Patterned vs Squiggle Drop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patterned
Engage in a serene puzzle experience by reconstructing intricate, repeating patterns. Discover new designs daily and weekly, or explore a vast library of handcrafted art. Save your creations as wallpapers and enjoy calming music.
- Rebuild repeating patterns
- Daily and weekly new patterns
- Vast library of handcrafted patterns
- Save patterns as wallpapers
- Relaxing ambient music
- Real-time multiplayer
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Patterned is a calm, beautiful puzzle game. Rebuild stunning repeating patterns, piece by piece, at your own pace. Inspired by jigsaw puzzles, with a twist… Each pattern starts as a sketch, its tile scrambled and repeating seamlessly across the screen. Whatever leaves one edge comes back on the other, so every piece is a clue. Piece by piece, color and detail come alive, until the finished pattern fills the screen. A new pattern every day… Start your day with the Daily Pattern, a fresh design for a few peaceful minutes. Missed a day? The Daily Archive keeps every available Daily waiting for you. Fresh collections every week… Each week brings a new Featured Collection, a themed set to discover. Past collections stay in the Collection Archive, so you can finish a set or play a favorite again. Picked just for you… Designed for You chooses patterns based on what you love to play. Finish a pattern, and What's Next suggests a lovely one to play next. Thousands of patterns to explore… The Vault holds thousands of handcrafted patterns by more than 100 artists from around the world, in 36 categories from Seasons & Holidays to Sky & Sea. Search with the words you'd naturally use, and watch your progress grow in every category. Beautiful music… Relax to over 6 hours of piano and ambient music by more than 10 composers, including Dear Gravity, Be Still the Earth and Antarctic Wastelands. Made for everyone… From flowers and watercolors to dinosaurs and sushi, there's a pattern for every age and every mood. Wallpapers galore… Save the patterns you finish as beautiful wallpapers on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Play together… Build patterns with anyone, anywhere in the world, in real time. Take your time… No rush, ever. Start a pattern on one device and finish it on another, whenever you like. Always something new… New patterns arrive every week, and we're always adding new features. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just beautiful patterns.
Squiggle Drop
Unleash your creativity to solve physics-based puzzles by drawing a single shape. Explore 100 levels with multiple solutions and build your own city with earned rewards. Regular updates and daily challenges keep the fun going.
- Draw shapes to solve puzzles
- 100 unique levels
- Build and customize a city
- Daily challenges
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Regular content updates
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Use your creativity and imagination to solve charming physics puzzles by drawing a single shape and watching what unfolds! Complete the objectives of 100 puzzles (with more on the way), each with multiple and often surprising solutions. How you draw your solution is up to you! Solve puzzles and earn rewards to build your very own Squiggletown! Unlock buildings, cosmetics and various upgrades as you expand your own personal city. Squiggle Drop Features: - 100 levels - Regular Content Updates - Daily Challenges - Challenging your friends to beat your scores - Leaderboards and Achievements
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Verdict
Patterned and Squiggle Drop both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Patterned's written reviews are positive against 56% of Squiggle Drop's. Squiggle Drop's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Patterned against 4.7 for Squiggle Drop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39K and 14K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Patterned's written reviews are positive against 56% of Squiggle Drop's.
Patterned ships an update every 3 weeks, Squiggle Drop monthly. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Patterned | Squiggle Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (39K ratings) — better | 4.7 (14K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews — better | 56.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 14K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 774 MB | 289 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BorderLeap | Noodlecake |
Customer experience
Patterned
Squiggle Drop
User reviews
Patterned
From 39K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful artwork and patterns
- 🎶 Calming and relaxing music
- 🧠 Challenging yet satisfying puzzles
- 👍 No ads or in-app purchases
- 🌟 Gorgeous wallpapers from completed puzzles
Room to improve
- 🔍 Difficulty finding incomplete puzzles
- 🎨 Washed out colors on some puzzles
- 🧩 Pieces sometimes snap to incorrect locations
- 🔁 Repeating patterns can be frustrating
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
Squiggle Drop
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and entertaining game
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles that stimulate the mind
- 🎶 Relaxing and enjoyable music
- 👍 Simple and intuitive gameplay
Room to improve
- 🤯 Levels require pixel-perfect precision
- 🤔 Hints/solutions don't always work as intended
- 😡 Frustrating when unable to progress due to difficulty
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Patterned
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tutorial puzzle missing final piece
- Some puzzles appear incomplete or have missing pieces
- Multiplayer mode has connectivity issues
- App gets stuck on loading screen for some users
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to view only incomplete puzzles
- Improve contrast and visibility of puzzle pieces
- Allow pieces to be placed anywhere, not just in central grid
- Provide more diverse and representative artwork
- Add ability to download completed puzzles as wallpapers
Squiggle Drop
Reported bugs
3 issues- Achievements resetting or not tracking properly
- Physics issues causing objects to behave unexpectedly
- Drawing inputs not registering correctly
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to skip or replay levels
- Improved precision controls for touch devices
- Clearer level instructions and objectives
In-app purchases
Patterned
No in-app purchases
Squiggle Drop
No in-app purchases
