Comparison

Zyl vs Letter Tangle

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Elegant path tracing puzzles
  • 300 handcrafted levels
  • Collect stars
  • Cloud save sync
  • Relaxing music and sound
  • No timers or ads
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of handcrafted levels
  • Daily Mini puzzles
  • Hint system
  • No timers
  • Offline play
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Zyl4 screens
Letter Tangle4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zyl ships an update every 2 days, Letter Tangle daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Zyl versus Letter Tangle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZylLetter Tangle
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (38 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFleon LabsBerry Duo LLC

Customer experience

Zyl

All ratings38 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Letter Tangle

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zyl

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Letter Tangle

One-time4
  • Small Hint Pack$0.99
  • Medium Hint Pack$2.99
  • Unlock Full Game$4.99
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  • Large Hint Pack$6.99

Questions

Is Zyl free?
Zyl costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Letter Tangle free?
Letter Tangle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zyl or Letter Tangle?
Letter Tangle is rated higher. Zyl averages 4.7 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Letter Tangle averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Zyl or Letter Tangle have ads?
Neither Zyl nor Letter Tangle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zyl or Letter Tangle?
Zyl ships an update every 2 days, and Letter Tangle daily. Most recently, Zyl was updated on October 9, 2026 and Letter Tangle on October 4, 2026.

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