Puzzmo vs Gridlane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puzzmo
Discover a universe of daily puzzles with original games and modern classics. Enjoy word puzzles, strategy games, and crosswords with helpful hints. It's a free and engaging way to challenge your mind.
- Daily original puzzles
- Classic puzzle games
- Word puzzles
- Strategy games
- Crosswords with hints
- Memory and matching games
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Hello! If you're reading this you either really love Puzzmo or you are somehow undecided about our app. Let's be clear: you should download the app. We made it for you and it's free and it's really good! What do you have to lose? Puzzmo is the center of the puzzle universe. You'll find fresh original games by brilliant designers like Zach Gage and new daily puzzles for modern classics like Cross|word, SpellTower, Flipart, Typeshift, Pile-Up Poker, Memoku, and more. You'll also find a little puzzle at the bottom of this AppStore description. Go on, scroll to the bottom. NEW: MEMOKU Inspired by the classic memory game, Memoku invites you to match pairs of numbers, but there's a twist – like Sudoku, no number can appear in the same row, column, or box twice. BONGO Bongo challenges you to build a better board out of twenty five tiles, often picked on a theme by Puzzmo's friends, community members, and celebrity guests. There’s always a better board. PILE-UP POKER Pile-Up Poker is a twist on traditional poker where players build rows and columns of poker hands. The objective is to create the highest overall score by adding cards one by one to the gird, making strategic decisions along the way. FLIPART Flipart is a modern twist on digital jigsaw puzzles. This free daily puzzle challenges you to rearrange Tetris-like shapes by tapping the pivot points so that none of the shapes overlap and they all fit within the border. Flipart puzzles are enjoyable for kids and adults alike! TYPESHIFT Typeshift is our free, daily captivating word puzzle game that challenges your vocabulary, spatial reasoning, and wit. Solve puzzles by shifting columns of letters like a combination lock to form words. Each puzzle is a fun brain-teaser chock full of both word search and strategy. CROSS|WORD Puzzmo crossword puzzles are for everyone. Some of the world’s top solvers compete daily for the fastest solve on Puzzmo, but that doesn’t mean we’re here to stump you. In fact if you’re new to crosswords or struggling complete a grid, we’re here to help. Only Puzzmo crosswords offer an optional, easier hint with every single clue. CUBECLEAR Cube Clear is a word puzzle game where players spell words in a grid whose letters then disappear. Longer words score higher points, and adjacent tiles disappear after use, causing remaining tiles to tumble to the bottom of the grid. With only 36 letters, the challenge of Cube Clear is two-fold. Can you clear the board, and in how few words? WORDBIND Wordbind is a directional anagram game that challenges you to discover new words hidden within the chosen words of the day. You can only key in letters from left to right, you’re allowed to skip letters, and you can use the same letter twice to find the perfect word. With each word you find, you rise the ranks on your way to Luminary status. REALLY BAD CHESS Aside from the small advantage white gains by making the first move, chess is a battle of wits between two competitors with the same pieces in the same positions. Puzzmo’s free daily Really Bad Chess game turns all of that “fairness” on its head. For example, you might have a huge material advantage with three queens while your computer opponent might have no queens and five rooks. The pieces may look random, but your advantage is carefully calculated! SPELLTOWER SpellTower is a two-dimensional grid of letters that looks like your typical word search puzzle. But unlike a traditional word search, you can change directions, cross your own path, go diagonal, and even spell backwards! This freedom of movement allows you to find more complex and challenging words, but this isn’t the only twist with SpellTower. As you use letters, they disappear from the grid, with the ultimate goal being a perfect, total clear of the entire board. You found it! If you can solve this classic riddle, enter the answer at puzzmo.com/code "Forward I’m heavy, backwards I’m not. What word am I?" Happy puzzling!
Gridlane
Engage in strategic lane defense by matching puzzle elements to deploy troops and cast powerful abilities. Choose from unique champions and master three distinct game modes, including roguelike challenges and real-time MOBA-style combat.
- Match-3 puzzle combat
- Deploy troops and abilities
- 21 unique champions
- 3 distinct game modes
- MOBA-style structures
- Deep meta-game with unlocks and upgrades
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Gridlane is a strategic lane defense game that fuses match-3 puzzle mechanics with MOBA combat. Match symbols on the board to deploy troops, fuel abilities, and defend your base across three parallel lanes. MATCH TO FIGHT Swap symbols on the 8x8 board to create matches of 3 or more. Each match deploys troops to the corresponding lane — bigger matches spawn stronger units. Chain cascading combos for devastating multi-lane pushes. 21 UNIQUE CHAMPIONS Choose from 21 champions across 4 classes — Frontline, Damage, Support, and Specialist. Each champion has a passive ability, lane ability, grid ability, and ultimate. From the Vanguard's sword strike to the Pyromancer's fireball to the Alchemist's dissolve — every champion plays differently. THREE GAME MODES - Normal: Real-time lane defense. Survive waves of enemies or destroy their mainframe. - Match: Turn-based tactical variant. Every swap resolves instantly — plan your moves carefully. - Defrag: Roguelike run with escalating difficulty, relic picks, and daemon buffs. MOBA-STYLE STRUCTURES Both sides have three tiers of defense: outer towers, inner walls, and a core base. Structures auto-attack nearby enemies and retaliate when hit. Destroy all three tiers to reach the enemy mainframe and win. DEEP META-GAME Unlock champions through gameplay milestones. Collect relics and upgrades between rounds. Choose daemon buffs that strengthen your units but empower the enemy. Build your strategy across runs. FEATURES - 21 champions with unique abilities and animations - 3 game modes with distinct strategic depth - 8-wave escalating difficulty with elite and boss enemies - 12 relics and 6 upgrades for build variety - 5 daemons with risk/reward buff system - Colorblind-safe palette with customizable symbols - Night mode, multiple background themes - Full game log with event history and timeline scrubber - Music and sound volume controls - Portrait orientation, designed for mobile
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gridlane at 100% against Puzzmo's 43%. Gridlane also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Puzzmo's advantage is ratings volume (176 vs 6) and chart position (#159 vs unranked). On price 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. Puzzmo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Gridlane asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gridlane holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzmo has 176 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Puzzmo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gridlane's.
| Parameter | Puzzmo | Gridlane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (176 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #159 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Puzzmo Inc. | Benjamin Listyg |
Customer experience
Puzzmo
Gridlane
Bugs and requests
Puzzmo
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crossword clues not locking in correctly
- Transitions between games could be smoother
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to resume games from where left off
- Numerical order for crossword clues
- Remove subscription, keep account option
Gridlane
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Puzzmo
- Puzzmo Plus (monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Puzzmo Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year
Gridlane
No in-app purchases









