Linepoly vs Nodes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linepoly
This puzzle game challenges your brain by connecting stars to form constellations. As you draw, the constellations transform into beautiful pictures, offering a relaxing and healing experience. Enjoy hundreds of polygon art levels with simple rules, playable offline.
- Connect stars to form constellations
- Create beautiful polygon art pictures
- Hundreds of levels
- Simple rules
- Offline play
- Small app size
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Every dot has a number. Connect it to other dots with that many lines, then watch the numbers count down to zero. Use logic to complete the whole picture and reveal colorful low-poly art. Linepoly is an easy-to-learn dot-connecting puzzle with hundreds of animal and constellation pictures. Take your time, look for the right connections, and enjoy the moment each picture comes together. • Connect numbered dots with simple controls. • Solve hundreds of geometric art puzzles. • Reveal colorful animals and starry pictures. • Play offline, wherever you are. Can you uncover the picture hidden among the stars?
Nodes
Connect dots to reveal beautiful, handcrafted images in a relaxing puzzle game. Enjoy a calming experience at your own pace, perfect for listening to podcasts or music. Pick up where you left off anytime.
- Connect dots to form art
- Handcrafted puzzles
- Relaxing gameplay
- Save progress
- No time limits
- Clear incorrect connections
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Looking for a calm daily triangle puzzle? Nodes is a relaxing vertex puzzle where you connect dots, form triangles, and reveal beautiful low-poly art. Play a new hand-crafted puzzle every day and enjoy a simple visual logic game designed for focus, calm, and unwind moments. Each puzzle blends satisfying dot connections, triangle strategy, and artistic reveals into a peaceful daily ritual. Why players love Nodes: - A new daily triangle puzzle every day - Connect dots to reveal beautiful low-poly artwork - Relaxing vertex puzzles with no timers or pressure - Satisfying visual reveals and calm progression - Archive, collections, and extra puzzles to explore How to Play: - Connect vertices to create triangles - Each number shows how many connections a vertex still needs - Complete the right triangle pattern to reveal the image - Double tap a vertex to remove incorrect connections Nodes is a calm and elegant puzzle game you can return to every day. If you enjoy connect dots games, triangle puzzles, visual logic, and relaxing art reveals, Nodes offers a satisfying way to unwind at your own pace. Privacy Policy: https://www.nodes-game.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
Linepoly and Nodes both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 66% of Nodes's written reviews are positive against 54% of Linepoly's. 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. Linepoly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nodes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Linepoly against 4.6 for Nodes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 237 and 395 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Linepoly's written reviews are positive against 66% of Nodes's.
Linepoly ships an update fortnightly, Nodes every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Linepoly | Nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (237 ratings) | 4.6 (395 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | 65.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 237 | 395 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BIGJAM | NUR NURIYE ERSAHIN |
Customer experience
Linepoly
Nodes
User reviews
Linepoly
From 237 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 Close imitation of NYT Vertex
- 👍 Hard but fun puzzles
- 👍 Phenomenal game for puzzle lovers
- 👍 Enjoyable and engaging
Room to improve
- 😞 Ads after paying for ad-free
- 😞 Too many ads
- 😞 Paid version still shows ads
- 😞 Ads interrupt gameplay
- 😞 Game is too simple
Nodes
From 395 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful and artistic puzzle designs
- 😌 Relaxing and meditative gameplay experience
- ✨ Smooth and polished user interface
- 🌙 Dark mode available
- 📱 Great Vertex replacement for NYT fans
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 📉 Infrequent puzzle updates
- 🔒 Paywall restricts access to acquired puzzles
- 🎨 Childish art style for some users
- 📱 Landscape mode not supported on iPad
Bugs and requests
Linepoly
Reported bugs
3 issues- Touch input not working
- Level 111 is impossible to pass
- A dot is not connecting at the end of a picture
Requested features
7 requests- More levels and puzzles
- Thousands more puzzles
- Save progress when uninstalling
- More challenging levels
- Clearer rule explanations or tips
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- Ability to capture completed constellations
- More updates
Nodes
Reported bugs
8 issues- Lines connecting to unintended dots
- App crashes requiring restart
- Progress deletion mid-puzzle
- Puzzles not saving completion status
- Touch controls directing swipes to wrong anchors
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- Settings not persisting (red line toggle)
- Occasional freezing and unresponsiveness
- Graphics rendering issues when zoomed
Requested features
15 requests- Undo or delete line functionality
- Ability to replay completed puzzles
- More frequent puzzle updates and releases
- One-time purchase option instead of subscription
- Portrait mode support
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- Ability to clear all node attachments
- Prevent line overlap feature
- Adjustable touch sensitivity settings
- Longer time to appreciate completed puzzles before animation
- Ability to access previous month's daily puzzles
- Theme-based puzzle grouping
- More airplane-themed puzzles
- Improved comment feature with replies and notifications
- More sophisticated and complex puzzle designs
- Multiple daily puzzles instead of just one
In-app purchases
Linepoly
- Remove interstitial ads$9.99
Nodes
- Weekly$0.997 Days
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$24.991 Year
