Vignettes vs Looped Interactive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vignettes
Explore a world of shifting objects and hidden secrets in this unique, text-free puzzle game. Spin and interact with objects to discover different moods and settings. An accessible and colorful experience for all ages.
- Object shapeshifting
- Text-free exploration
- Playful interactions
- Hidden secrets
- Intuitive touch controls
- Kaleidoscopic moods and settings
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Vignettes is a casual but unique exploration game without text or characters, where objects shapeshift as you spin them around to wander through a kaleidoscope of different moods and settings. An accessible, colorful experience for all to enjoy, filled with playful interactions and hidden secrets. Drag your finger on the screen to rotate an object, and tap to interact. Here are some neat things you can do in Vignettes: • Rescue a stray cat • Re-enact the moon landing • Take a selfie on top of a mountain • Awaken an ancient snake spirit • Travel back in time • Conduct biological studies • And lots more! "Remarkably clever" -TouchArcade "An artistic puzzle game that looks and plays amazingly well" -Slide to Play "I haven’t been so entranced by a iOS game in a long time" -MacStories No in-app purchases or ads. **iPhone 5/iPad Mini 2 or higher recommended**
Looped Interactive
Engage with a wordless, interactive puzzle story about love, time travel, and a mysterious wormhole. Solve mini-puzzles to guide characters through a narrative inspired by an award-winning short film, enhanced by beautiful hand-drawn animation and an original soundtrack.
- Wordless interactive story
- Mini-puzzle gameplay
- Hand-drawn 2D animation
- Original soundtrack
- Hidden Easter eggs
- Based on award-winning short film
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Looped is a short interactive story in which you solve mini-puzzles to progress a peaceful story about love, rockets, and time travel. This is a story of a love-at-first-sight so powerful it creates a wormhole in time. From the end to the beginning and back again, you follow Him and Her and help them with tasks along their way. A black hole appears suddenly in a young woman’s living room. An unconscious man falls out. He opens his eyes and it’s love at first sight. Or is this the first sight? Features - A wordless story based on an award-winning short film - Illustrated with beautiful hand-drawn 2D frame-by-frame animation - Original soundtrack by United Sound - Find the hidden Easter eggs “Looped” is based on the award-winning short film of the same name, with the film based on the short story appearing in the book Ouvertyr och andra sagor för nästan vuxna written by Thomas Costa Freté in 2022.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vignettes at 88% against Looped Interactive's 50%. Vignettes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (1K vs 3). Looped Interactive's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Vignettes costs $2.99 and Looped Interactive $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vignettes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vignettes has 1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Vignettes's written reviews are positive against 50% of Looped Interactive's.
Vignettes ships an update every 3 weeks, Looped Interactive every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Vignettes | Looped Interactive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #144 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 1.6 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Skeleton Business | peter hamlin |
Customer experience
Vignettes
Looped Interactive
Bugs and requests
Vignettes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Chest won't open after putting in last key
- Voodoo doll won't transform back
- Crashes on startup for some devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Better map/progression system
- Easier to understand mechanics
- Fix for persistent bugs
Looped Interactive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vignettes
No in-app purchases
Looped Interactive
No in-app purchases
Questions
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