Comparison

Save The Pencil vs The Conspiracy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Detective adventure gameplay
  • Puzzle solving
  • Complex narrative
  • Voiced and subtitled dialogue
  • Race against time
  • Expose global plot
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Save The Pencil4 screens
The Conspiracy4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Save The Pencil versus The Conspiracy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSave The PencilThe Conspiracy
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (65 ratings)3.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings65 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB486 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPerfect DimensionAleksandar Andreev

Customer experience

Save The Pencil

All ratings65 ratings
Positive56.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.2%

The Conspiracy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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

4 purchases

Save The Pencil

One-time4
  • 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
1 purchases

The Conspiracy

One-time1
  • Game Unlocked$3.99

Questions

Is Save The Pencil free?
Save The Pencil costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is The Conspiracy free?
The Conspiracy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Save The Pencil or The Conspiracy?
The Conspiracy is rated higher. Save The Pencil averages 3.4 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while The Conspiracy averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Save The Pencil or The Conspiracy have ads?
The Conspiracy shows ads; Save The Pencil does not.
Which is updated more often, Save The Pencil or The Conspiracy?
Save The Pencil ships an update every 6 weeks, and The Conspiracy every 8 months. Most recently, Save The Pencil was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Conspiracy on November 2, 2026.

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