Ordinary Puzzles vs Puxle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ordinary Puzzles
A minimalistic puzzle game where you extend numbers into lines to cover all dots. Each puzzle is solvable through logic alone, with no trial and error required. It's a free, open-source experience.
- Extend numbers into lines
- Cover all dots
- Logical deduction
- Single solution puzzles
- Minimalistic design
- Open-source
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The rules of Ordinary Puzzles are simple: - Extend each number into a line of that length. - Cover all the dots of the puzzle with lines. And that's it! Each puzzle has a single solution and can be solved trough logical deduction alone: no trial and error is needed. Ordinary Puzzles is free, open-source, with no in-app purchases. Forever.
Puxle
Engage in a challenging crossword puzzle experience that adapts to your skill level. This game offers a progressively difficult journey, perfect for puzzle enthusiasts looking for a brain-teasing challenge.
- Progressively difficult puzzles
- Cross-platform play
- Fun and engaging gameplay
- Suitable for all ages
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A progressively more difficult crossplatform crossword puzzle game. Made with love for my wife's birthday.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Puxle at weekly against Ordinary Puzzles's every 8 months. Puxle also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). Ordinary Puzzles's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
Puxle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ordinary Puzzles has 30 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ordinary Puzzles ships an update every 8 months, Puxle weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ordinary Puzzles | Puxle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matteo Mazzarolo | FooBar Software LLC |
Customer experience
Ordinary Puzzles
Puxle
In-app purchases
Ordinary Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Puxle
No in-app purchases
