artifacts Chapter 3 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vacation Time Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lost Artifacts Chapter 3 has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Vacation Time Puzzles ships an update every 7 months, Lost Artifacts Chapter 3 every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vacation Time Puzzles | Lost Artifacts Chapter 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 27 months |
| 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, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 713 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edwin Veger | 8FLOOR LTD |
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Vacation Time Puzzles
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In-app purchases
Vacation Time Puzzles
- Summer Puzzle Pack$1.99
- Fall Puzzle Pack$1.99
- Winter Puzzle Pack$1.99
Lost Artifacts Chapter 3
- Start offer$7.99
- One minute offer$8.99
- Season offer$10.99
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- Full price$14.99
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