Comparison

Peg Pals vs Crystal Cove

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

Head to head
About

Peg Pals

This game offers thousands of triangular peg solitaire puzzles with unique twists and unlimited hints. Learn to solve any puzzle, create your own, and enjoy a relaxing or challenging experience. The game state is always saved, allowing for seamless interruptions.

Highlights
  • Thousands of unique puzzles
  • Unlimited hints and undo
  • Custom puzzle creation
  • Solvable indicator
  • Optional timer
  • Auto-save game state
Features
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Peg Pals Pro brings a fresh twist to the classic triangular peg solitaire puzzle with thousands of unique challenges, unlimited hints, and step-by-step solutions. Whether you're learning the game or looking for a serious challenge, Peg Pals Pro helps you improve while having fun. Unlike traditional peg solitaire, puzzles aren't limited to removing a single peg. Peg Pals Pro creates carefully designed starting positions by removing multiple pegs while ensuring every puzzle has a solution. You can even create and solve your own custom puzzles. Need help? Peg Pals Pro can guide you through the complete solution one move at a time, making it easy to learn winning strategies instead of simply guessing. Features • Thousands of carefully designed puzzles • Every puzzle is guaranteed to be solvable • Generate your own custom puzzles • Learn with complete step-by-step solutions • Unlimited hints that always lead toward a solution • Optional solvability indicator that warns when you've taken a wrong turn • Unlimited Undo • Automatic game saving • Optional timer Whether you have a few spare minutes or want to tackle a challenging puzzle session, Peg Pals Pro lets you play at your own pace.

About

Crystal Cove

A unique puzzle game where you swipe a triangle to match three or more colors, clearing them from the board. Avoid being surrounded to win, utilizing power-ups and combos to boost your score. It offers simple yet deep gameplay for all ages.

Highlights
  • Swipe to move triangle
  • Match three or more colors
  • Avoid being surrounded
  • Utilize power-ups and combos
  • Score multipliers
  • Simple and deep gameplay
Features
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Swipe to move your triangle around the board match three or more colors together to make them disappear you lose when you are completely surrounded But don't fret, you have power-ups, combos, and multipliers to help you get out of jams and increase your score Crystal Cove is not a typical match three game children love it for its simplicity and adults love it for its depth I hope you enjoyed playing!

Screenshots

Peg Pals4 screens
Crystal Cove4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Crystal Cove at Free against Peg Pals's $0.99. Crystal Cove also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17). Peg Pals's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (88% vs 56%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

Crystal Cove is free to download; Peg Pals costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Peg Pals holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Peg Pals's written reviews are positive against 56% of Crystal Cove's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peg Pals ships an update every 5 months, Crystal Cove every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Peg Pals versus Crystal Cove: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeg PalsCrystal Cove
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (25 ratings) — better4.5 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2530 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1712.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid P. SumnerAndrey Spencer

Customer experience

Peg Pals

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Crystal Cove

All ratings30 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral44.4%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Peg Pals

No in-app purchases

None

Crystal Cove

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peg Pals free?
Peg Pals costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crystal Cove free?
Crystal Cove is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Peg Pals or Crystal Cove?
Peg Pals is rated higher. Peg Pals averages 4.6 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Crystal Cove averages 4.5 from 30 ratings.
Do Peg Pals or Crystal Cove have ads?
Crystal Cove shows ads; Peg Pals does not.
Which is updated more often, Peg Pals or Crystal Cove?
Peg Pals ships an update every 5 months, and Crystal Cove every 4 months. Most recently, Peg Pals was updated on October 23, 2026 and Crystal Cove on October 24, 2026.

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