Comparison

Zyl vs Ninefall

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

Ninefall

Features
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FREE TO START The first two worlds and the Daily Flip are free. One purchase unlocks everything else, forever: six more worlds, every secret, the full One-Shot ladder and the Sandbox. No ads, no tracking, no account. Every tile holds a number. Play one of yours onto it: the values add, the tile flips, and every lower-numbered neighbor topples after it, domino-chaining across the board. The catch: past 9, numbers roll over. 6 + 6 = 2. The goal: clear it all with a handful of numbers. That one rule hides the depth. Greed has a price, nines are fortresses, zeros are scalpels. And one perfect placement can flip the whole board in a single, glorious GRAND CASCADE. A JOURNEY OF EIGHT WORLDS 96 hand-calibrated levels teach the game by play, never by text. Stones block, seals lock, ice cracks, bombs level everything beside them, traps must never flip, wormholes carry your cascade across the board, and shifter tiles grow with every move you make. Collect a world's gems and its secret level appears. EVERY LEVEL CERTIFIED FAIR Each puzzle ships machine-verified: always solvable, par always exact, never cheap. Unlimited undo and a solver-powered hint are built in. Thinky, never punishing. THE DAILY FLIP One board, the whole world, every day. Keep your streak (one automatic repair a month, because life happens), and share your result without spoilers. FLOURISHES, NOT STARS Every level carries one optional master-goal: clear it in a single placement, never roll over, end on a 9. No grinding, no ratings, just elegance. MADE LIKE A TOY Chunky ceramic tiles that flip with real weight, synthesized marimba cascades that climb as your chain grows, haptics choreographed to every topple, Day and Night themes, Home Screen widgets for your streak, and in the large sizes today's Daily board and your numbers (extra-large on iOS 27). PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no tracking, no account. Playable offline.

Screenshots

Zyl4 screens
Ninefall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ninefall at Free against Zyl's $1.99. Zyl's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Ninefall is free to download; Zyl costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zyl ships an update every 2 days, Ninefall fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zyl versus Ninefall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZylNinefall
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFleon LabsThomas Sobstyl

In-app purchases

None

Zyl

No in-app purchases

None

Ninefall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zyl free?
Zyl costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ninefall free?
Ninefall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zyl or Ninefall have ads?
Neither Zyl nor Ninefall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zyl or Ninefall?
Zyl ships an update every 2 days, and Ninefall fortnightly. Most recently, Zyl was updated on October 9, 2026 and Ninefall on September 20, 2026.

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