Dabble vs Riddle Zen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dabble
Engage your mind with a word game that combines vocabulary challenges and strategic board rotation. This app offers a relaxing experience designed to sharpen focus and bring people together through wordplay.
- Vocabulary challenges
- Strategic board rotation
- Focus sharpening
- Mind relaxation
- Generational bonding
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Dabble is a fun word game that challenges your vocabulary and strategy skills. By rotating the game board, you can create new word possibilities and keep the game going longer. Dabble is designed to sharpen your focus and relax your mind at the same time—what we proudly call word therapy! Our vision is to bring generations together through a shared love of word games, because relaxed minds are primed for togetherness. Dabble in; our journey starts here! — Your Dabble friends End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Riddle Zen
Engage your mind with hundreds of unique riddles and brain teasers. Progress through different difficulty levels, unlock plants for your Zen garden, and enjoy a peaceful gameplay experience. Test your knowledge in a timed challenge mode.
- Hundreds of unique riddles
- Multiple difficulty modes
- Zen garden with plant collection
- Detailed riddle explanations
- Timed 'Quick Play' mode
- Peaceful and relaxing theme
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Ready to become the next riddle master? Join Neve in solving a game of riddles and brain teasers. There are hundreds of unique and challenging riddles. It is a good word guessing game for every age group. Features of Riddle Zen: One of nine: - Each riddle comes with 9 possible options with their respective image. - Only 1 of them is correct - After each riddle you get Zen necessary for upgrades Explanations: - Got an answer but unsure why it is that one? - An explanation for all the riddles is provided - At the end of a riddle you have an option to understand why! Modes for everyone: - If you are a veteran with riddles, then there are different options for you. - Each difficulty will affect the way the game is played (Easy, Medium, Hard). Zen garden: - As you progress you will unlock plants that will be required to complete various collections. - Rewards are granted as you get more plants and upgrade them with Zen. Peaceful theme: - The game focuses on peaceful and relaxing tasks like solving riddles and collecting plants. - There's no competition, it's all about savoring the process and finding your own state of Zen while keeping your brain active. Quick Play: - Answer as many riddles as you can within the time limit. - Each correct answer gets you extra time! - One wrong answer and you are done! - Unlocked after solving riddle 40! Additional information: - The game is free to play; however, in-app purchases are available for additional content and in-game currency. - Other than watching rewarded videos no internet or logins are necessary to play the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Riddle Zen at 5.0 against Dabble's 4.4. Riddle Zen also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Dabble's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). 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. Dabble sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and Riddle Zen sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Riddle Zen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Dabble's written reviews are positive against 100% of Riddle Zen's.
Dabble ships an update every 2 months, Riddle Zen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dabble | Riddle Zen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Parosa, LLC | Admurin Arts |
Customer experience
Dabble
Riddle Zen
In-app purchases
Dabble
- Starter$0.993 Months
- Plus$1.993 Months
- Starter$2.991 Year
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- Inclusive$2.993 Months
- Plus$5.991 Year
- Inclusive$8.991 Year
- All Access$19.99
Riddle Zen
- 10 Hearts$0.99
- Bamboo Plant$0.99
- Helpful Bundle$1.99
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- No ads$2.99
- Ario's Mushy$4.99
- Calming Bundle$4.99
- Focused Bundle$9.99
- Mindful Bundle$19.99
- Neve's Bundle$19.99
- Sensei Bundle$39.99
- Enlightened Bundle$49.99









