Comparison

Slitherlink Mastery vs Baba Is You

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

Head to head
About

Slitherlink Mastery

This logic puzzle app offers a vast collection of challenges with adjustable difficulty and sizes. Enjoy a variety of themes, helpful tools like line coloring and error indicators, and track your progress with stats and high scores. An advanced difficulty mode is available via in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Various puzzle sizes
  • Triangle, Square, and Hex puzzle types
  • Over 10,000 puzzles
  • Customizable themes
  • Touch-screen controls
  • Instant error indications
Features
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Slitherlink is an addictive logic puzzle created in Japan by Nikoli, the creator of Sudoko. We have been addicted to Slitherlink for over 10 years now and decided it's about time to release an app of our own. Enjoy! FEATURES • 4 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard and Master • 5 puzzle sizes: 3x3, 7x7, 10x10, 15x15 and 20x20 • 3 types of puzzles: Triangle, Square, Hex • Over 10,000 randomly selected puzzles • 6+ themes to suite your mood and taste • Touch-screen pan and zooming • Line colouring for long chains • Double tap to mark empty spaces • Undo, redo, reset and replay buttons • Instant error indications • Stats and high scores system A 'master' difficulty can be unlocked with an in-app-purchase for the most hardcore of puzzle solvers. If you're enjoying Slitherlink Mastery you can support us by unlocking this mode. Enjoy!

About

Baba Is You

This is a unique puzzle game where players can alter the rules of the game itself. By manipulating in-game text blocks, you can change how levels function, leading to unexpected solutions and gameplay mechanics. Discover new ways to interact with the environment and achieve objectives.

Highlights
  • Change game rules
  • Manipulate text blocks
  • Solve logic puzzles
  • Unexpected interactions
  • Block-pushing mechanics
Features
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Baba Is You is a puzzle game where you can change the rules by which you play. In every level, the rules are present as blocks you can interact with; by manipulating them, you can change how the level works and cause surprising, unexpected interactions! With some simple block-pushing you can turn yourself into a rock, turn patches of grass into dangerously hot obstacles, and even change the goal you need to reach to something entirely different.

Screenshots

Slitherlink Mastery4 screens
Baba Is You4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Slitherlink Mastery at Free against Baba Is You's $6.99. Slitherlink Mastery also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Baba Is You's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Slitherlink Mastery is free to download; Baba Is You costs $6.99 up front. Slitherlink Mastery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Baba Is You asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Baba Is You holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baba Is You has 372 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Slitherlink Mastery's written reviews are positive against 84% of Baba Is You's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slitherlink Mastery ships an update weekly, Baba Is You monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Slitherlink Mastery versus Baba Is You: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlitherlink MasteryBaba Is You
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating4.4 (13 ratings)4.6 (372 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews84.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13372 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#26 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCamilo FitzgeraldHempuli

Customer experience

Slitherlink Mastery

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Baba Is You

All ratings362 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews258 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.9%

Bugs and requests

Slitherlink Mastery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Baba Is You

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Specific level (Adventurers) appears to be unsolvable on mobile
  • Screen formatting issues on some levels (e.g. Heavy Cloud)

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add level editor for custom puzzles
  • Improve accessibility options
  • Implement iCloud/cloud save sync

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slitherlink Mastery

One-time1
  • Mastery Mode$5.99
None

Baba Is You

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slitherlink Mastery free?
Slitherlink Mastery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Baba Is You free?
Baba Is You costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slitherlink Mastery or Baba Is You?
Baba Is You is rated higher. Slitherlink Mastery averages 4.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Baba Is You averages 4.6 from 372 ratings.
Do Slitherlink Mastery or Baba Is You have ads?
Slitherlink Mastery shows ads; Baba Is You does not.
Which is updated more often, Slitherlink Mastery or Baba Is You?
Slitherlink Mastery ships an update weekly, and Baba Is You monthly. Most recently, Slitherlink Mastery was updated on November 2, 2026 and Baba Is You on November 7, 2026.

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