Not Another Weekend vs Squared
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Not Another Weekend
Embark on a humorous point-and-click adventure set in the '80s. Play as a peculiar bellboy with a dark plan to clear out a high-class hotel over a single weekend. Experience a unique story filled with twists, strange characters, and challenging puzzles.
- Pixel art graphics
- Unique story with twists
- Strange characters and funny dialogues
- Adult humor
- Challenging puzzles
- Original soundtrack
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For all the fans of pixel art out there, get ready for one wacky adventure! You play as a bellboy, Mike Melkout, who works in a high-class hotel. Mike may seem crazy, or even peculiar, or he might as well be. However, he has only one plan. A dark plan! To kick everyone out in a single Weekend. A humorous point-and-click adventure game set in the ’80s as a tribute to the pop culture of that era. Key Features: - Beautiful pixel art graphics. - A unique story with lots of twists. - Strange characters, depicting some famous 80’s icons, and funny dialogues. - Adult humor and challenging puzzles. - Original soundtrack.
Squared
Easily create your own crosswords with a vast word library. Get real-time suggestions as you type and share your creations with friends. Perfect for quick puzzles or daily challenges.
- Create custom crosswords
- Real-time word suggestions
- Share puzzles with friends
- Extensive word library
- Quick puzzle creation
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Make your own crosswords. See suggestions as you type. Share with friends. Squared makes creating crosswords fun, easy and accessible. Make a mini in minutes. Make a daily in a day. With 140,000+ words at your fingertips, the only limit is your imagination.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Not Another Weekend at 79% against Squared's 0%. Not Another Weekend also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (53 vs 2). Squared's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 months). On 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
Squared is free to download; Not Another Weekend costs $1.99 up front. Squared sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Not Another Weekend asks for nothing beyond the download.
Squared holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Not Another Weekend has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Not Another Weekend's written reviews are positive against 0% of Squared's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Not Another Weekend ships an update every 10 months, Squared every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Not Another Weekend | Squared |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 264 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dionous Games | Keiran King |
Customer experience
Not Another Weekend
Squared
In-app purchases
Not Another Weekend
No in-app purchases
Squared
- Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
- Annual Plan$29.991 Year
Questions
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