Line Sweeper vs Puzzle and Heros
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
Puzzle and Heros
This game merges puzzle mechanics with line defense strategy. Players engage in strategic gameplay that combines matching elements with defensive combat.
- Puzzle gameplay
- Line defense strategy
- Strategic combat
- Unique genre combination
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It is the game which combined the puzzle and the line defense game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Puzzle and Heros at none against Line Sweeper's 1. Puzzle and Heros also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Line Sweeper's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 months). 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. Puzzle and Heros asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Line Sweeper against 4.8 for Puzzle and Heros. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Line Sweeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Puzzle and Heros's.
Line Sweeper ships an update every 6 months, Puzzle and Heros every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Line Sweeper | Puzzle and Heros |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | cocolo-bit Inc. |
Customer experience
Line Sweeper
Puzzle and Heros
In-app purchases
Line Sweeper
- Upgrade to Full Version$0.99
Puzzle and Heros
No in-app purchases
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