Comparison

Zyl vs Rayvin

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
Currently charting
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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

Rayvin

A gothic tarot match-3 puzzle game where players draw lines to connect matching cards. Uncover an occult mystery across fifty-five levels, interact with living portraits of antagonists, and overcome unique hazards. Purchase the game once for an ad-free, privacy-focused experience.

Highlights
  • Line-drawing match-3 gameplay
  • 55 levels across 5 chapters
  • Interactive antagonist portraits
  • Unique puzzle hazards
  • Relics and daily rewards
  • Automatic board rearrangement
  • Offline play and privacy focus
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Blackwood Manor has been waiting for you. Rayvin is a gothic tarot match-3 built around a single, satisfying gesture: you don't swap tiles — you draw. Trace one continuous line through three or more matching arcana in any direction, including diagonals, and watch the cards dissolve into mist. FIFTY-FIVE LEVELS, FIVE CHAPTERS An occult mystery in five acts, told across fifty-five hand-tuned levels. Earn your way deeper into the manor one chapter at a time, breaking the wax seals as you go. LIVING PORTRAITS Five antagonists guard the manor's secrets. Tap a character's medallion and their oil portrait unrolls — and speaks to you. Lady Evelyn Blackwood. Malakar. Mademoiselle Vespera. Father Lucien. Arch-Sorceress Morvath. HAZARDS WORTH THE CANDLE Shatter iron chains. Cleanse shadow corruption before it spreads. Break stone gargoyles that refuse to be matched. Every hazard you clear pays you in both score and progress. RELICS AND RITUALS Spend Arcana Essence in the Reliquary on the Bone Hammer, the Phantasmal Scythe, and the Tarot Shuffle. Draw from the daily altar for a card and a reward, and keep your streak alive. NEVER STUCK If a board ever runs out of legal moves, the arcana rearrange themselves — free, costing you neither a move nor a relic, with everything you've already cleared left intact. PAY ONCE. THAT'S ALL. No advertisements. No in-app purchases. No energy timers. No accounts to create, no email to hand over, and nothing asked of you a second time. GENUINELY PRIVATE Rayvin collects nothing. There is no analytics, no tracking, no third-party code, and no server — the app makes no network requests at all. Your progress lives on your iPhone and nowhere else. It plays perfectly on Airplane Mode. Light a candle. The cards are waiting.

Screenshots

Zyl4 screens
Rayvin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rayvin at 5.0 against Zyl's 4.7. Zyl's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 1) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Zyl costs $1.99 and Rayvin $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rayvin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zyl has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Zyl versus Rayvin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZylRayvin
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.7 (41 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB24 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFleon LabsDaryld Lantz

Customer experience

Zyl

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

Rayvin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zyl

No in-app purchases

None

Rayvin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zyl free?
Zyl costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rayvin free?
Rayvin costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zyl or Rayvin?
Rayvin is rated higher. Zyl averages 4.7 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Rayvin averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Zyl or Rayvin have ads?
Neither Zyl nor Rayvin shows ads.

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