Squared vs Papaya Peg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squared
A vibrant territory capture game where players roll dice, move characters, and claim squares on an 11x11 board. Discover hidden power-ups and traps as you compete to control the most territory in various game modes.
- Territory capture gameplay
- Dice rolling and character movement
- Hidden items and power-ups
- Four distinct game modes
- Play against AI opponents
- Customizable character icons
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Roll the dice. Choose your path. Claim the board. Squared is a colorful 3D strategy board game made for quick, thoughtful solo play. Compete against one to three AI opponents as Ruby, Azure, Clover, or Sunny, capture open squares, and finish with the most territory. Every turn creates a choice. Chase open space, block a rival, or risk a mystery square that can reveal helpful boosts and tricky setbacks. PLAY YOUR WAY • Classic — Capture the most territory • Time Attack — Make each move before time runs out • Timed Game — Score as much as possible before the clock expires • Last Standing — Keep moving while rivals run out of options • Survival — Win escalating rounds against tougher AI • Gauntlet — Battle through every difficulty • Puzzles — Connect matching colors without crossing paths • Daily Challenge — Take on a fresh puzzle and build your streak MEET THE CAST Play as Ruby, Azure, Clover, or Sunny. Each expressive 3D character brings a distinct personality to the board. MAKE IT YOUR BOARD Explore the polished 3D Classic board, then expand your collection with Winter and Chalkboard theme packs. BUILT FOR QUICK PLAY • Four AI difficulty levels • One to three AI opponents • Portrait and landscape support • Adjustable 3D camera with rotate and zoom controls • Sound effects and haptic feedback • Offline play Classic mode is free to play. Additional modes and themes are available as one-time in-app purchases. Easy to learn and rewarding to master, Squared turns every roll into a strategic decision.
Papaya Peg
A cheerful peg solitaire puzzle game offering various board types and challenges. Enjoy classic and variant layouts, daily and weekly puzzles, and quests with helpful features like move guides and undo/redo. Play at your own pace, with optional Game Center integration for score sharing.
- Classic and variant peg solitaire boards
- Daily and Weekly Challenges
- Quest mode with unlockable paths
- Move guides and undo/redo functionality
- Local high scores and saved progress
- Optional Game Center integration
- Offline play support
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Can you leave just one peg standing? Papaya Peg is a cheerful peg solitaire puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. Jump pegs or marbles over their neighbors, clear the board, and chase the satisfying one-piece finish. Free to play, works offline, and never asks you to make an account. Browse Classic Boards, Today's Challenges, Variant Boards, and Quests from a swipeable card chooser, then jump straight into the puzzle that fits your mood. Play classic peg solitaire boards, larger variants, and calendar challenges: - Triangle - a compact triangular board with quick rounds that fit nicely into short play sessions. - English - the classic cross-shaped board. Jump horizontally or vertically and try to finish with one marble in the center. - European - a wider expert-style board with more holes and a roomier challenge. - Triangle: Six-Row and Triangle: Seven-Row - larger triangle boards that unlock as you solve. - Daily Challenge - a shared board each day, with saved progress, a solve streak, and Papaya rewards for solving. - Weekly Challenge - a harder solver-verified puzzle released each week. - Quests - unlock opening challenge paths, replay cleared stages, and try for extra-satisfying one-peg finishes. New in 1.15: new to peg solitaire? Four quick lessons teach you to jump, undo a move, play the cross-shaped English board, and use a hint, each with a small gift. First Goals then give you five early targets with Papaya rewards, and playing feels calmer: one tip a day instead of a pop-up, and friendly help when a board gets stuck. Stuck on a Daily, Weekly, or Quest puzzle? Tap the lightbulb Hint button for a free check that your position can still be solved, then reveal the recommended move when you want it. Hints and undos run on Papayas, which you earn free from Daily Challenge solves, lessons, and First Goals. Ask for it and it opens. Say the word to Siri, or use Spotlight or the Action Button, and Papaya Peg jumps straight to the Daily Challenge, a classic board, a Quest, High Scores, or the Store. Your progress can follow you across devices. Papaya Peg uses your own private iCloud account to keep results, streaks, and Quest progress in sync - no new account, just the iCloud you're already signed into. Offline play still works everywhere; sync catches up once you're back online. Papaya Peg includes four quick guided lessons for new players, optional move guides and available-move highlighting, a daily tip, undo and redo, an in-game Pause, local high scores, saved progress, optional notifications for new Daily and Weekly boards, sound effects, and haptic feedback. Game Center is optional. Enable it to share eligible scores and earned achievements, including progress earned offline. Daily and Weekly leaderboards celebrate the solves you work out yourself. Prefer to play without ads? One purchase removes them permanently and makes hints and undos unlimited, and it works with Family Sharing. If you'd simply like to say thanks, optional supporter trophies go on display in your High Scores and your Player Profile - and drift gently in the background too. Download Papaya Peg and see how close you can get to the perfect finish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Squared at none against Papaya Peg's shown. Papaya Peg's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Squared sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Papaya Peg sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Squared against 5.0 for Papaya Peg. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Squared ships an update every 3 weeks, Papaya Peg every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Squared | Papaya Peg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gurenter LLC | Matthew Fadoul |
Customer experience
Squared
Papaya Peg
In-app purchases
Squared
- Chalkboard Theme Pack$0.99
- Winter Theme Pack$0.99
- Unlock All Game Modes$4.99
Papaya Peg
- Papaya Cup$0.99
- Bronze Supporter$1.99
- Papaya Basket$2.99
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- Papaya Crate$4.99
- Silver Supporter$4.99
- Remove Ads Forever$9.99
- Gold Supporter$9.99
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