Sliding Puzzle vs loopr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sliding Puzzle
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Features: Board Sizes: Choose your challenge from 3×3 to 8×8 grids. Auto Save & Resume: Exit the app anytime—your progress is always saved. Next Number Hint: color hints help you find your next tile faster and with less frustration. Match Number Animation: Enjoy satisfying visual feedback when a tile reaches its correct position. Line Match Effect: Get rewarded with extra feedback every time you complete a full row—keeps the game engaging even mid-play. Retry Same Board: Play the same shuffled board again to improve your time or challenge a friend to beat it. Shuffle Option: Don’t like the initial layout? Reshuffle as many times as you like before starting. — Sliding Puzzle: Essential is a modern take on the classic 15 puzzle (number puzzle) experience. Designed with minimal visuals and a focus on tactile satisfaction, this game is perfect for quick sessions or deep focus play.
loopr
Solve logic puzzles by shading cells and drawing a single loop. Features daily challenges, hundreds of hand-crafted puzzles, and a weekly gauntlet. Offers smart hints and tracks your progress with stats and streaks.
- Shade cells and draw a loop
- Daily challenges with difficulty levels
- Hundreds of hand-crafted puzzles
- Weekly 'The Gauntlet' puzzle
- Smart hints system
- Stats, streaks, and progress tracking
- Interactive tutorial
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Shade cells. Draw a loop. Solve it with pure logic. loopr is a loop puzzle where arrow clues tell you how many cells to shade, then you draw a single continuous path through everything that's left. If you love Slitherlink, Masyu, or any Nikoli puzzle, this is your next obsession. Based on Yajilin — a classic Japanese grid puzzle originally published by Nikoli and featured in the World Puzzle Championship. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, discoverable through pure logic. No guessing required. DAILY CHALLENGES A fresh puzzle every day at three difficulty levels. Complete all three to keep your streak alive. HUNDREDS OF PUZZLES Easy, Medium, and Hard. Every puzzle is hand-crafted and solvable through logic alone. THE GAUNTLET A massive weekly puzzle that pushes your logic to the limit. One grid. One week. Good luck. SMART HINTS Stuck? Tap an arrow clue to reveal what should be there. No spoilers, no paywall. STATS & STREAKS Track your best times, daily streaks, and personal records. Badges and milestones mark your progress as you improve. LEARN IN UNDER A MINUTE Interactive tutorial and strategy guide get you solving quickly. If you've played Slitherlink or any loop puzzle, you'll pick this up fast. ONE PURCHASE. NO ADS. No ads between puzzles. No subscription. Pay once, play forever. Clean, minimal design with a dark theme. Accessibility options including adjustable text size, high contrast mode, and reduced animations. Perfect for fans of Slitherlink, Masyu, Sudoku, Nonograms, and other Nikoli logic puzzles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sliding Puzzle at Free against loopr's $3.99. Sliding Puzzle also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). loopr's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
Sliding Puzzle is free to download; loopr costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sliding Puzzle ships an update every 2 days, loopr fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sliding Puzzle | loopr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroki Nakamura | Leon Cross |
In-app purchases
Sliding Puzzle
No in-app purchases
loopr
No in-app purchases
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