Comparison

Linko vs Cozy Cross

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

Head to head
About

Linko

A simple and calming puzzle game designed for relaxation. Players rotate lines on a board to connect them all, offering an easy-to-learn maze-like experience for all ages. The game's revenue supports a stray cat shelter.

Highlights
  • Simple one-finger controls
  • Calming maze-like gameplay
  • Easy to learn for all ages
  • Rotate lines to connect
  • Relaxing mind exercise
Features
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Linko is a very simple and calming puzzle game. All you need to prepare to play Linko is your phone and one finger. Linko is not difficult or complicated, so anyone, regardless of age or gender, can enjoy it. Calm your mind and proceed as if solving a simple maze. [How to play] Rotate the lines on the given board to connect them all. Try it right now! + PS: Most of the revenue generated through the game is used for the shelter for stray cats that we manage.

About

Cozy Cross

Features
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Two hundred grids in Cozy Cross are hiding a picture. Read the numbers, fill the right squares, and a cloud, a cupcake or a lighthouse steps out of the pencil marks. Cozy Cross is a nonogram, the number-logic puzzle that also goes by griddler, hanjie or picture cross. The numbers beside each row and above each column say how many squares are filled there, and in what order. Fill the squares you are sure of, cross out the ones that must stay empty, and the picture comes out on its own. FAIR FROM THE FIRST SQUARE • Each of the 224 puzzles has exactly one answer, and you can reach it one row or column at a time. You never have to guess • Three free hints on every puzzle. A hint fills one square the clues already decide, and tells you so • Out of hints? Watch a short video for one more, only if you want to • Auto-cross marks off the rest of a finished line for you. Switch it off in Settings if you prefer • Leave a puzzle halfway and it keeps your marks for later THREE HEARTS PER PUZZLE • A wrong fill or a wrong × costs a heart, and that square is set right so you can carry on • Lose all three and the puzzle ends. Start it over for free, or let a short video buy you one more heart, with your board just as it was TEN DISTRICTS OF A LITTLE TOWN • Begin on Main Street with 5×5 warm-ups • Then stroll through Market Square, the Bakery & Café, Garden & Park, Pet Corner and the Harvest Fair at 10×10 • The Harbour, the Toy Shop, Winter Lane and the Music Hall bring big 15×15 boards • Each district has its own painted street and 20 pictures to uncover, 200 in all • Finish a district to open the next one. Finish all ten to open two Challenge Packs: 24 more puzzles with abstract patterns instead of pictures THE DAILY PUZZLE • Tap Daily Puzzle on the Home screen for one 10×10 or 15×15 grid, the same one for everybody that day • It is picked from the town's own puzzles, so now and then it may be one you have already solved HOW ADS WORK • Cozy Cross is free and supported by ads. There is nothing to buy • A banner sits at the bottom of the Home, Districts and puzzle screens • A full-screen ad may appear between puzzles, after you close the result card. Never while you are solving, not in your first few puzzles, and never after the daily • The videos for an extra hint or another heart are always your choice. Skip them and the game carries on Every puzzle is stored on your phone, so there is no account to make and no connection needed to play. The lamps on Main Street are lit. Come and see what the first grid is hiding.

Screenshots

Linko4 screens
Cozy Cross4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cozy Cross at none against Linko's 3. Linko's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Linko sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Cozy Cross asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Linko versus Cozy Cross: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkoCozy Cross
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB159 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1PixelStudio Co.Mustafa Demir

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Linko

One-time3
  • Donate low price.$4.99
  • Donate medium price.$19.99
  • Donate high price.$44.99
None

Cozy Cross

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Linko free?
Linko is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cozy Cross free?
Cozy Cross is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Linko or Cozy Cross have ads?
Both Linko and Cozy Cross show ads.

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