Comparison

Line Sweeper vs Ripple Effect

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Ripple Effect

A logic puzzle game where players fill grids with consecutive integers based on room size. It features rules about number placement to ensure separation between identical digits in rows and columns.

Highlights
  • Consecutive integer placement
  • Room-based puzzle mechanics
  • Row and column separation rules
  • Challenging logic puzzles
  • Grid-based gameplay
Features
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Ripple Effect is popular logic puzzle game in Japan. The solver must place one positive integer into each cell of the grid according to these rules: Every room must contain the consecutive integers from 1 to the quantity of cells in that room inclusive. If two identical numbers appear in the same row or column, at least that many cells with other numbers must separate them. For example, two cells both containing '1' may not be orthogonally adjacent, but must have at least one cell between them with a different number. Two cells marked '3' in the same row or column must have at least three cells with other numbers between them in that row or column, and so on.

Screenshots

Line Sweeper4 screens
Ripple Effect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Line Sweeper at 86% against Ripple Effect's 30%. Line Sweeper also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 24 months). Ripple Effect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Line Sweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ripple Effect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ripple Effect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Line Sweeper's written reviews are positive against 30% of Ripple Effect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Line Sweeper ships an update every 6 months, Ripple Effect every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Line Sweeper versus Ripple Effect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLine SweeperRipple Effect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better30.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 24 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStanley LamYuki Fujimoto

Customer experience

Line Sweeper

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Ripple Effect

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Line Sweeper

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Full Version$0.99
None

Ripple Effect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Line Sweeper free?
Line Sweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ripple Effect free?
Ripple Effect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Line Sweeper or Ripple Effect?
Ripple Effect is rated higher. Line Sweeper averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Ripple Effect averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Line Sweeper or Ripple Effect have ads?
Line Sweeper shows ads; Ripple Effect does not.
Which is updated more often, Line Sweeper or Ripple Effect?
Line Sweeper ships an update every 6 months, and Ripple Effect every 24 months. Most recently, Line Sweeper was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ripple Effect on November 2, 2026.

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