X Lines vs Planar Knots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
X Lines
This puzzle game challenges your geometric thinking and reasoning skills. Uncross lines by moving nodes to create a clear path. It offers over 200 levels with more planned, suitable for all ages.
- Geometric thinking puzzles
- Over 200 levels
- Clean UI design
- Reasoning and creativity challenges
- Supports iPhone and iPad
- Suitable for all ages
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X Lines is a great geometric thinking and brain exercise puzzle game that will bring you a lot of fun. The clean UI design let you focus on solving puzzles. You need to complete the game with power of reasoning, creativity, and imagination! A lot of challenges! FEATURES: - More than 200 well-designed levels (more levels will be continue to be added). - Both iPhone and iPad are supported - Suit for all age HOW TO PLAY: Just move the nodes so as to uncross the lines and make sure that they don't overlap. Make all lines uncrossed (light blue) to win. Enjoy!
Planar Knots
Untangle complex line diagrams by strategically moving nodes to eliminate intersections. Earn stars by solving puzzles efficiently and maintain your daily challenge streak. Customize your experience with unlockable themes and track your progress.
- Untangle puzzles by moving nodes
- Optimize solutions for more stars
- Daily Challenge with streak tracking
- Points system for unlocks
- Stats and progress tracking
- Share progress with friends
- Customizable themes
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Planar Knots is a clean, satisfying puzzle game about turning tangled messes into perfect diagrams. Drag the nodes. Watch the lines shift. Remove every line crossing. Solve puzzles in fewer moves to earn more stars and points, then come back each day to keep your Daily Challenge streak alive. Features Untangle puzzles by moving nodes until no lines intersect Move counter + star ratings to optimize solutions Daily Challenge with fresh puzzles and streak tracking Points system to unlock themes, hints, or skip levels Stats & progress tracking by level pack or across the whole game Share progress and Daily Challenge results with friends Node-based level browsing by difficulty and node count Themes to customize the look and feel Optional ads (including rewarded unlocks). Optional in-app purchases: Remove Ads, Theme Unlocks, or All-Themes Bundle. Support: support@orangepeak.dev
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: X Lines at none against Planar Knots's shown. X Lines also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Planar Knots's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. X Lines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Planar Knots sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for X Lines against 5.0 for Planar Knots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
X Lines ships an update every 6 days, Planar Knots every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | X Lines | Planar Knots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 景灯 梁 | Orange Peak Studios |
Customer experience
X Lines
Planar Knots
In-app purchases
X Lines
- Ads removal$2.99
Planar Knots
- Unlock Neon Night Theme$0.99
- Unlock Groovy Theme$0.99
- Unlock Pixelated Theme$0.99
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- Unlock Candyland Theme$0.99
- Unlock Workshop Theme$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlock All Themes$2.99
- Remove Ads / Unlock Themes Bundle$4.99
