Squared vs Unlike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squared
Easily create your own crosswords with a vast word library. Get real-time suggestions as you type and share your creations with friends. Perfect for quick puzzles or daily challenges.
- Create custom crosswords
- Real-time word suggestions
- Share puzzles with friends
- Extensive word library
- Quick puzzle creation
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Make your own crosswords. See suggestions as you type. Share with friends. Squared makes creating crosswords fun, easy and accessible. Make a mini in minutes. Make a daily in a day. With 140,000+ words at your fingertips, the only limit is your imagination.
Unlike
A logic puzzle game where you fill cells based on numerical clues about neighboring cell styles. Learn through interactive lessons and explore hundreds of levels with daily challenges. Save progress locally or sync with iCloud.
- Fill cells based on neighbor clues
- Interactive learning lessons
- 200+ difficulty-progression levels
- Daily puzzles and free play
- Undo, redo, and hint system
- Customizable themes and accessibility options
- Offline play and iCloud sync
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Fill every cell. Follow the clues. Find the solution. Unlike is a logic puzzle played with solid and outlined cells. Each number counts its neighbors with the opposite style. Only shared edges count: above, below, left and right. Gold-dot cells are already fixed; every other cell needs a style. LEARN BY PLAYING Four short lessons teach the rule through interactive examples. Open the playing guide during a puzzle, or use a hint to find a clue, understand the deduction and optionally place a cell. KEEP EXPLORING - A 200-level difficulty progression, with more puzzles beyond it. - Daily puzzles and free play at five difficulties. - Undo, redo and Check, plus optional live clue feedback. - Themes, larger tiles, high contrast and reduced motion options. - Choose your preferred language in the app. PROGRESS THAT STAYS WITH YOU Your unfinished puzzle saves on this device, including undo history. Completed levels and stars sync with iCloud when available. No Unlike account or registration is needed. Puzzles can be played offline. Ads may appear after campaign levels from level 4, and after Daily and Free Play puzzles. An optional one-time purchase removes ads in every mode. Additional themes are available individually or through Every Theme, which includes future paid themes. Existing Every Theme owners receive newly added paid themes without another purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unlike at 80% against Squared's 0%. Unlike also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (36 vs 8). Squared's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Squared sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Unlike sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Unlike holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Squared's written reviews are positive against 80% of Unlike's.
Squared ships an update every 5 days, Unlike every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Squared | Unlike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Keiran King | Vinicios Cunha |
Customer experience
Squared
Unlike
In-app purchases
Squared
- Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
- Annual Plan$29.991 Year
Unlike
- Paperfold$0.99
- Stained Glass$0.99
- Intaglio$0.99
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- Foundry$0.99
- Zellige$0.99
- Moon Jelly Theme$0.99
- Ghost Light Theme$0.99
- Deep Forest Theme$0.99
- Neon Arcade Theme$0.99
- Blueprint Theme$0.99
- Ember Theme$0.99
- Chalkboard Theme$0.99
- Bubblegum Theme$0.99
- Remove Ads$6.99
- Every Theme$12.99









