Comparison

PuzPop vs Pathways

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

Head to head
About

PuzPop

Engage your mind daily with a variety of handcrafted word and logic puzzles. Explore crosswords, riddles, word association games, and classic Sudoku with fresh content released every day.

Highlights
  • Daily crossword puzzles
  • Mini crossword
  • Daily riddle game
  • Themed word association
  • Proximity word guessing
  • Classic Sudoku (easy, medium, hard)
Features
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PuzPop offers a collection of handcrafted puzzle and word games - with fresh content every day. Games include: Crossword: Test your knowledge with our standard crossword puzzle. Mini: Crossword, but on a compact 5x5 grid. Ridella: Solve the daily riddle as clues are revealed one line at a time. Clique: Fill in the blanks to form words all belonging to the same theme. Proximity: All nouns are sorted by similarity to a target word. Find the target word by guessing other words and seeing how close they rank. Sudoku: Enjoy the classic number-placement puzzle in easy, medium, and hard modes.

About

Pathways

A minimalist logic puzzle game where players guide a dot to its home space by drawing colored paths. It offers increasing difficulty levels and daily challenges, with an option for advanced features like custom level creation.

Highlights
  • Draw colored paths to guide a dot
  • Solve spatial reasoning puzzles
  • Progress through increasing grid sizes
  • Daily timed puzzles with score sharing
  • Create and share custom levels
  • No ads, playable offline
Features
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Pathways is a spatial reasoning logic puzzle with a clean, minimalist design. The goal is simple: move the dot home! How it works: -Each grid has one dot, and one home space -The dot can only move to colored spaces -Use tabs on the side of the grid to draw paths of color -Retract and redraw paths as necessary -Move that dot home! Easy to learn, difficult to master -Start with 3x4 grids to learn the ropes -Up the challenge with 4x4 grids -Put yourself to the real test with 4x5 grids Daily Puzzles -Timed puzzles, share your score with friends -Puzzles increase in difficulty throughout the week -Build your streak! Pathways PRO -Access all packs (375 puzzles + future packs) -Access Daily Puzzle archive to play old puzzles (100+ Daily Puzzles) -Create your own levels, share with friends and/or submit to Pathways to be featured Why Pathways? -Clean, minimalistic design -Simple rules, yet challenging solutions -No ads, no wifi required Up for the challenge? Download Pathways today!

Screenshots

PuzPop4 screens
Pathways4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PuzPop at none against Pathways's 9. PuzPop also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Pathways sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. PuzPop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PuzPop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PuzPop's written reviews are positive against 90% of Pathways's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PuzPop ships an update every 6 days, Pathways every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and July 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PuzPop versus Pathways: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzPopPathways
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (26 ratings) — better4.8 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2626
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDylan KapoorWilliam Arbuckle

Customer experience

PuzPop

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pathways

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

PuzPop

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Pathways

One-time9
  • Support Developpment$0.99
  • Support Developpment$1.99
  • Support Developpment$4.99
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  • Pathways PRO$7.99
  • Support Developpment$7.99
  • Support Developpment$9.99
  • Support Developpment$14.99
  • Support Developpment$19.99
  • Support Developpment$29.99

Questions

Is PuzPop free?
PuzPop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pathways free?
Pathways is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PuzPop or Pathways?
PuzPop is rated higher. PuzPop averages 5.0 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Pathways averages 4.8 from 26 ratings.
Do PuzPop or Pathways have ads?
Neither PuzPop nor Pathways shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PuzPop or Pathways?
PuzPop ships an update every 6 days, and Pathways every 2 months. Most recently, PuzPop was updated on June 11, 2026 and Pathways on July 16, 2026.

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