Comparison

sugar (game) vs LoopWords

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

Head to head
About

sugar (game)

Draw lines on your screen to guide falling sugar into cups. Enjoy a calming puzzle experience with visually satisfying sugar particles. This game offers a fresh, free puzzle challenge.

Highlights
  • Draw to direct sugar
  • Soothing particle physics
  • Relaxing puzzle gameplay
  • Free puzzle experience
  • Creator of color puzzle series
Features
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Draw on the screen to direct sugar into the cups. Experience the soothing puzzling with sugar particles trickling across the screen. A relaxing puzzle game from the creator of the color puzzle series and the "sugar, sugar" games. It was time for a brand new free sugar puzzle experience so I hope you'll enjoy this! @BartBonte

About

LoopWords

Features
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LoopWords is a word puzzle game where every answer connects to the next. Each cube hides four words in a loop: the last letter of one word is the first letter of the next. Read the crossword-style clue, guess the word, and watch it give a letter to its neighbors. Solve the whole word chain to complete the cube! DAILY CROSSWORD CHALLENGE A new daily word puzzle every day, the same for everyone. Easy on Mondays, tougher on Saturdays – a perfect brain game to start your day. UNLIMITED WORD GAMES Play as many games as you like: hundreds of word puzzles with clear, fair clues written for adults – everyday words, countries, animals, jobs, sports, music and science. HOW TO PLAY • Read the clue and guess the word • Swipe the cube to see the other words • Each correct answer links the chain and helps you with the next word • Stuck? Use a Hint for an extra clue or Reveal a letter WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Relaxing but smart: a word game that trains your vocabulary and spelling • Crossword clues, word connect and word link in one fresh puzzle • No sign-up, play offline, progress saved automatically • Quick tutorial – learn in seconds If you enjoy crossword puzzles, word connect games, guess the word games or a daily brain teaser, LoopWords is your new favorite word chain puzzle.

Screenshots

sugar (game)4 screens
LoopWords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LoopWords at none against sugar (game)'s 1. sugar (game)'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. sugar (game) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LoopWords asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

sugar (game) ships an update monthly, LoopWords every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
sugar (game) versus LoopWords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersugar (game)LoopWords
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (410 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings410 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB32 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBart BONTEMoovTech

Bugs and requests

sugar (game)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not progressing after completion
  • Sugar disappearing or not registering correctly
  • Restart button accidentally pressed instead of gravity switch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Undo/reset option per level
  • Ability to skip difficult levels
  • Colorblind mode or options
  • More levels and content updates
  • Landscape mode support on tablets
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  • Customization options

LoopWords

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

sugar (game)

One-time1
  • premium unlock$2.99
None

LoopWords

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is sugar (game) free?
sugar (game) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LoopWords free?
LoopWords is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do sugar (game) or LoopWords have ads?
Both sugar (game) and LoopWords show ads.
Which is updated more often, sugar (game) or LoopWords?
sugar (game) ships an update monthly, and LoopWords every 3 months. Most recently, sugar (game) was updated on November 4, 2026 and LoopWords on October 31, 2026.

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