Comparison

Notepad Games vs Wickgrid

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

Head to head
About

Notepad Games

Engage your mind with thousands of free puzzles across seven distinct game types, including word, math, and logic challenges. Enjoy daily new puzzles, track your progress, and experience a clean, ad-free interface without subscriptions or paywalls.

Highlights
  • 7 unique puzzle games
  • Daily challenges
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Streak and progress tracking
  • Clean notepad design
  • Completely free
Features
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Thousands of free puzzles across 7 different games. Whether you love words, math, or logic challenges, there's something new to solve every day. WHAT YOU GET • 7 unique puzzle games • New daily challenges across all games • Multiple difficulty levels (easy to expert) • Track your streaks and progress • Clean, notepad-inspired design • Completely free - no subscriptions, no paywalls WHY NOTEPAD GAMES? Most puzzle apps lock content behind paywalls or spam you with ads. We don't. Every puzzle is free. Every game is accessible. Just open the app and play. PERFECT FOR Wordle fans, NYT Games players, or anyone who wants a daily mental workout. Build a streak, challenge yourself, and watch your skills improve. Download now and start solving.

About

Wickgrid

Engage your mind with daily logic puzzles that require you to light up cells on a grid based on numeric clues. Form a single connected chain while avoiding any 2x2 blocks of lit cells. Offers a free tier with recent puzzles and an optional one-time purchase for full archive access and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Daily hand-verified puzzles
  • Four difficulty tiers plus Extreme
  • Blackout Mode for pure deduction
  • Streak tracking with heatmap
  • Fully offline gameplay
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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One new logic puzzle every day. Five minutes of pure deduction — no guessing, no ads, no account, works fully offline. Light the correct cells using the numeric clues. Keep every lantern connected in a single chain. Never let four lit cells form a square. Three rules you'll learn in a minute — puzzles that will still be testing you months from now. A DAILY RITUAL Every day brings one hand-verified puzzle, and everyone in the world gets the same one. Difficulty climbs through the week — gentle Monday, brutal Sunday "Extreme." Build a streak, protect it, and watch your month fill in on the heatmap. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Send any puzzle you've solved as a link. Your friend plays the exact same board and sees your time to beat. Same puzzle, head to head, bragging rights included. WHEN YOU WANT MORE Practice mode serves unlimited puzzles at any difficulty, whenever you want. Made a mess of the board? Undo one move at a time or clear it and start fresh. Stuck? Three free hints on every puzzle. Truly stuck? Reveal the solution and see how it comes together. MADE FOR PUZZLE PEOPLE - New to grid deduction? A guided tutorial teaches you the solving method one rule at a time, not just the rules - Veteran? Try Blackout Mode — zero feedback while you solve, pure deduction, verdict at the end - Spoiler-free result cards you can share without ruining the puzzle for anyone - Signed in to iCloud? Your streaks and history follow you across your devices WICKGRID PLUS — $4.99, once, forever - The complete archive: play every past daily, all the way back - Practice History: every practice solve saved — revisit any board, anytime - Unlimited hints - Streak Freeze: never lose a streak to one missed day - Advanced Stats: perfect-solve tracking, per-tier bests, long-term trends No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. Your progress syncs privately through your own iCloud — no account, no servers, nothing that reaches us. Just a good puzzle, every day.

Screenshots

Notepad Games4 screens
Wickgrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notepad Games at none against Wickgrid's 1. Notepad Games also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Wickgrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notepad Games asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notepad Games against 5.0 for Wickgrid. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad Games ships an update weekly, Wickgrid every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notepad Games versus Wickgrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepad GamesWickgrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJason PerlmanDaniel Grabowski

Customer experience

Notepad Games

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wickgrid

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Notepad Games

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wickgrid

One-time1
  • Wickgrid Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Notepad Games free?
Notepad Games is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wickgrid free?
Wickgrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notepad Games or Wickgrid?
Notepad Games and Wickgrid are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Notepad Games or Wickgrid have ads?
Neither Notepad Games nor Wickgrid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notepad Games or Wickgrid?
Notepad Games ships an update weekly, and Wickgrid every 4 days. Most recently, Notepad Games was updated on October 10, 2026 and Wickgrid on October 7, 2026.

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