Comparison

Zyl vs Tektologic

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

Tektologic

A pure logic puzzle game featuring Suguru and Tectonic grids. It offers a unique deductive challenge with no ads or subscriptions. Enjoy a vast collection of puzzles with customizable themes and fonts, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Suguru & Tectonic logic puzzles
  • Unique deductive gameplay
  • No ads or subscriptions
  • 350+ grids across 7 tiers
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Offline play
Features
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A pure logic game. No ads, no subscription, no connection. Just grids that yield to reasoning. Tektologic is Suguru — also known as Tectonic. ■ THE RULE The grid is cut into irregular blocks of 1 to 5 cells. A block of N cells holds the digits 1 to N, once each. Two neighbouring cells never carry the same digit — and neighbours include diagonals. That's all. There is no row or column constraint: two 1s can share a row, as long as they don't touch. That is what sets Tektologic apart from sudoku. Every grid has one unique solution, reachable by deduction. Never by guessing. ■ WHAT YOU GET → 350 grids across 7 tiers, from Discovery to Legend → An interactive tutorial that teaches the rule by playing → Hints that explain the deduction instead of handing you the answer → Pencil notes, undo, error detection → 9 themes, 6 fonts including OpenDyslexic and Andika → Stats, streaks and Game Center leaderboards ■ BUILT TO BE READ Six fonts to choose from, two designed for dyslexia. Nine themes in light and dark. A colour-blind mode. Everything adjusts. ■ OFFLINE, FOREVER No connection required. No account. No data collected. The first 100 grids are free; a single purchase unlocks the other 250, for life. iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Screenshots

Zyl4 screens
Tektologic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tektologic at Free against Zyl's $1.99. Zyl's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days). On rating, 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

Tektologic is free to download; Zyl costs $1.99 up front. Tektologic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zyl asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Zyl against 4.6 for Tektologic. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zyl has 41 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Zyl's written reviews are positive against 75% of Tektologic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zyl ships an update every 2 days, Tektologic every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Zyl versus Tektologic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZylTektologic
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (41 ratings) — better4.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings41 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFleon Labsmichael dardol

Customer experience

Zyl

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

Tektologic

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zyl

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tektologic

One-time1
  • Full Access$4.99

Questions

Is Zyl free?
Zyl costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tektologic free?
Tektologic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zyl or Tektologic?
Zyl is rated higher. Zyl averages 4.7 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Tektologic averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do Zyl or Tektologic have ads?
Neither Zyl nor Tektologic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zyl or Tektologic?
Zyl ships an update every 2 days, and Tektologic every 8 days. Most recently, Zyl was updated on October 21, 2026 and Tektologic on October 16, 2026.

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