Zyl vs Zero Orders Tactics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zyl
A minimalist puzzle game focused on elegant path tracing. Guide paths from start to exit by strategically placing arrows, collecting stars along the way. Enjoy a relaxing experience with handcrafted levels and no timers or ads.
- Elegant path tracing puzzles
- 300 handcrafted levels
- Collect stars
- Cloud save sync
- Relaxing music and sound
- No timers or ads
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Zyl is a puzzle built around elegant path tracing. It's a small, quiet game. Soft colors, clean lines, and nothing on screen you don't need. Drop arrows on the grid to guide each path from its start tile to an exit. Pick up the stars on the way. When you're ready, hit Play and watch the route run. The rules: • Drag arrows onto the grid. • Send every path to an exit. • Pick up every star. • Hit Play to test the route. • Reset and try a new approach whenever. It starts simple, but then the difficulty ramps up: • Boards don't always use a clean grid. • Some levels have more than one start, or more than one exit. • Split arrows send a path off in two directions at once. • Merge arrows converge two paths into one. • U-turn arrows re-route a path from where it came. A few things worth knowing: • 300 handcrafted levels, each built around a single idea. • Levels stay small. Most of them can be finished in less than a minute. • Cloud save syncs your progress across devices. • Relaxing music and sound design. • No timers. • No ads. • No in-app purchases. • No data collected. Every puzzle has a solution. Some have multiple. The fun is in finding it.
Zero Orders Tactics
An experimental puzzle strategy game where you manipulate the battlefield to achieve victory. It offers predictable gameplay with a constantly evolving map, featuring all PC game DLCs included. Enjoy offline play with no in-app purchases.
- Battlefield manipulation gameplay
- Predictable turn-based strategy
- Evolving map mechanics
- All PC DLCs included
- Offline play supported
- No in-app purchases
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You're not the general. You're the god. Reshape mountains, flood valleys, bend the battlefield to your will — your troops fight on their own, following their own logic. A puzzle strategy with 100% predictable combat, roguelite replayability, and terrain as your weapon. Full PC game. No in-app purchases. No internet required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Zyl at Free against Zero Orders Tactics's $1.99. Zyl also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Zero Orders Tactics's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Zyl is free to download; Zero Orders Tactics costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Zyl holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zyl has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Zyl's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zero Orders Tactics's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Zyl ships an update every 2 days, Zero Orders Tactics every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zyl | Zero Orders Tactics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (38 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #188 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Fleon Labs | Pavel Snytko |
Customer experience
Zyl
Zero Orders Tactics
In-app purchases
Zyl
No in-app purchases
Zero Orders Tactics
No in-app purchases








