Freeways vs Draw the Rope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Freeways
Design and simulate freeway interchanges using intuitive finger-drawing controls. Optimize traffic flow and prevent congestion by strategically planning road layouts. Experience the role of a freeway engineer in a hands-on simulation.
- Draw freeway interchanges
- Finger-based controls
- Optimize for efficiency
- Avoid traffic jams
- Freeway engineering simulation
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You are a freeway engineer. Draw freeway interchanges with your finger. Optimize for efficiency and avoid traffic jams.
Draw the Rope
This game challenges you to draw ropes and connect them to objects. Utilize gravity to merge jellies and solve physics-based puzzles. Become a rigger and test your ingenuity.
- Draw ropes to connect objects
- Utilize gravity for gameplay
- Merge jellies
- Physics-based puzzles
- Become a rigger
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Draw ropes, connect them to the objects and use gravity force to merge jellies
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Draw the Rope at Free against Freeways's $2.99. Draw the Rope also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Freeways's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Draw the Rope is free to download; Freeways costs $2.99 up front. Draw the Rope sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Freeways asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Freeways against 3.7 for Draw the Rope. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Freeways has 506 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Freeways's written reviews are positive against 56% of Draw the Rope's.
Freeways ships an update every 2 months, Draw the Rope every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Freeways | Draw the Rope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (506 ratings) | 3.7 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 506 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #175 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Captain Games Inc. | MADFATCAT |
Customer experience
Freeways
Draw the Rope
Bugs and requests
Freeways
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to change levels after completing
- Map button not working
- Cursor jumping to wrong location
- Levels not registering as complete
Requested features
9 requests- Undo button
- Eraser/delete tool
- More levels
- Leaderboards/scoring system
- Sandbox/freeplay mode
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- Road smoothing/straightening tools
- Ability to control traffic flow
- New terrain types
- Traffic lights/stop signs
Draw the Rope
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Freeways
No in-app purchases
Draw the Rope
- 1 Gem$0.99
- 4 Gems$2.99
- No Ads$4.99
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- 10 Gems$5.99
- 30 Gems$12.99
