Comparison

Nurikabe Vault vs Line Forge

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

Head to head
About

Nurikabe Vault

Engage your logic with a vast collection of original Nurikabe puzzles. This game offers hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, ranging in difficulty and size, with unique artwork for each board. Learn the rules and strategies with an included guide, and enjoy a pure puzzle experience without ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of original Nurikabe puzzles
  • Hand-crafted challenges
  • Varying difficulty levels
  • Multiple board sizes
  • Unique artwork
  • Includes rules and strategy guide
  • Optional visual hints
Features
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An abundance of original, hand-crafted nurikabe puzzles. Nurikabe is a logic puzzle from the inventors of sudoku. Simply build a wall that divides the board into areas given by the numbers. There's only one way to do it! This collection contains 500 all original, hand-crafted puzzles. Difficulty ranges from merely tricky to utterly fiendish. Sizes range from 6 x 6 to 9 x 11, each with distinct and unique artwork. A guide demonstrates the rules and beginning strategies. Optional visual hints point out problems, and a solution is detected immediately. This game does NOT: - show Advertisements - offer In-App Purchases - collect Analytics - collect any Personal Information whatsoever You can put your scores on an Apple Game Center leaderboard if you like. That's the only data that will ever leave your device.

About

Line Forge

This numberlink puzzle game allows you to draw lines between matching pairs to fill a grid. It offers a vast catalog of puzzles with customizable difficulty and grid sizes, playable on any device. Enjoy a daily ritual or a weekly challenge with optional hints and no timer pressure.

Highlights
  • 19,414 puzzles across 39 grid sizes
  • Daily and Weekly challenges
  • Filter by difficulty
  • Choose grid dimensions
  • Sync across devices
  • Adjustable sound settings
  • Free hints available
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Line Forge is a numberlink puzzle game built around one idea: the puzzle should bend to you, not the other way around. Draw a line between every matching pair until each cell of the grid is filled. The rule is simple. What's different is everything around it. Forge your line. Your way. Most numberlink games push you through one linear progression. Line Forge gives you the whole catalog and lets you choose what to play, how to play, and where. A new puzzle every day if you want a daily ritual. One large puzzle per week if you want a fight. - 19,414 verified puzzles across 39 grid sizes — squares from 5×5 to 20×20, plus 26 rectangular shapes - Daily Puzzle — a new fixed puzzle every day, the same grid for everyone; build a streak - Weekly Challenge — one large puzzle per week from the heavy-end pool (16×16 and up) - Filter by difficulty — pick what fits your mood, not what the game decides for you - Pick your dimensions — small grids for a quick reset, mid-size grids when you want to settle in - iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape — every device and orientation built as first-class, not retrofitted. 20×20 grids fit on iPhone SE; 5×5s feel right on iPad Pro - Zoom and pan — see the whole board or focus where you're thinking - Sync across your devices — start on your iPhone, finish on your iPad. Streaks, completions, and your spot in the catalog follow you - Set the sound — a metal track forged for the game, an ethereal alternative if you want quiet focus, or no music at all; mute is a first-class choice, not a buried setting - Hints when you need them — first one each day is free; no manufactured paywalls Independently forged. Line Forge is built by Red Beard Foundry — a solo indie studio in Indiana making software with deliberate craft. Every puzzle in the catalog has been solved and verified before it ships. The forge is the point. No ads between puzzles. No timer pressure outside the weekly challenge. No dark patterns. Remove ads with a one-time purchase if you want, or play free with light banner support. Forge your line.

Screenshots

Nurikabe Vault4 screens
Line Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Line Forge at Free against Nurikabe Vault's $0.99. Line Forge also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Nurikabe Vault's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Line Forge is free to download; Nurikabe Vault costs $0.99 up front. Line Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nurikabe Vault asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Line Forge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nurikabe Vault has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Nurikabe Vault versus Line Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNurikabe VaultLine Forge
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 13 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRogers GeorgeRed Beard Foundry

In-app purchases

None

Nurikabe Vault

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Line Forge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Nurikabe Vault free?
Nurikabe Vault costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Line Forge free?
Line Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nurikabe Vault or Line Forge?
Line Forge is rated higher. Nurikabe Vault averages 4.3 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Line Forge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Nurikabe Vault or Line Forge have ads?
Line Forge shows ads; Nurikabe Vault does not.

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