Radiant Grid vs Queens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radiant Grid
A calming puzzle game featuring 99 handcrafted levels with increasing difficulty. Players tap squares to light a path across a grid, following number clues to solve each challenge. Enjoy a soothing soundtrack and a beautiful, minimalist design.
- 99 challenging handcrafted levels
- Mindful and relaxing gameplay
- Ambient soundtrack
- Simple tap controls
- Increasing difficulty curve
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A mindful, relaxing puzzle game with 99 increasingly challenging, handcrafted levels. Simple to play but not so simple to complete! Immerse yourself in the soothing ambient soundtrack and focus on solving the grid. “Quite simply one of the most beautiful puzzle games I have ever played. The design is simple, yet aesthetically pleasing, and the soundtrack is a wonderful sonic wash that perfectly compliments the gameplay. The puzzles themselves are well pitched. The introductory rounds are small enough to lend themselves to both a studied approach or random tapping. They gradually ramp up the difficulty level, and with so many to work through, there is great value for money to be had." - an App Store customer from the UK. How to play: Start at the origin and tap the squares to light a path across the grid. There’s just one rule! The numbers scattered across the grid tell you how many squares you must light up around each one to solve the puzzle… and that’s where the skill comes in!
Queens
Engage in challenging logic grid puzzles with a distraction-free interface. Solve hundreds of puzzles without unlocking, with unlimited hints and solution checking. Enjoy expansion packs for extended gameplay.
- Distraction-free puzzle experience
- Hundreds of puzzles available
- Unlimited hints
- Solution checking
- Expansion packs
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Queens brings you the joy of pure puzzle-solving. Just you, the grid, and the challenge. No fuss, no frills. Solve these logic puzzles to challenge yourself, relax, train your brain, or simply pass the time. What the app offers: - A distraction-free puzzle magazine experience. - Hundreds of puzzles, all ready to play from the start, no unlocking required. - Unlimited hints that guide, not just give away the answer. - Option to check your solution at any time. - Play for free with ads, or remove them with a one-time purchase. - Expansion packs for even more brain-teasing fun. About the puzzle: Queens is a challenging logic grid puzzle, also known as Starstruck, Star Battle, or Two Not Touch. It is the same puzzle as the daily Queens puzzle published by LinkedIn and the daily Starstruck puzzle published by Netflix. The puzzle can be seen as an object placement puzzle, like Battleship or Trees and Tents, and as binary determination puzzle, like Hitori or Nurikabe. The puzzle is very similar to Star Battle, where you need to place 2 stars instead of 1 crown per region. Users often refer to this puzzle as an interesting cross between Sudoku and Minesweeper. The goal: Place a crown in every row, every column, and every region, but make sure that the crowns do not touch, even diagonally! Every puzzle has exactly one solution, which can be found through logic reasoning. No guessing required. Are you up for the challenge? Can you solve them all?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Queens at Free against Radiant Grid's $1.99. Queens also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). Radiant Grid's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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
Queens is free to download; Radiant Grid costs $1.99 up front. Queens sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Radiant Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.
Queens holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 15 respectively.
Radiant Grid ships an update every 6 months, Queens every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Radiant Grid | Queens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #190 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Open Planet Software | Bas Adriaan van den Berg |
Customer experience
Radiant Grid
Queens
In-app purchases
Radiant Grid
No in-app purchases
Queens
- Expansion 1$1.99
- Expansion 3$1.99
- Expansion 2$1.99
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- Expansion 4$1.99
- Remove ads$3.99









