I'm Puzzled vs Flow Free
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I'm Puzzled
Experience immersive outdoor escape room adventures in your city. Solve puzzles and uncover clues in a thrilling mystery that tests your problem-solving skills. Perfect for both beginners and seasoned escape room fans.
- Outdoor escape room events
- City-based adventures
- Immersive mystery experiences
- Puzzles and clues
- Problem-solving challenges
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We bring the magic of escape rooms to a city near you! Grab a ticket to one of our events, download the app, and you're off on an epic adventure! Get ready to be totally immersed in the mystery! Whether you're a first-timer or an escape room enthusiast, we have puzzles and clues that will test your problem-solving skills and keep you engaged until the very end.
Flow Free
Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board and solve puzzles. Avoid crossing pipes to complete each level. Offers hundreds of free puzzles with varying difficulty, plus daily challenges and a timed mode.
- Connect matching colors
- Cover the entire board
- Hundreds of shaped puzzles
- Daily new levels
- Time Trial mode
- Game Center achievements
- Cloud sync
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Flow Free® reimagined: Infinite possibilities! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Shapes! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Shapes a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free: Shapes features: * Over 4,000 free, shaped puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flow Free at 4.8 against I'm Puzzled's 4.3. Flow Free also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 40) and review sentiment (82% vs 74%). I'm Puzzled's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) 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. Flow Free sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. I'm Puzzled asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flow Free holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free has 13K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of I'm Puzzled's written reviews are positive against 82% of Flow Free's.
I'm Puzzled ships an update every 5 weeks, Flow Free every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I'm Puzzled | Flow Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (40 ratings) | 4.8 (13K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 13K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | I'm Puzzled Ltd | Big Duck Games LLC |
Customer experience
I'm Puzzled
Flow Free
Bugs and requests
I'm Puzzled
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flow Free
Reported bugs
2 issues- Accidental hint usage due to button placement
- Visibility issues with overlapping paths in 3D levels
Requested features
3 requests- Restore original UI layout from previous Flow Free games
- Option to disable in-app purchase prompts
- Forward/backward level navigation
In-app purchases
I'm Puzzled
No in-app purchases
Flow Free
- 5 Hints$0.99
- Spring Greens Colors$0.99
- Fall Harvest Colors$0.99
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- Pastel Colors$0.99
- Neon Rainbow Colors$0.99
- Winter Chill Colors$0.99
- Jumbo Oval 2$1.99
- Circle Pack 2$1.99
- 8x8 Cube Mania$1.99
- Kids Pack$1.99
- Starter Bundle$1.99
- Unlock All Themes$1.99
- Extreme Alley 2$1.99
- 5x5 Cube Mania$1.99
- Cube Pack 2$1.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- Unlock All Packs & Remove Ads$4.99
- 100 Hints$9.99
