Save The Pencil vs Project VOID 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Save The Pencil
Guide a pencil character through a rebellious stationery cupboard by tapping dots to connect them. Solve 120 challenging puzzles across 8 chapters, dodge various stationery enemies, and collect stars to unlock bonus levels and new characters.
- Tap-to-move gameplay
- 120 challenging puzzles
- 8 distinct chapters
- Unlockable bonus levels
- Collect stars for high scores
- Dodge stationery enemies
- Unlock new characters
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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.
Project VOID 2
Engage in a mind-bending alternate reality game that merges the fictional world with reality. Solve detective-style puzzles, riddles, codes, and cryptograms to unravel a conspiracy, murder mystery, and fringe science narrative. Utilize online resources and out-of-the-box thinking to overcome over 50 challenging puzzles.
- 50+ mind-bending ARG puzzles
- Mystery story integration
- Image, video, and audio puzzles
- In-app note system
- Built-in browser for investigation
- Hint system
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Do you want to feel like REAL Explorer and Mystery Solver? Experience the mind-bending Alternate reality game (ARG) that blends the fictional world with reality with detective-style finest mystery puzzles, riddles, codes, and cryptograms. To solve the devilishly difficult mysteries of Project VOID 2, you must use every available resource to solve the challenges set before you, like "The Internet", with ingenious puzzle hunting skills and extensive out of box thinking. With 50+ Puzzles, dwell into the alternate history of conspiracy, murder mystery, and fringe science. Key Features:- 1) 50+ Mind-bending ARG puzzles with a mystery story 2) Variety of puzzles including Images, Videos, and Audio 3) Note system to write clues and progress 4) Inbuilt browser for investigation 5) Hint system 6) Minimalistic UI Analyze every clue, keep an eye on each detail. Solve cryptograms, codes, audio, videos, and connect the dots to solve the majestic mystery of Dr. Quantum and his nemesis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Project VOID 2 at Free against Save The Pencil's $2.99. Project VOID 2 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Save The Pencil's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 59%). On ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Project VOID 2 is free to download; Save The Pencil costs $2.99 up front. Save The Pencil sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Project VOID 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Project VOID 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 194 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Save The Pencil's written reviews are positive against 59% of Project VOID 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Save The Pencil ships an update every 6 weeks, Project VOID 2 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Save The Pencil | Project VOID 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (65 ratings) | 4.8 (194 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.0% of reviews — better | 58.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 | 194 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Perfect Dimension | HYBRIONA TECHNOLOGIES LLP |
Customer experience
Save The Pencil
Project VOID 2
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
Project VOID 2
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
Project VOID 2
- Support Developer + Remove Ads$4.99
Questions
Is Save The Pencil free?
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