Comparison

Radiant Grid vs Queens

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 99 challenging handcrafted levels
  • Mindful and relaxing gameplay
  • Ambient soundtrack
  • Simple tap controls
  • Increasing difficulty curve
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free puzzle experience
  • Hundreds of puzzles available
  • Unlimited hints
  • Solution checking
  • Expansion packs
Features
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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?

Screenshots

Radiant Grid4 screens
Queens4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Radiant Grid ships an update every 6 months, Queens every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 13, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Radiant Grid versus Queens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRadiant GridQueens
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (15 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1515
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB23 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperOpen Planet SoftwareBas Adriaan van den Berg

Customer experience

Radiant Grid

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.0%

Queens

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Radiant Grid

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Queens

One-time5
  • Expansion 1$1.99
  • Expansion 3$1.99
  • Expansion 2$1.99
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  • Expansion 4$1.99
  • Remove ads$3.99

Questions

Is Radiant Grid free?
Radiant Grid costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Queens free?
Queens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Radiant Grid or Queens?
Queens is rated higher. Radiant Grid averages 4.2 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Queens averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Radiant Grid or Queens have ads?
Queens shows ads; Radiant Grid does not.
Which is updated more often, Radiant Grid or Queens?
Radiant Grid ships an update every 6 months, and Queens every 5 weeks. Most recently, Radiant Grid was updated on September 13, 2026 and Queens on September 13, 2026.

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