Comparison

Looped Interactive vs CH3TRIS

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

Head to head
About

Looped Interactive

Engage with a wordless, interactive puzzle story about love, time travel, and a mysterious wormhole. Solve mini-puzzles to guide characters through a narrative inspired by an award-winning short film, enhanced by beautiful hand-drawn animation and an original soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Wordless interactive story
  • Mini-puzzle gameplay
  • Hand-drawn 2D animation
  • Original soundtrack
  • Hidden Easter eggs
  • Based on award-winning short film
Features
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Looped is a short interactive story in which you solve mini-puzzles to progress a peaceful story about love, rockets, and time travel. This is a story of a love-at-first-sight so powerful it creates a wormhole in time. From the end to the beginning and back again, you follow Him and Her and help them with tasks along their way. A black hole appears suddenly in a young woman’s living room. An unconscious man falls out. He opens his eyes and it’s love at first sight. Or is this the first sight? Features - A wordless story based on an award-winning short film - Illustrated with beautiful hand-drawn 2D frame-by-frame animation - Original soundtrack by United Sound - Find the hidden Easter eggs “Looped” is based on the award-winning short film of the same name, with the film based on the short story appearing in the book Ouvertyr och andra sagor för nästan vuxna written by Thomas Costa Freté in 2022.

About

CH3TRIS

Features
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CH3TRIS (pronounced che-tris) is the most addictive challenge on a 3×3 chessboard: rearrange the pieces below on your board into the layout and number of moves indicated above to make CH3TRIS. HOW TO PLAY • At the top you see the target layout and the number of moves. • Below, your 3×3 board with the pieces. • Move the pieces following chess rules until you recreate the indicated layout within that number of moves. If you do… you've made CH3TRIS! IMPROVE YOUR CHESS • Train board vision, calculation and piece coordination in quick, seconds-long puzzles. • Perfect for every level: all you need to know is how the pieces move. THE DAILY CHALLENGE (#dailych3tris) • A new puzzle every day, the same for everyone, always free. • 60 seconds to solve it. Share your result and compete with your friends. FEATURES • No accounts: just play. • Works offline too. • Available in English and Spanish (switch language in the menu). • Elegant design inspired by classic chessboards. FULL VERSION You get 3 free games every day (the Daily Challenge doesn't count — it's always free). A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited games forever. No subscriptions: pay once, it's yours. Terms: https://ch3tris.com/terms.html Privacy: https://ch3tris.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Looped Interactive4 screens
CH3TRIS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CH3TRIS at Free against Looped Interactive's $2.99. CH3TRIS also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). Looped Interactive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CH3TRIS is free to download; Looped Interactive costs $2.99 up front. CH3TRIS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Looped Interactive asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Looped Interactive ships an update every 10 days, CH3TRIS every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Looped Interactive versus CH3TRIS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLooped InteractiveCH3TRIS
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.6 GB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerpeter hamlinRamon Buzon

In-app purchases

None

Looped Interactive

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CH3TRIS

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.00

Questions

Is Looped Interactive free?
Looped Interactive costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CH3TRIS free?
CH3TRIS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Looped Interactive or CH3TRIS have ads?
Neither Looped Interactive nor CH3TRIS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Looped Interactive or CH3TRIS?
Looped Interactive ships an update every 10 days, and CH3TRIS every 3 days. Most recently, Looped Interactive was updated on October 8, 2026 and CH3TRIS on September 30, 2026.

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