Comparison

puzzling.com vs Numplexity

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

Head to head
About

puzzling.com

Engage your mind daily with a variety of classic puzzles like Crosswords and Sudoku. Access thousands of puzzles and an ad-free experience with a VIP subscription. Track your progress and earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Classic puzzle variety
  • Thousands of puzzles with subscription
  • Ad-free VIP experience
  • Progress tracking and rewards
  • Smart search filters
  • Help and tutorial videos
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Keep your mind active with new puzzles every day. · The dream team of classic puzzles: Crossword, Sudoku, Picture Cross, Codeword, Word Search, and dozens more. · Download free and enjoy a new page of puzzles every morning and evening. · Subscribe at any time to access thousands of puzzles, ad-free. · Smart search filters help you find puzzles of your preferred type, genre or difficulty. · Learn to play new puzzles with extensive online help and videos. · Track your progress and earn trophies and rewards. Whether you're looking for a new challenge or to relax with a familiar old favorite, you can find it all in the puzzling.com app. ■ Subscribe for VIP access With a puzzling.com VIP subscription, you'll get free, unlimited access to all the puzzles on your Morning and Evening pages each day, including all previous days' pages. You can also browse puzzling.com's growing library of Themed Issues (puzzle books), using replenishing VIP keys to unlock puzzles and expand your collection. What's more, as a subscriber you won't be interrupted by ad breaks between puzzles. (Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions through your iTunes and App Store Account Settings. On cancelling a subscription, you will continue to be subscribed until the end of the current billing period.) ■ Product support Please select the [HELP] option from the menu if you require assistance. Can't access the app? You can also contact us by email: support@puzzling.com Terms of use: https://www.puzzling.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.puzzling.com/privacy/ ■ Latest news WEB: www.puzzling.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/getpuzzling BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/puzzling.com

About

Numplexity

Features
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Put your number sense to the test in Numplexity, a fast, strategic puzzle game where every path counts. Trace across neighboring tiles to combine numbers and operators, build an expression, and reach the target. Addition is the starting operation, while +, −, and × tiles change how the numbers that follow are calculated. Plan your route, adjust as you go, and submit the closest result you can find before time runs out. Each game has five one-minute rounds. An exact answer scores zero, while every point away from the target counts against you. Keep your total as close to zero as possible—and see if you can finish with a perfect game. CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE • Basic offers a guaranteed solution with a target below 300 • Normal offers a guaranteed solution with a target from 30 to 1,000 • Advanced uses an independent target that may not have an exact path PLAY YOUR WAY • Solve the same Daily Puzzle as everyone else • Start a fresh Quick Play set whenever you want another challenge • Resume an unfinished Daily Puzzle without replaying completed rounds • Share completed Daily results as a compact scorecard LEARN FROM EVERY ROUND After each round, Numplexity searches for a strong solution and shows the path directly on the board. Compare it with your route, review the expression step by step, and look for a shorter or more accurate answer next time. In Advanced mode, you can even beat the best path found by the game. BUILD YOUR RECORD Unlock achievements for exact answers, quick solves, last-second finishes, creative routes, perfect games, Daily completions, and more. Progress is tracked separately across Basic, Normal, and Advanced difficulty levels. MADE FOR FOCUSED PLAY • Clean, responsive number-path controls • Dark and light appearance options • Optional sound and haptic feedback • PEMDAS-style expressions with parentheses that preserve path order • Progress stored locally on your device • No account required Whether you are chasing a perfect Daily score or fitting in a quick arithmetic challenge, Numplexity rewards experimentation, planning, and clever paths.

Screenshots

puzzling.com4 screens
Numplexity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Numplexity at none against puzzling.com's shown. Numplexity also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. puzzling.com sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Numplexity sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

puzzling.com ships an update every 2 months, Numplexity every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
puzzling.com versus Numplexity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterpuzzling.comNumplexity
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size363 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppyNation Ltd.Chaotic Studios LLC

In-app purchases

18 purchases

puzzling.com

Subscriptions14
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
Show 11 more
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Coin Pack$2.99
  • Medium Coin Pack$4.99
  • Large Coin Pack$9.99
Show 1 more
  • Extra Large Coin Pack$19.99
1 purchases

Numplexity

One-time1
  • Remove Ads from Numplexity$1.99

Questions

Is puzzling.com free?
puzzling.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Numplexity free?
Numplexity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do puzzling.com or Numplexity have ads?
puzzling.com shows ads; Numplexity does not.
Which is updated more often, puzzling.com or Numplexity?
puzzling.com ships an update every 2 months, and Numplexity every 6 days. Most recently, puzzling.com was updated on October 30, 2026 and Numplexity on October 31, 2026.

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