Timelie vs SIGNAL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timelie
Control time like a media player in this stealth puzzle adventure. Perceive future events to plan your escape, solve intricate puzzles, and sneak past enemies. Play as a girl and her cat with unique abilities to overcome challenges in a surreal world.
- Time control like a media player
- Dual character gameplay (girl and cat)
- Stealth and puzzle-solving mechanics
- Perceive future events
- Unique abilities for each character
- Surreal world exploration
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*TRY BEFORE YOU BUY - NO ADS!* Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure where you control time like a media player. This stealth puzzle adventure offers unique challenges that will test your problem-solving skills. Experience the thrill of puzzle-solving and the excitement of stealth gameplay as you perceive future events to plan your escape strategy in this captivating adventure. Sneak past enemies, solve intricate puzzles, and manipulate time through a unique adventure with a mysterious cat and a little girl with precognitive powers. Features: - Play Act 1 for free and get a taste of the thrilling stealth puzzle adventure. - Control time like a media player: pause, rewind, and fast-forward to overcome challenges. - Play as both the girl and the cat, each with unique abilities that complement each other. - Experience a vibrant and surreal world filled with challenging puzzles and exciting escapes. - Enjoy the cat's hilarious antics—sometimes it's helpful, sometimes it's just being a cat! Every second matters in Timelie. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, solve challenging puzzles, sneak around enemies, and manipulate time throughout this thrilling adventure of companionship and stealth. The Timeline ability gives players the power to control time just like a media player. Drag the Timeline left to rewind time and undo your past mistakes. Drag it right to see the future unfold, giving you valuable information to change the past. This unique ability adds a new layer to the puzzle and stealth elements, making every moment of the adventure strategic and exciting. Control both the girl and the cat simultaneously, solving puzzles and using their abilities to complement each other in this stealth adventure. Time their movements perfectly to escape detection, distract enemies, and ultimately complete your mission. This cooperative element brings a new twist to stealth puzzle adventure games, offering a cooperative play experience for a single player like never before. Lose yourself in a vibrant world filled with colorful abstractions and surreal visuals. Explore strange realms filled with danger, excitement, and puzzle challenges, but also opportunities for discovery. Embrace the stealth, solve intricate puzzles, and immerse yourself in an adventure full of surprises and strategic challenges. Timelie is not just about escaping—it's about how you plan, adapt, and solve each puzzle while using stealth to avoid detection. It's an adventure that will keep you on your toes, test your strategic thinking, and immerse you in a unique story of companionship and survival.
SIGNAL
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A distress call. A dead research station. One survivor who won't give up. Deep in space, the station has gone dark — its crew missing, its systems failing. You answer the signal alongside Freya, and the only way to bring the station back to life is to MERGE. Combine items on the grid to craft better ones, restore each module of the station, and power the mystery back online piece by piece. Every merge pushes the story forward. — MERGE TO REVIVE — • Drag and combine items to evolve them through satisfying chains • Repair the station module by module: comms, command, engineering, life support, the power core and more • Unlock deeper sections and discover new item chains as you go — A STORY WORTH UNCOVERING — • A voiced, cinematic sci-fi mystery told across multiple chapters • Piece together what really happened to the crew of the station • Every module you restore reveals another fragment of the truth — BUILT TO RELAX — • Solve at your own pace — no timers on the puzzles • Moody, atmospheric sci-fi art and sound • Play in short bursts or lose yourself for hours — FREE TO PLAY — • Enjoy the full story for free • Optional in-app purchases to speed up your progress — never required to finish Answer the signal. Restore Helix-7. Uncover the truth.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Timelie at none against SIGNAL's shown. Timelie also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). SIGNAL's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price and in-app purchases 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. Timelie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SIGNAL sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Timelie ships an update every 3 months, SIGNAL every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timelie | SIGNAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 557 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Snapbreak Games AB | Yung Keet Lee |
In-app purchases
Timelie
- Unlock full game$3.99
SIGNAL
- 10 Cores$0.99
- Starter Pack: 20 Cores$0.99
- Daily Deal: 15 Cores$0.99
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- Daily Deal: 22 Cores + Refill$1.99
- 60 Cores$4.99
- Daily Deal: 78 Cores$4.99
- 150 Cores$8.99









