Comparison

Sliding Puzzle vs loopr

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

Head to head
About

Sliding Puzzle

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Sliding Puzzle4 screens
loopr4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sliding Puzzle ships an update every 2 days, loopr fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sliding Puzzle versus loopr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSliding Puzzleloopr
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroki NakamuraLeon Cross

In-app purchases

None

Sliding Puzzle

No in-app purchases

None

loopr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sliding Puzzle free?
Sliding Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is loopr free?
loopr costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sliding Puzzle or loopr have ads?
Sliding Puzzle shows ads; loopr does not.
Which is updated more often, Sliding Puzzle or loopr?
Sliding Puzzle ships an update every 2 days, and loopr fortnightly. Most recently, Sliding Puzzle was updated on October 24, 2026 and loopr on November 7, 2026.

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