Deep in the woods vs Zerko
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deep in the woods
Explore beautifully painted scenes by dragging and swiping to solve point-and-click puzzles. This unique gameplay enhances visual perception and immersion for an engaging puzzle experience.
- Point-and-click puzzle gameplay
- Beautifully painted scenes
- Drag and swipe screen interaction
- Deep scene exploration
- Enhanced visual perception
- Immersive puzzle sessions
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"Deep in the woods" is a different kind of point-and-click puzzle game, like a beautiful painting. Players can use dragging and swiping the screen to explore the well-designed scenes in depth. This special gameplay experience will make the interactive puzzle sessions more interesting while enhancing the visual perception and sense of immersion.
Zerko
A relaxing puzzle game where you strategically place blocks to make all numbers on the board equal zero. Enjoy a no-pressure experience with calming audio and no in-app purchases or ads.
- Zero-sum number puzzles
- Strategic block placement
- Relaxing gameplay
- No time pressure
- No in-app purchases
- No ads
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Some call it reverse sudoku, while others call it a nullification game, but it's Zerko - a puzzle game filled with shapes, numbers, and a straightforward goal: make every number zero. To achieve this, you need to strategically place blocks of various shapes and values so that the numbers on the board effectively "remove up" to zero. Like all my games, this one too is about relaxation... Just chill. There are no points, no time pressure, no data collection, no in-app purchases, no ads, no nonsense ;) My only hope is that you'll enjoy it and that I'll be able to add new content and levels for you in the future. Relaxing audio by: Marek Koszczyński
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Deep in the woods at Free against Zerko's $2.99. Zerko's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads and device support 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
Deep in the woods is free to download; Zerko costs $2.99 up front. Deep in the woods sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zerko asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zerko holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Deep in the woods's written reviews are positive against 93% of Zerko's.
Deep in the woods ships an update every 11 months, Zerko every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deep in the woods | Zerko |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (41 ratings) | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | COTTONGAME Network Technology Co., Ltd. | Maciej Targoni |
Customer experience
Deep in the woods
Zerko
In-app purchases
Deep in the woods
- Purchase game$2.99
Zerko
No in-app purchases
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