Comparison

Queens vs Ember

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

Head to head
About

Queens

Embark on a royal puzzle adventure where you strategically arrange symbols and crowns to solve intricate challenges. Unlock stunning crowns and earn rewards as you advance through increasingly complex levels in a beautifully designed kingdom. This game offers a relaxing yet engaging experience to sharpen your problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Unique puzzle mechanics
  • Challenging levels
  • Unlock crowns and rewards
  • Play at your own pace
  • Stunning visuals
  • Engage your mind
  • Frequent updates
Features
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Welcome to Queens Puzzle, a royal puzzle adventure where your mind is your greatest weapon! Step into a world of crowns, queens, and cunning strategy as you solve intricate puzzles and advance through regal challenges. In Queens Puzzle, you’ll unlock crowns, earn royal rewards, and discover secrets hidden deep within the kingdom’s puzzle realm. Key Features: - Unique Puzzle Mechanics: Experience a fresh twist on classic puzzle games! Arrange and align symbols of royalty as you complete each level. - Challenging Levels: Each level offers a new brain-teaser to conquer. As you advance, the puzzles become more complex, testing your skills and strategy. - Unlock Crowns and Rewards: Complete levels to unlock stunning crowns and royal treasures. Customize your in-game experience with exciting unlocks and achievements. - Play at Your Pace: Whether you enjoy fast-paced action or a more thoughtful approach, Queens Puzzle lets you play the way you want. - Stunning Visuals: Immerse yourself in a beautifully designed world of pastel colors, detailed crowns, and a majestic atmosphere that brings the puzzle kingdom to life. - Engage Your Mind: Sharpen your problem-solving abilities as you tackle each puzzle. Queens Puzzle is the perfect game to relax and engage your mind! - Frequent Updates: New levels, challenges, and rewards are constantly added to keep the adventure fresh and exciting. How to Play: 1. Match symbols and crowns by strategically moving puzzle pieces. 2. Complete objectives within the set number of moves to progress. 3. Earn bonus points and royal treasures by solving levels efficiently. 4. Join the Royal Community: Become part of our growing community of puzzle solvers. Compete in daily challenges, share your progress, and see how your skills compare with other players worldwide! Ready to embark on a regal adventure? Download Queens Puzzle today and start solving! Terms of Use: https://queens.game/terms.html

About

Ember

Features
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Ember is a logic puzzle with three rules and no noise, played beside a campfire under a desert night sky. Place one flame in every row, every column and every coloured region. No two flames may touch — not even diagonally. That is the whole game. It is the puzzle known as Queens, or Star Battle: the same rules, two thousand levels deep. EVERY BOARD IS FAIR Each puzzle is checked twice before it reaches you: once to prove it has exactly one answer, and again to prove that answer can be reached by reasoning alone. You will never need to guess. Not once. TWO THOUSAND LEVELS, 6x6 TO 12x12 One ordered campaign, identical for every player, so level 400 means the same board to everyone. Board sizes mix from the very first levels and climb to sprawling 12x12 boards late on — but even the last stretch deals a small board often enough to change the rhythm. THE LAST STRETCH BITES Late levels deal Master boards, where two or three regions have to be weighed together before a single square can be crossed off. Still no guessing, ever — the proof just takes more steps. A TAP IS NOT A CHOICE Tapping a square crosses it out — a note to yourself, costing nothing. Placing a flame is a decision, so it takes a deliberate double tap. Nothing is ever crossed out for you. THREE LIVES A flame placed where one cannot go turns red, costs a life, and settles into a red cross — so a mistake still leaves you something true about the board. HINTS THAT TEACH A hint never simply hands you a square. The board dims to leave only the squares the rule is about, and states that rule in plain words. Tap Apply and the crosses go down one at a time, so you can follow the reasoning as it happens. SOUND WORTH LEAVING ON A quiet theme over falling rain, generated as it plays. It stays well back, respects the silent switch, and steps aside entirely if you are already listening to something else. YOUR PROGRESS FOLLOWS YOU Levels, stars and flawless wins save to your own iCloud, so a new phone picks up exactly where you left off. Nothing is sent anywhere else. WHAT EMBER DOES NOT DO No adverts, anywhere, ever. No subscription. No account to create. No analytics, no tracking, nothing about you collected or sold. It is a small download that plays entirely offline, with no server behind it. LEADERBOARDS, IF YOU WANT THEM Three boards — total stars, flawless wins, and how far through the campaign you have come — run on Apple's own Game Center. Decline the sign-in and nothing is ever sent; the whole game plays exactly the same either way. Every puzzle, every hint and every colour scheme is free. There is nothing to buy, nothing to unlock and nothing held back. Ember asks for no money and no attention. Designed for iPhone and iPad. Full VoiceOver support, a colour-blind mode that separates the regions by lightness rather than hue, light and dark.

Screenshots

Queens4 screens
Ember4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ember at none against Queens's 20. Ember also leads on ads (none vs shown). Queens's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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. Queens sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Ember asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Queens ships an update every 2 weeks, Ember weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Queens versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQueensEmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (893 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings893 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size282 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFREEDOM LLPJOEL BINES

Bugs and requests

Queens

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Competitive mode not accessible
  • Ads shown despite ad-free purchase
  • Hints not working as expected
  • Levels resetting after updates
  • Boards with identical solutions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Auto-fill or auto-cross option
  • Ability to select board size
  • Hints that explain the reasoning
  • Option to turn off haptic feedback
  • Flag selection dropdown menu

Ember

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Queens

Subscriptions3
  • Queens Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Queens Pro Elite Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Queens Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time17
  • 20 hints$0.99
  • Unlock board 10x10$1.99
  • Unlock board 9x9$1.99
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  • Unlock board 12x12$1.99
  • 100 Hints$2.99
  • Unlock board 11x11$2.99
  • Explorer Track$3.99
  • 1 Week No Ads$3.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • All Boards$5.99
  • Expert Track$8.99
  • Queens PRO$9.99
  • All Knights Bundle$9.99
  • Grandmaster Track$12.99
  • King Bundle$14.99
  • Full Queens$17.99
  • Super Bundle$19.99
None

Ember

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Queens free?
Queens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Queens or Ember have ads?
Queens shows ads; Ember does not.
Which is updated more often, Queens or Ember?
Queens ships an update every 2 weeks, and Ember weekly. Most recently, Queens was updated on October 21, 2026 and Ember on October 9, 2026.

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