Comparison

Polyloop vs Beacon Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Polyloop

A handcrafted puzzle game that challenges your logic and strategy by connecting lines to form a single continuous loop. Offers daily challenges, a minimalist design, and hundreds of puzzles for endless fun. Perfect for unwinding or a stimulating mental workout.

Highlights
  • Connect lines to form a single closed loop
  • Numbers indicate surrounding lines
  • Daily challenges with score sharing
  • Minimalist design with customizable themes
  • Hundreds of puzzles across difficulty levels
  • Offline play mode
Features
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Polyloop is a beautiful, ad-free logic game. One rule. One loop. One engaging puzzle per day. Quick to learn, but near-infinite depth to master. **A puzzle every day** A new loop each morning to start your day clear-headed. Quick on a coffee break, calming before bed. **Simple rules, real depth** Make one full loop. Bring every number to zero. The rules take thirty seconds to learn. Hundreds of hand-built puzzles across themed Loop Packs keep you thinking for months, from gentle warm-ups to boards that earn a long, satisfying pause. **A beautiful place to think** Every puzzle sits in its own hand-crafted, living backdrop. No clutter, no chrome, just a calm, gorgeous space made for thinking. **Play anywhere** No connection required. Solve on the subway, on a flight, or off the grid. Polyloop is always ready, no signal needed. **No ads. Ever.** No banners. No pop-ups. No "watch a video to continue." Polyloop respects your attention from the first tap. Just you and the loop. **Built to feel good** Gentle hints when you're stuck. Smooth zoom and undo. A clean, quiet design that gets out of your way. Two simple rules, hundreds of puzzles, zero interruptions. Learn it today. Come back tomorrow. Privacy Policy: https://playpolyloop.com/privacy_policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Beacon Puzzle

A daily logic puzzle game where you place lighthouses to illuminate every cell on a grid. Master pure deduction with hundreds of practice levels, a daily challenge, and an endless timed mode. Hints are available via optional purchases or rewarded ads.

Highlights
  • Daily logic puzzles
  • Hundreds of practice levels
  • Four difficulty tiers
  • Endless timed mode
  • Hint system
  • Streak building
Features
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A daily logic puzzle to lighten your day. Place lighthouses to light every cell on the grid. No two may share a row, share a column, or touch in adjacent spaces, not even diagonally. Simple to learn, surprisingly hard to master. A new 8x8 puzzle every day at midnight PST, hundreds of hand-rated practice levels across four difficulty tiers, and an endless Unlimited mode against the clock. Build your daily streak and share it with friends. GAME MODES Daily Challenge A brand-new puzzle every day at 12:00 AM PST, alternating between 8x8 and 9x9 grids. Solve it to grow your streak. Share your result. Practice Hundreds of puzzles across four difficulty tiers: 4x4 Noob warm-ups, 5x5 Pro grids, 6x6 Expert puzzles, and 7x7 Genius brain-burners. Every level is hand-rated by a constraint solver, so the difficulty curve is smooth and fair. Unlimited An endless run against a 60-second clock. Each puzzle you solve refills 20 seconds back on the timer, capped at 60. Puzzles get progressively tougher as your run climbs. How long can you keep the clock alive? HOW TO PLAY Every puzzle has the same four rules: - Place exactly one lighthouse in each colored region. - Beams shine the full length of the row and column from each lighthouse. - No two lighthouses may share a row, share a column, or touch in adjacent spaces, including diagonally. - Every cell must be lit by at least one beam. If you get stuck, spend a hint to place the hardest remaining lighthouse. Hints come from optional in-app purchase packs, or you can watch a short rewarded ad for a free one. WHY YOU WILL LIKE IT Pure logic. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, reachable through deduction alone. No guessing required. No ads in the way. Ads only appear when you actively tap to watch one in exchange for a free hint. Never interruptive. Respectful of your time. No account required. No daily-login slot-machine. Just puzzles. Beautiful and fast. A clean dark theme by default, with a light theme one tap away. Built to feel instant on any iPhone. Made by one person. Designed, coded, and play-tested by a solo developer who cares too much about puzzle quality. If you find a flaw or have an idea, the email below reaches them directly. Site: https://beaconpuzzle.com Made in Seattle.

Screenshots

Polyloop4 screens
Beacon Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Polyloop at none against Beacon Puzzle's shown. Beacon Puzzle's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Polyloop sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Beacon Puzzle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Polyloop against 5.0 for Beacon Puzzle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beacon Puzzle has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polyloop ships an update every 6 months, Beacon Puzzle every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Polyloop versus Beacon Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolyloopBeacon Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightskov, LLCAARON SHAYNE JACOWITZ

Customer experience

Polyloop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Beacon Puzzle

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Polyloop

One-time10
  • Hex - Easy$0.99
  • Hex - Hard$0.99
  • Cairo - Easy$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Giant Hexagons$0.99
  • Squares - Easy$0.99
  • Smalligons - Medium$0.99
  • Hex - Medium$0.99
  • Cairo - Hard$0.99
  • Giant Cairo$0.99
  • Loop Pack$0.99
4 purchases

Beacon Puzzle

One-time4
  • English (U.S.)$0.99
  • English (U.S.)$2.99
  • English (U.S.)$4.99
Show 1 more
  • English (U.S.)$9.99

Questions

Is Polyloop free?
Polyloop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beacon Puzzle free?
Beacon Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Polyloop or Beacon Puzzle?
Polyloop and Beacon Puzzle are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Polyloop or Beacon Puzzle have ads?
Beacon Puzzle shows ads; Polyloop does not.
Which is updated more often, Polyloop or Beacon Puzzle?
Polyloop ships an update every 6 months, and Beacon Puzzle every 5 days. Most recently, Polyloop was updated on October 30, 2026 and Beacon Puzzle on October 31, 2026.

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