Zyl vs Letter Tangle
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.
Letter Tangle
Unscramble letters to solve themed word puzzles. Connect letters between words to reveal answers and uncover the puzzle's theme. Enjoy hundreds of handcrafted levels at your own pace, with hints available when needed.
- Hundreds of handcrafted levels
- Daily Mini puzzles
- Hint system
- No timers
- Offline play
- Ad-free experience
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A cryptic title. A few scattered letters. Can you fill in the rest? You’ll be pulling your hair out one minute and celebrating when the answer finally clicks! Letter Tangle™ is a challenging, ad-free word puzzle game with handcrafted puzzles you can solve at your own pace. HOW IT WORKS Every puzzle has a theme to uncover. Use the title and the letters already on the board to figure out the answers. But the words aren’t independent. When neighboring answers have letters in common, those letters are connected by a line. Solve one word and you might reveal the letter you need to crack another. Sometimes the theme clicks right away. Sometimes one answer is all it takes for the whole puzzle to fall into place. FEATURES • Hundreds of handcrafted levels • A new Daily Mini each day • Hints when you get stuck • No timers — solve at your own pace • Play offline • No ads at all If you enjoy crosswords, word association, or logic puzzles, Letter Tangle offers a new kind of challenge. PLAY FREE Play the first 40 levels for free. If you want more, unlock the full game with a one-time purchase — including all current and future levels.
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The clearest difference is price: Letter Tangle at Free against Zyl's $1.99. Letter Tangle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Zyl's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (38 vs 3). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Letter Tangle is free to download; Zyl costs $1.99 up front. Letter Tangle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Zyl asks for nothing beyond the download.
Letter Tangle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zyl has 38 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zyl ships an update every 2 days, Letter Tangle daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zyl | Letter Tangle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fleon Labs | Berry Duo LLC |
Customer experience
Zyl
Letter Tangle
In-app purchases
Zyl
No in-app purchases
Letter Tangle
- Small Hint Pack$0.99
- Medium Hint Pack$2.99
- Unlock Full Game$4.99
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- Large Hint Pack$6.99









