Save The Pencil vs The Conspiracy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Save The Pencil
Guide a pencil lead through challenging puzzles by drawing precise routes. Avoid stationery hazards and defeat bosses across numerous levels. Earn in-game currency for helpful extras in this remastered puzzle adventure.
- 120 handcrafted campaign levels
- 50 bonus levels
- Collect three stars per level
- Dodge stationery hazards
- Boss battles at chapter ends
- Earn and spend blue dots for extras
- Remastered artwork and audio
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Save the Pencil is back, rebuilt and remastered for modern iPhone. Guide HB across the page, connect every dot and keep his lead away from a stationery cupboard full of trouble. Each route is a compact puzzle of timing, precision and planning. FEATURES • 120 handcrafted campaign levels across 8 distinctive paper chapters • 50 additional bonus levels • Collect three stars on every level • Dodge paperclips, spinning rulers, erasers, staples, scissors and more • Take on a unique boss at the end of every chapter • Earn blue dots as you play and spend them on helpful extras • Completely remastered artwork, animation, audio and effects • No third-party advertising Tap a dot, draw your route and save HB's lead. It is join the dots, but not as you know it.
The Conspiracy
Embark on a detective adventure to uncover a global plot and save the world. Solve puzzles and piece together clues in a race against time. This narrative-driven game challenges your intellect and decision-making skills.
- Detective adventure gameplay
- Puzzle solving
- Complex narrative
- Voiced and subtitled dialogue
- Race against time
- Expose global plot
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Embark on a perilous quest with 'The Conspiracy', a riveting adventure-puzzle game where your detective skills can save the world. As an agent of the Planetary Preservation Society, dive deep into a web of secrets and deceit. Face the undead and outwit your foes in a race against time to expose a sinister governmental plot threatening global annihilation. With every clue pieced together and every puzzle solved, you inch closer to revealing 'The Conspiracy' and safeguarding our planet's future. Experience a complex narrative that evolves with your every action, set in a darkly modern world teeming with challenges. Engage with fully voiced and subtitled dialogue that brings the story to life, making every decision and discovery part of a grander, harrowing tale. Your journey through 'The Conspiracy' isn't just a game—it's a statement on the fragility of our world and a call to protect it. Can you solve the jigsaws of intrigue and think like a true detective? Your mission begins now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Conspiracy at Free against Save The Pencil's $2.99. The Conspiracy also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Save The Pencil's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 50%). On rating 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
The Conspiracy is free to download; Save The Pencil costs $2.99 up front. Save The Pencil sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and The Conspiracy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for Save The Pencil against 3.5 for The Conspiracy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Save The Pencil has 65 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Save The Pencil's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Conspiracy's.
Save The Pencil ships an update every 6 weeks, The Conspiracy every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Save The Pencil | The Conspiracy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (65 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 486 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Perfect Dimension | Aleksandar Andreev |
Customer experience
Save The Pencil
The Conspiracy
Bugs and requests
Save The Pencil
Reported bugs
3 issues- Rulers and obstacles glitching out
- App crashing on launch or during gameplay
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content updates
- Improved touch sensitivity
- Ability to skip difficult levels
The Conspiracy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Save The Pencil
- 1,000 Blue Dot Pack$0.99
- 5,000 Blue Dot Pack$2.99
- 10,000 Blue Dot Pack$4.99
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- 50,000 Blue Dot Pack$9.99
The Conspiracy
- Game Unlocked$3.99
Questions
Is Save The Pencil free?
Is The Conspiracy free?
Which has better reviews, Save The Pencil or The Conspiracy?
Do Save The Pencil or The Conspiracy have ads?
Which is updated more often, Save The Pencil or The Conspiracy?
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