Comparison

Take The King! vs Notepad Games

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

Head to head
About

Take The King!

A unique puzzle game that reimagines chess rules on a crumbling battlefield. Guide the King through dozens of challenges and restore balance to the kingdom by solving intellectual puzzles.

Highlights
  • Reimagined chess rules
  • Unique chessboard mechanics
  • Dozens of puzzles
  • Quest for the King
  • Secondary objectives for bonuses
Features
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The august chessboard crumbles. The millennia-old battlefield, foundation of all laws, has been desecrated. Is the era of symmetrical confrontations over? How to govern a crumbling kingdom? How to restore the balance of all things? First victim of this cataclysm, will the brave King be able to survive in his quest for great harmony? Concept Take the King! is a puzzle game based on the rules of chess, reimagined to offer original intellectual challenges. While your pieces move normally, the chessboard is anything but standard, and you have a variety of goals. * Help the King on his great quest. * Try to solve dozens of puzzles the game offers you. * Complete secondary objectives to unlock bonuses.

About

Notepad Games

Engage your mind with thousands of free puzzles across seven distinct game types, including word, math, and logic challenges. Enjoy daily new puzzles, track your progress, and experience a clean, ad-free interface without subscriptions or paywalls.

Highlights
  • 7 unique puzzle games
  • Daily challenges
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Streak and progress tracking
  • Clean notepad design
  • Completely free
Features
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Thousands of free puzzles across 7 different games. Whether you love words, math, or logic challenges, there's something new to solve every day. WHAT YOU GET • 7 unique puzzle games • New daily challenges across all games • Multiple difficulty levels (easy to expert) • Track your streaks and progress • Clean, notepad-inspired design • Completely free - no subscriptions, no paywalls WHY NOTEPAD GAMES? Most puzzle apps lock content behind paywalls or spam you with ads. We don't. Every puzzle is free. Every game is accessible. Just open the app and play. PERFECT FOR Wordle fans, NYT Games players, or anyone who wants a daily mental workout. Build a streak, challenge yourself, and watch your skills improve. Download now and start solving.

Screenshots

Take The King!4 screens
Notepad Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Notepad Games at Free against Take The King!'s $3.99. Take The King!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Notepad Games is free to download; Take The King! costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take The King! ships an update every 5 days, Notepad Games weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Take The King! versus Notepad Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake The King!Notepad Games
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB19 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTyGAMESJason Perlman

Customer experience

Take The King!

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notepad Games

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Take The King!

No in-app purchases

None

Notepad Games

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Take The King! free?
Take The King! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notepad Games free?
Notepad Games is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Take The King! or Notepad Games have ads?
Neither Take The King! nor Notepad Games shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take The King! or Notepad Games?
Take The King! ships an update every 5 days, and Notepad Games weekly. Most recently, Take The King! was updated on October 16, 2026 and Notepad Games on October 10, 2026.

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