String Theory Game vs Island Path Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
String Theory Game
A vibrant puzzle game where you recreate patterns by drawing loops between pegs. Strategically place and overlap loops to match the target design with minimal moves. Offers handcrafted puzzles, daily challenges, and endless free play.
- Pattern matching puzzles
- Loop drawing mechanics
- Color-based loop filling
- 60+ handcrafted puzzles
- Daily challenges
- Free play modes
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String Theory is a colorful puzzle game about matching a given pattern by building it out of different colored shapes. String theory has 60+ handcrafted puzzles, daily challenges, and free play modes, making for hours of fun. Draw lines between pegs to create loops. The loops fill in with a different color depending on how many pegs they touch. Any loop that touches either three pegs or six pegs turns green. Any loop that touches either four pegs or eight pegs turns purple. Any loop that touches either five pegs or seven pegs turns spotted purple. Replicating the given pattern with as few loops as possible requires strategic placement and overlapping of loops. With dozens of handcrafted patterns to match, and thousands additional free play patterns, String Theory is a mind-bending game filled to the brim with tricky puzzles to get the gears turning! No ads, no microtransactions.
Island Path Puzzle
Connect islands by building bridges according to specific rules. Solve logic puzzles with randomly generated levels and daily challenges. Play offline with intuitive controls.
- Connect islands with bridges
- Follow three logical rules
- Pure logical deduction gameplay
- Nine different board sizes
- Unlimited randomly generated levels
- Daily new challenges
- Offline play
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Island Path Puzzle is small logical game where you connecting island while following three simple rules: 1) All islands are connected and there are no cycles 2) The number of bridges connected to a given island is equal to the number on the island 3) The number of bridges in each row and column is equal to the number at the beginning of the row or column It's up to you to discover the correct connections of the islands using pure logic. Using logical deduction in different parts of the game board, you discover places where there are or aren't bridges. In this way, bit by bit you will connect all the islands and you will have a tangled maze of connected islands. Game control is very simple and intuitive. Just click between two islands to create a bridge between them. With another click, the bridge is simply removed. Other features of the game: - Game contains nine different sizes starting from small with couple of islands up to big ones with hundreds of islands. - An unlimited number of randomly generated levels available. - Each day there are 10 new challenges - No internet connection is required to play this puzzle game. If you like logical puzzles, this game is exactly for you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: String Theory Game at none against Island Path Puzzle's 4. String Theory Game also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 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. Island Path Puzzle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. String Theory Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for String Theory Game against 5.0 for Island Path Puzzle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
String Theory Game ships an update every 2 days, Island Path Puzzle every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.
| Parameter | String Theory Game | Island Path Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Viesta | LIBOR MASICEK |
Customer experience
String Theory Game
Island Path Puzzle
In-app purchases
String Theory Game
No in-app purchases
Island Path Puzzle
- +10 hints$0.99
- +25 hints$1.99
- +100 hints$4.99
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- Remove ads$9.99
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