Comparison

Crowns vs Memory Mason

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

Head to head
About

Crowns

Engage in a sophisticated logic puzzle experience with daily challenges. This game offers pure logic-based puzzles in a clean, minimalist design to sharpen your mind and enhance reasoning skills.

Highlights
  • Pure logic-based puzzles
  • Clean, minimalist design
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Progress tracking
  • New daily puzzles
  • Brain exercise
Features
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Crowns - Logic Puzzle Game Immerse yourself in an elegant puzzle-solving experience. Crowns is a beautifully crafted logical puzzle game that sharpens your mind through daily challenges. Key Features: • Pure logic-based puzzles • Clean, minimalist design • Multiple difficulty levels • Progress tracking • New daily puzzles • Free to play Enhance Your Mind: • Exercise your brain with daily puzzle challenges • Develop advanced logical reasoning skills • Build problem-solving abilities through engaging puzzles • Track your progress as your skills improve • Challenge yourself with increasing difficulty levels Perfect for: • Puzzle enthusiasts • Logic game lovers • Brain training seekers • Daily challenge devotees • Anyone looking to sharpen their mind Each puzzle offers a unique challenge that requires strategic thinking and deductive reasoning. The clean, gradient-inspired design creates a calm atmosphere that lets you focus entirely on solving the puzzles. Make puzzle-solving part of your daily routine. Watch as your logical thinking skills grow stronger with each challenge you complete.

About

Memory Mason

This puzzle game challenges you to memorize and retrace a glowing path. With no time limits or energy restrictions, you can take your time to solve over 500 unique levels across ten themed temples. Earn in-game currency to purchase hints and cosmetic themes.

Highlights
  • Memorize and retrace glowing paths
  • Over 500 levels across ten temples
  • Daily challenges with global leaderboards
  • No time limits or energy restrictions
  • Hints and cosmetic themes available
  • Progress syncs via iCloud
Features
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A path of light draws itself across the temple floor. Watch closely in a few seconds it's gone, and only you can put it back. Memory Mason is a puzzle game about one thing: seeing a route, holding it in your head, and walking it back. No countdown clock. No energy meter. No waiting to play. Just you and the path you're fairly sure you remember. HOW IT PLAYS • A glowing path lights up across the temple floor, tile by tile • It fades • Tap the start, then drag your finger along the route from memory • Reach the exit without a single misstep for three stars Three wrong steps and the floor crumbles but you can always start again, straight away, for nothing. 500 LEVELS ACROSS TEN TEMPLES Boards grow from a gentle 5×5 to a punishing 10×10, and every stage has a character of its own: Temple Threshold, Winding Halls, The Forked Way, Hall of Echoes, Sunken Vault, The Labyrinth, Mirror Sanctum, The Deep, Astral Bridge, and the Trial of Masters. THE TEMPLE FIGHTS BACK Each stage adds a twist you have to think around, not just remember through: • Decoy runes that glow like the path but aren't part of it • Rooms that spin 90° or 180° the moment the path disappears • Your own trail fading behind you as you walk • A start rune that hides itself once you move • Ice that slides you further than you meant to go • Portals that throw you across the board • Keys and gates, and tiles that shift while you watch A DAILY CHALLENGE One fresh board every day, identical for every player in the world. Clear it to build your streak miss a day and you start again. MADE FOR SHORT SESSIONS A level takes under a minute. Progress saves after every one, so you can put it down mid-temple and pick it up anywhere. EARN YOUR WAY Points come from the tiles you trace, and every level pays once. Spend them on hints when a path won't come back to you, or on eight temple themes from Emerald Grove and Frostspire to the Cosmic Void and pure-black Obsidian. Nine achievements are waiting for the flawless, the stubborn and the loyal. PLAYS ANYWHERE • No account, no sign-up, no personal details • Progress syncs safely through your own iCloud • Available in 9 languages Free to play. Can you hold the path?

Screenshots

Crowns3 screens
Memory Mason4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Crowns at none against Memory Mason's shown. Memory Mason's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crowns sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Memory Mason sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Crowns versus Memory Mason: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrownsMemory Mason
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (495 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings495 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKa Wai TongHiten Soni

Customer experience

Crowns

All ratings462 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews274 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral10.6%
Negative20.8%

Memory Mason

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Crowns

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Degenerate solutions in puzzles
  • Issues with in-app purchases

Requested features

2 requests
  • Different color palette for tiles
  • Unlimited daily plays

Memory Mason

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crowns

One-time1
  • Queens - Unlimited version$9.99
4 purchases

Memory Mason

One-time4
  • 500 Points$1.29
  • 1,200 Points$1.99
  • Memory Mason Pro$2.49
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  • Mega Pack · 5,000 Points$3.99

Questions

Is Crowns free?
Crowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memory Mason free?
Memory Mason is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crowns or Memory Mason have ads?
Memory Mason shows ads; Crowns does not.
Which is updated more often, Crowns or Memory Mason?
Crowns ships an update every 4 weeks, and Memory Mason every 4 weeks. Most recently, Crowns was updated on November 4, 2026 and Memory Mason on November 6, 2026.

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