Timelie vs CrispSudoku
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.
CrispSudoku
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CrispSudoku is a polished, ad-free Sudoku game with real depth — five rule variants, six grid sizes, and a built-in tutor that explains how to solve every board. PLAY YOUR WAY • Five variants: Classic, Jigsaw (irregular regions), Sudoku-X (diagonals), Killer (summed cages) and Thermo (digits climb along each thermometer) • Six grid sizes: 4×4, 6×6, 8×8, 9×9, 10×10 and 12×12 • Four difficulties, from Easy to Expert • A new Daily Challenge every day — the same board for everyone LEARN AS YOU PLAY • "Explain the solve" walks through any board step by step, naming each technique (naked singles, hidden singles, locked candidates, X-wing and more) • "Next logical step" hints tell you what to play next, and why • Every puzzle gets an honest difficulty rating based on the hardest technique it actually requires THOUGHTFUL TOUCHES • Pencil-mark notes, unlimited undo, and live conflict highlighting • A mistake limit that scales with difficulty • Per-difficulty hint budgets, so hints stay meaningful • Beautiful themes you unlock as you play • Achievements, streaks and detailed statistics PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% offline — no account, no ads, no tracking, no data collection • Every puzzle is guaranteed to have exactly one solution CrispSudoku is free software, open source under the GNU AGPL-3.0.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CrispSudoku at none against Timelie's 1. CrispSudoku also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Timelie's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. Timelie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CrispSudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.
Timelie ships an update every 3 months, CrispSudoku fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timelie | CrispSudoku |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 557 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snapbreak Games AB | Christian Strobele |
In-app purchases
Timelie
- Unlock full game$3.99
CrispSudoku
No in-app purchases









