Comparison

Pathways vs CLMN

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

Head to head
About

Pathways

A minimalist logic puzzle game where players guide a dot to its home space by drawing colored paths. It offers increasing difficulty levels and daily challenges, with an option for advanced features like custom level creation.

Highlights
  • Draw colored paths to guide a dot
  • Solve spatial reasoning puzzles
  • Progress through increasing grid sizes
  • Daily timed puzzles with score sharing
  • Create and share custom levels
  • No ads, playable offline
Features
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Pathways is a spatial reasoning logic puzzle with a clean, minimalist design. The goal is simple: move the dot home! How it works: -Each grid has one dot, and one home space -The dot can only move to colored spaces -Use tabs on the side of the grid to draw paths of color -Retract and redraw paths as necessary -Move that dot home! Easy to learn, difficult to master -Start with 3x4 grids to learn the ropes -Up the challenge with 4x4 grids -Put yourself to the real test with 4x5 grids Daily Puzzles -Timed puzzles, share your score with friends -Puzzles increase in difficulty throughout the week -Build your streak! Pathways PRO -Access all packs (375 puzzles + future packs) -Access Daily Puzzle archive to play old puzzles (100+ Daily Puzzles) -Create your own levels, share with friends and/or submit to Pathways to be featured Why Pathways? -Clean, minimalistic design -Simple rules, yet challenging solutions -No ads, no wifi required Up for the challenge? Download Pathways today!

About

CLMN

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The definitive daily memory test. One global column. One chance. Every day. Memorize perfectly or wait for tomorrow. Download and join the challenge. Each day, everyone around the world receives the same challenge: a single column of colored blocks to memorize and rebuild from memory. You get one chance. One mistake ends the day. How It Works Reveal A vertical column of colored blocks is revealed from bottom to top. Memorize the sequence carefully. Build The column is knocked down. Rebuild it by selecting the correct colors in the exact order. Evaluate A single incorrect block causes immediate failure. Precision matters. A new column arrives tomorrow. The Daily Column CLMN is built around a shared daily challenge. • One global puzzle per day • The same column for every player worldwide • Three escalating levels of difficulty • One attempt — no retries, no lives, no pressure to grind Finish all levels to clear the day. Fail once, and the column locks until tomorrow. Practice, Then Commit New players can practice freely to learn the mechanics. After completing seven daily challenges, you graduate. Practice becomes a limited warm-up — because the daily puzzle is meant to matter. Learn From Every Attempt After a failed run, CLMN shows you exactly where things went wrong. • Side-by-side comparison of the expected vs played column • The first mistake clearly highlighted • Learn without replaying or spoiling the next puzzle Track Your Progress CLMN rewards consistency, not grinding. • Daily and all-time streaks • Clear rate across all attempts • Fastest successful clears • Level reach history • Full daily results log Designed for Focus • Clean, minimalist visuals • No ads during play • Optional daily voice narration • Fully spoiler-free social sharing One Column. One Chance. Every Day.

Screenshots

Pathways4 screens
CLMN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CLMN at none against Pathways's 9. CLMN also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Pathways's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pathways sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. CLMN asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CLMN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pathways has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pathways ships an update every 2 months, CLMN every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pathways versus CLMN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathwaysCLMN
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (27 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam ArbuckleScott Neviush

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Pathways

One-time9
  • Support Developpment$0.99
  • Support Developpment$1.99
  • Support Developpment$4.99
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  • Pathways PRO$7.99
  • Support Developpment$7.99
  • Support Developpment$9.99
  • Support Developpment$14.99
  • Support Developpment$19.99
  • Support Developpment$29.99
None

CLMN

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pathways free?
Pathways is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CLMN free?
CLMN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pathways or CLMN?
CLMN is rated higher. Pathways averages 4.8 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while CLMN averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pathways or CLMN have ads?
Neither Pathways nor CLMN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pathways or CLMN?
Pathways ships an update every 2 months, and CLMN every 3 days. Most recently, Pathways was updated on October 24, 2026 and CLMN on October 24, 2026.

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