Comparison

Pegz V+ vs Papaya Peg

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

Head to head
About

Pegz V+

Engage your mind with a classic peg solitaire game offering multiple board types and difficulty levels. Enjoy unlimited game variations and a perfect game challenge with superb graphics and animation.

Highlights
  • Multiple board types (British, European, Triangular, Shaped)
  • 50+ shaped boards with unlimited variations
  • Easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels
  • Superb graphics and piece animation
  • Choice of boards and piece sets
  • Animated solution display
  • Unlimited undo
Features
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Relieve boredom, have fun and exercise your mind all at the same time with the 2026 Edition of this highly entertaining game. Pegz contains 4 games in 1, allowing you to play on either the traditional British or European boards, the popular Triangular board or on one of the 50 shaped boards. At the start of game a number of pieces are positioned at on the board. Turns consist of the player moving a single piece from one square to another. The piece can only be moved to a vacant square. On route the piece must jump an adjacent piece. The piece that is jumped is removed from the board. The game continues until there are no more moves possible. If you have removed all but one piece from the board you have won the game. For the British, European and Triangular boards if the single remaining piece occupies the originally vacant central board square you have played a perfect game. For the shaped board games, a board is chosen at random from the built in set of around 50 boards. The board is populated with pieces from a randomly generated but solvable game. The number of pieces placed is dependant on the level of play chosen. This produces an unlimited set of games ranging from easy to hard to keep you on your toes. Game features: * Three classic boards * Around 50 shaped boards * Easy, medium and hard levels of play on the shaped boards. * Unlimited game variations on the shaped boards * Superb graphics and piece animation. * Choice of boards and pieces sets * Animated display of shaped board solutions. * Unlimited undo on all boards.

About

Papaya Peg

Enjoy a cheerful peg solitaire puzzle game with various modes like daily challenges and quests. Progress through levels, earn stars, and unlock new chapters. Play offline without needing an account.

Highlights
  • Peg solitaire puzzles
  • Journey mode with 40 levels
  • Daily and Weekly Challenges
  • Variant and Quest boards
  • Offline play
  • iCloud progress sync
  • Hint and undo options
Features
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Can you leave just one peg standing? Papaya Peg is a cheerful peg solitaire puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. Jump pegs or marbles over their neighbors, clear the board, and chase the satisfying one-piece finish. Journey takes you from your first jump to the hardest boards one level at a time. Clear a level to earn a star, clear it without a hint for a second, and finish your last peg on the golden spot for the third. Collect enough stars and the next chapter opens. Free to play, works offline, and never asks you to make an account. Browse Journey, Classic Boards, Today's Challenges, Variant Boards, and Quests from a swipeable card chooser, then jump straight into the puzzle that fits your mood. Play classic peg solitaire boards, larger variants, and calendar challenges: - Triangle - a compact triangular board with quick rounds that fit nicely into short play sessions. - English - the classic cross-shaped board. Jump horizontally or vertically and try to finish with one marble in the center. - European - a wider expert-style board with more holes and a roomier challenge. - Triangle: Six-Row and Triangle: Seven-Row - larger triangle boards that unlock as you solve. - Daily Challenge - a shared board each day, with saved progress, a solve streak, and Papaya rewards for solving. - Weekly Challenge - a harder solver-verified puzzle released each week. - Quests - unlock opening challenge paths, replay cleared stages, and try for extra-satisfying one-peg finishes. New in 1.16: Journey, a path of 40 puzzle levels in five chapters. It starts with the Learn to Play lessons and small, simple boards, and gets more challenging step by step across every board. Earn up to three stars a level and Papayas as you go. You can also watch a replay of any finished game, and set your Daily reminder for the time that suits you. Stuck on a Daily, Weekly, Quest, or Journey puzzle? Tap the lightbulb Hint button for a free check that your position can still be solved, then reveal the recommended move when you want it. Hints and undos run on Papayas, which you earn free from Daily Challenge solves, Journey levels, lessons, and First Goals. Ask for it and it opens. Say the word to Siri, or use Spotlight or the Action Button, and Papaya Peg jumps straight to the Daily Challenge, a classic board, a Quest, High Scores, or the Store. Your progress can follow you across devices. Papaya Peg uses your own private iCloud account to keep results, streaks, and Quest and Journey progress in sync - no new account, just the iCloud you're already signed into. Offline play still works everywhere; sync catches up once you're back online. Papaya Peg includes Journey's 40 levels, four quick guided lessons for new players, game replays, optional move guides and available-move highlighting, a daily tip, undo and redo, an in-game Pause, local high scores, saved progress, optional notifications for new Daily and Weekly boards, with the Daily reminder at the time you choose, sound effects, and haptic feedback. Game Center is optional. Enable it to share eligible scores and earned achievements, including progress earned offline. Daily and Weekly leaderboards celebrate the solves you work out yourself. Prefer to play without ads? One purchase removes them permanently and makes hints and undos unlimited, and it works with Family Sharing. If you'd simply like to say thanks, optional supporter trophies go on display in your High Scores and your Player Profile - and drift gently in the background too. Download Papaya Peg and see how close you can get to the perfect finish.

Screenshots

Pegz V+4 screens
Papaya Peg4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Papaya Peg at every 10 days against Pegz V+'s every 5 months. Pegz V+'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Pegz V+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Papaya Peg sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 5.0 for Pegz V+ against 5.0 for Papaya Peg. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pegz V+ ships an update every 5 months, Papaya Peg every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pegz V+ versus Papaya Peg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPegz V+Papaya Peg
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZingMagic LimitedMatthew Fadoul

Customer experience

Pegz V+

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Papaya Peg

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pegz V+

One-time1
  • Pegz$1.99
7 purchases

Papaya Peg

One-time7
  • Papaya Cup$0.99
  • Bronze Supporter$1.99
  • Papaya Basket$2.99
Show 4 more
  • Papaya Crate$4.99
  • Silver Supporter$4.99
  • Remove Ads Forever$9.99
  • Gold Supporter$9.99

Questions

Is Pegz V+ free?
Pegz V+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Papaya Peg free?
Papaya Peg is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pegz V+ or Papaya Peg?
Pegz V+ and Papaya Peg are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Pegz V+ or Papaya Peg have ads?
Both Pegz V+ and Papaya Peg show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pegz V+ or Papaya Peg?
Pegz V+ ships an update every 5 months, and Papaya Peg every 10 days. Most recently, Pegz V+ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Papaya Peg on November 5, 2026.

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