Comparison

Radiant Grid vs Wickgrid

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

Head to head
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

Wickgrid

Engage your mind with daily logic puzzles that require you to light up cells on a grid based on numeric clues. Form a single connected chain while avoiding any 2x2 blocks of lit cells. Offers a free tier with recent puzzles and an optional one-time purchase for full archive access and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Daily hand-verified puzzles
  • Four difficulty tiers plus Extreme
  • Blackout Mode for pure deduction
  • Streak tracking with heatmap
  • Fully offline gameplay
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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One new logic puzzle every day. Five minutes of pure deduction — no guessing, no ads, no account, works fully offline. Light the correct cells using the numeric clues. Keep every lantern connected in a single chain. Never let four lit cells form a square. Three rules you'll learn in a minute — puzzles that will still be testing you months from now. A DAILY RITUAL Every day brings one hand-verified puzzle, and everyone in the world gets the same one. Difficulty climbs through the week — gentle Monday, brutal Sunday "Extreme." Build a streak, protect it, and watch your month fill in on the heatmap. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Send any puzzle you've solved as a link. Your friend plays the exact same board and sees your time to beat. Same puzzle, head to head, bragging rights included. WHEN YOU WANT MORE Practice mode serves unlimited puzzles at any difficulty, whenever you want. Made a mess of the board? Undo one move at a time or clear it and start fresh. Stuck? Three free hints on every puzzle. Truly stuck? Reveal the solution and see how it comes together. MADE FOR PUZZLE PEOPLE - New to grid deduction? A guided tutorial teaches you the solving method one rule at a time, not just the rules - Veteran? Try Blackout Mode — zero feedback while you solve, pure deduction, verdict at the end - Spoiler-free result cards you can share without ruining the puzzle for anyone - Signed in to iCloud? Your streaks and history follow you across your devices WICKGRID PLUS — $4.99, once, forever - The complete archive: play every past daily, all the way back - Practice History: every practice solve saved — revisit any board, anytime - Unlimited hints - Streak Freeze: never lose a streak to one missed day - Advanced Stats: perfect-solve tracking, per-tier bests, long-term trends No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. Your progress syncs privately through your own iCloud — no account, no servers, nothing that reaches us. Just a good puzzle, every day.

Screenshots

Radiant Grid4 screens
Wickgrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wickgrid at Free against Radiant Grid's $1.99. Wickgrid also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). Radiant Grid's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). On ads, 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

Wickgrid is free to download; Radiant Grid costs $1.99 up front. Wickgrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Radiant Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wickgrid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Radiant Grid's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wickgrid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Radiant Grid ships an update every 6 months, Wickgrid every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Radiant Grid versus Wickgrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRadiant GridWickgrid
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (15 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpen Planet SoftwareDaniel Grabowski

Customer experience

Radiant Grid

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

Wickgrid

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Radiant Grid

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wickgrid

One-time1
  • Wickgrid Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Radiant Grid free?
Radiant Grid costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wickgrid free?
Wickgrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Radiant Grid or Wickgrid?
Wickgrid is rated higher. Radiant Grid averages 4.2 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Wickgrid averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Radiant Grid or Wickgrid have ads?
Neither Radiant Grid nor Wickgrid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Radiant Grid or Wickgrid?
Radiant Grid ships an update every 6 months, and Wickgrid every 4 days. Most recently, Radiant Grid was updated on October 24, 2026 and Wickgrid on October 7, 2026.

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