Comparison

Untangle Jewels™ vs Rope Challenge

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

Head to head
About

Untangle Jewels™

Untangle intricate jewel patterns without any time pressure. Enjoy a relaxing puzzle experience with simple touch controls and beautiful graphics. Save your progress automatically and choose from five difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • No timers
  • Simple touch controls
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Automatic progress saving
  • 5 difficulty levels
  • Disable sounds
Features
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100% FREE! No Timers, Just Relax and Have Fun! Untangle all the jewels so that no lines cross! DOWNLOAD NOW! • Simple touch controls! • Beautiful graphics! • No timers at all! Just relax and have fun! • 5 difficulty levels to find the challenge that's just right for you! • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Download today! It's 100% FREE! Thanks for playing! Come see us at http://boyhowdytechnology.com --- UNTANGLE JEWELS is a trademark of Boy Howdy Technology LLC

About

Rope Challenge

A minimalist puzzle game where you untangle glowing neon ropes on a circular board. It offers hundreds of procedurally generated levels with a clean aesthetic and satisfying haptic feedback. Play offline to relax or sharpen your problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of procedurally generated levels
  • Clean, glowing neon visuals
  • Relaxing yet brain-teasing gameplay
  • Earn stars by solving in fewer moves
  • Satisfying haptics and effects
  • Offline play
Features
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Rope Challenge is a beautifully minimal puzzle game about untangling glowing neon ropes. Drag the pegs around a circular board and rearrange the ropes until none of them cross. Simple to learn, satisfying to master — every level has a guaranteed solution, but finding it is the fun part. FEATURES - Hundreds of procedurally generated levels that never repeat - Clean, glowing neon visuals with smooth animations - Relaxing yet brain-teasing gameplay - Star ratings — solve in fewer moves to earn three stars - Satisfying haptics and effects on every solve - Play offline, anytime, anywhere - One-time "Remove Ads" purchase — no subscriptions Whether you want to relax and unwind or sharpen your problem-solving skills, Rope Challenge is the perfect pocket puzzle. Untangle. Relax. Challenge your mind.

Screenshots

Untangle Jewels™2 screens
Rope Challenge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rope Challenge at 5.0 against Untangle Jewels™'s 4.5. Rope Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Untangle Jewels™'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (172 vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Rope Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Untangle Jewels™ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rope Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Untangle Jewels™ has 172 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Untangle Jewels™ ships an update weekly, Rope Challenge every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Untangle Jewels™ versus Rope Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUntangle Jewels™Rope Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (172 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings172 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoy Howdy Technology LLCAta Urcan

In-app purchases

None

Untangle Jewels™

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Rope Challenge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Untangle Jewels™ free?
Untangle Jewels™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rope Challenge free?
Rope Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Untangle Jewels™ or Rope Challenge?
Rope Challenge is rated higher. Untangle Jewels™ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 172 ratings, while Rope Challenge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Untangle Jewels™ or Rope Challenge have ads?
Both Untangle Jewels™ and Rope Challenge show ads.
Which is updated more often, Untangle Jewels™ or Rope Challenge?
Untangle Jewels™ ships an update weekly, and Rope Challenge every 2 days. Most recently, Untangle Jewels™ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Rope Challenge on October 25, 2026.

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