Line Sweeper vs Kin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Line Sweeper
This puzzle game challenges you to create a single, continuous loop by strategically placing lines. Numbered tiles indicate how many adjacent spaces must be part of the path, with a "check" function to help identify errors. It offers over 500 levels across five difficulty settings.
- Create a single continuous loop
- Numbered tiles guide path placement
- Over 500 levels
- 5 difficulty levels
- "Check" function highlights wrong lines
- Autosave unfinished levels
- Record best completion times
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Linesweeper is puzzle similar to Minesweeper. Your aim is to create a single continuous non-intersecting loop. The numbered tiles can't be passed through. The number means how many of the 8 surrounding tiles should contain some part of the solution path. Linesweeper is originally invented by Jak Marshall. **** Linesweeper features **** # Content - 5 difficulty levels - more than 500 levels # Features - "Check" function can highlight wrong lines - option to enable automatically highlight wrong lines - Automatically indicate correct numbers - Autosave the process of unfinished levels - Record best completion time for each level # Challenge - Game Center Achievements - Try to complete as many levels as possible
Kin
A challenging pencil puzzle game where players strategically place mirrors to solve intricate logic problems. Connect letter-number pairs with lines that bounce off mirrors according to specific rules. Offers over 10,000 free stages for endless brain-teasing fun.
- Mirror placement puzzles
- Line connection challenges
- Over 10,000 free stages
- Simple rules, complex logic
- Brain-teasing gameplay
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Kin-Kon-Kan is one of pencil puzzle game. The rule is simple. ・Place mirrors in cells such that each room contains exactly one mirror. ・Letter-number pairs at the edges of the grid can be connected by straight lines that bounce of the same number of mirrors as the number in the letter-number pair. More than 10000 stages are included in this app. Of course, the all stages are free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Line Sweeper at 86% against Kin's 0%. Kin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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
Both are free to download. Line Sweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kin asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Line Sweeper | Kin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | Yuki Fujimoto |
Customer experience
Line Sweeper
Kin
In-app purchases
Line Sweeper
- Upgrade to Full Version$0.99
Kin
No in-app purchases
