Widgle vs Hook Jam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widgle
Enjoy interactive puzzle games directly within your home screen widgets. These bite-sized games offer quick bursts of fun and restart daily with a fresh challenge. Customize puzzle backgrounds with your own photos to reveal them as you solve.
- Play games in home screen widgets
- Daily fresh puzzles
- Customize puzzle backgrounds with photos
- Tile Slide puzzle
- Lights On puzzle
- Maze Master puzzle
- Match Up puzzle
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Play interactive puzzle games directly inside widgets on your home screen! Get a bite-size dose of gameplay whenever you need it, and a quick burst of fun to help get through a hectic day. Puzzles restart automatically every morning so you’ll start each day with a fresh puzzle to solve. CUSTOMIZE YOUR PUZZLES Customize the puzzle backgrounds with your own photos or images. Solve the puzzle to reveal the photo! Use your favorite photos, or any image that matches your home screen aesthetic. SEVERAL PUZZLES TO CHOOSE FROM Choose from several classic puzzles: • Tile Slide - slide the tiles into the correct order • Lights On - toggle the squares until they are all revealed • Maze Master - navigate the maze to reach your goal • Match Up - find all the pairs of objects COMPLETELY FREE TO PLAY All the puzzles in Widgle are completely free to play! Photo customization can be unlocked with a one-time in app purchase. Privacy Policy: https://widgle.app/privacy.html
Hook Jam
Engage in an addictive puzzle game where you untangle hooks to solve intricate challenges. Accumulate wealth by mastering the art of hooking in this captivating experience.
- Intricate hook puzzles
- Wealth accumulation mechanic
- Addictive gameplay
- Mastering hooking techniques
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Master the art of hooking in this addictive puzzle game! Solve intricate puzzles by untie the hooks to accumulate wealth!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Widgle at 100% against Hook Jam's 27%. Widgle also leads on ads (none vs shown). Hook Jam's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Widgle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hook Jam sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hook Jam holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hook Jam has 1.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Widgle's written reviews are positive against 27% of Hook Jam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Widgle ships an update every 5 weeks, Hook Jam weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widgle | Hook Jam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 26.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 309 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kabuki Vision, LLC | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Widgle
Hook Jam
Bugs and requests
Widgle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hook Jam
Reported bugs
2 issues- Hard and epic challenges not working
- Game freezing after completing levels
Requested features
2 requests- More hard and epic levels
- Improved rewards system
In-app purchases
Widgle
- Unlock custom photos$1.99
Hook Jam
- Coin Pack 1$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Skip It Pack 1$3.99
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- Bomb Bundle$4.99
- Coin Bundle$4.99
- Remove Ads Bundle$5.99
- Coin Pack 2$9.99
- Skip It Pack 2$9.99
- Coin Pack 3$19.99
- Skip It Pack Unlimited$39.99
