A Good Snowman vs Queen Rules
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Good Snowman
Embark on a charming puzzle adventure as a monster tasked with building snowmen. Explore a delightful world with adorable graphics and an enchanting soundtrack. This game offers lovingly-crafted puzzles without any in-app purchases or ads.
- Adorable graphics
- Enchanting original soundtrack
- Lovingly-crafted puzzle design
- No in-app purchases
- No ads
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A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build is an adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen. * Adorable graphics by Benjamin Davis (Cosmic Express, Sushi Snake). * Featuring an enchanting original soundtrack by Priscilla Snow (Voyageur, The Silence Under Your Bed). * Lovingly-crafted puzzle design from Alan Hazelden (Cosmic Express, Sokobond). * No in-app-purchases or ads. * iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 5, iPad 2, iPad Mini or later recommended. Awards: Top 10 apps of 2016 - TIME magazine Best Character Design - Intel Level Up 2014 Official Selection - Develop Indie Showcase 2014 Official Selection - Screenshake 2015 Official Selection - BAFTA Inside Games Arcade 2015 Official Selection - Different Games Arcade 2015 Official Selection - Fantastic Arcade 2015
Queen Rules
Engage in a unique puzzle game set in a charming clay art world. Solve logic challenges by strategically moving characters to defeat a dark curse. Enjoy a relaxing, family-friendly experience with no time pressure and unlimited retries.
- Handmade FIMO clay art visuals
- Strategic puzzle gameplay
- 156 unique levels
- Family-friendly and relaxing
- No time pressure or rush
- Tournament modes (Movement & Time)
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Explore this hypnotic world built of handmade modelling FIMO clay characters. What’s your vehicle? Logic and planning. It’s a puzzle experience that’s challenging but fun. Led by a benevolent King and Queen, you’ll visit enchanted lands and enjoy an atmosphere like no where else you know. Your job while here—defeat a dark curse set in play by an evil witch. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! The puzzles begin simply and slowly advance in challenge, level by level, kingdom by kingdom. We’re proud to say that this game is an entirely new and unique experience. After months addicted to it ourselves, we’re sharing it with you to let more people into this captivating world. If you like puzzle games this is a goldmine. So, how do you play? Use your finger to swipe soldiers across rows and up columns. When you get them all down to ones, you’re allowed to move on. It’s an effortless, magical feeling being inside this world—easy and satisfying to learn, but challenging to complete and win. As the game evolves, new game mechanics appear. Soldiers become more powerful and playful, and the game becomes pure strategy. Yes, things may get tricky. If you need input, go ask a friend to sit by your side, or even bring your kid over. This game is family friendly and fun to play in pairs. Incredible art sets it apart and makes it captivating for all ages. The game travels along at a pace that’s not rushed or timed, and it allows you to retry within levels as much as you want. This leads to more fun and less stress—what we always wanted in a game. You can think through your advances at a pace that everyone can enjoy. Features: • An Original Game Design • 156 Unique Levels • Clay Art by Larissa Honsek • Family Friendly • Solid Entertainment - Royal Announcement - Your majesty, the Queen of Hearts, cordially announces the opening of the Tournament Games. Her kingdom invites all valiant Knights to compete. The best Knights will earn the recognition of the Kings and a lifetime of honor and gifts. Are you brave enough to compete? If you believe you have what it takes your attendance and participation is, respectfully, required. Rules below: Only Knights with Game Center accounts will be able to proceed to the Tournament Games. From here, you can participate in two new tournament modalities, namely, the Movement Tournaments and the Time Tournaments: - The Movement Tournaments - the best Knight is he, she or they who completes a level in the fewest number of moves. - Time Tournaments - the best Knight is he, she or they who completes the designated level in the minimum amount of time. Your infinitely generous majesty is also bestowing honorable badges to those Knights who accomplish the most difficult achievements along the path. If you manage to collect each of these badges, you will become the most honorable of all Knights. To all interested Knight candidates with Game Center accounts, you are officially requested to commence your journey. In order to bring perfection to these Royal events, her highness’s engineering team has made several noteworthy improvements and a bug has been fixed. To your journey, we raise our goblets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Queen Rules at Free against A Good Snowman's $5.99. Queen Rules also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). A Good Snowman's advantage is iOS requirement (6 vs 12.2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Queen Rules is free to download; A Good Snowman costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for A Good Snowman against 4.8 for Queen Rules. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 240 and 133 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of A Good Snowman's written reviews are positive against 92% of Queen Rules's.
A Good Snowman ships an update every 2 months, Queen Rules every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Good Snowman | Queen Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (240 ratings) | 4.8 (133 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 240 — better | 133 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 850 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Draknek Limited | Juan Gabriel Palomino Garcia |
Customer experience
A Good Snowman
Queen Rules
Bugs and requests
A Good Snowman
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on certain devices, especially older models
- Compatibility issues with background music playback
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content to extend playtime
- Additional themes or environments to explore
- Cloud save functionality for cross-device play
Queen Rules
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
A Good Snowman
No in-app purchases
Queen Rules
No in-app purchases
Questions
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