Line Sweeper vs Kurotto
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
Kurotto
A logic puzzle game where you fill cells based on rules involving continuous black cells and circles. It's a popular brain teaser originating from Japan, offering a unique challenge for puzzle enthusiasts.
- Binary determination puzzle
- Circle sum logic
- Continuous black cell counting
- Vertical and horizontal rules
- Unique Japanese puzzle mechanics
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Kurotto is binary determination puzzle game. It's very popular in Japan. Fill in the cells with the following rules. ・The number in a circle indicates the sum of the number of continuous black cells extending from it, vertically and horizontally. Empty circles may have any number of black cells around them ・Cells with circles cannot be colored
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kurotto at none against Line Sweeper's 1. Kurotto also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Line Sweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kurotto asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Line Sweeper against 4.7 for Kurotto. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Line Sweeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kurotto's.
| Parameter | Line Sweeper | Kurotto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| 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 | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | Yuki Fujimoto |
Customer experience
Line Sweeper
Kurotto
In-app purchases
Line Sweeper
- Upgrade to Full Version$0.99
Kurotto
No in-app purchases
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