Comparison

Zyl vs Spacetime Chronicles

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

Spacetime Chronicles

Embark on a unique paper stop-motion adventure where you guide a boy through a collapsing timeline. Solve puzzles by observing your surroundings in handcrafted paper sets. The initial part of the journey is free, with a single purchase unlocking the full experience.

Highlights
  • Hand-cut paper stop-motion animation
  • Time-traveling narrative adventure
  • Observational puzzle-solving
  • Multiple diverse environments
  • Customizable touch controls
  • Offline play
Features
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Every room, every character, every frame: real paper, cut and animated by hand. Spacetime Chronicles is an animated feature film that turned into a game. Start for free: the first part of the adventure (about 25 minutes) is included. Unlock the full journey with a single in-app purchase, at any time from the pause menu or when the free part ends. Already bought the game? Everything stays unlocked. Fred was late for school. Then a cat walked past — and the century changed. Spacetime Chronicles is a paper stop-motion adventure about a boy, a cat, and the accidental collapse of time. Every room is a real paper set, every puzzle is solved by looking closely at the world, and nothing is explained twice. WHAT YOU DO Follow the cat through a school, an airport, a Tokyo street, a bus depot and places that should not exist. Climb, jump, push, hide, and work out what the world wants from you. Some rooms are quiet. Some are a maze with a clock running down. One is a tesseract. MADE BY HAND Every set, every character and every frame was cut from paper and animated in stop motion — this is an animated feature film that turned into a game, made by one person over several years. WHAT'S INSIDE - A full adventure, several hours long - English voices, subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German - Touch controls you can move, resize and place wherever you like - No internet, no account, no ads, no tracking - Play offline, anywhere Buy it once. It's yours.

Screenshots

Zyl4 screens
Spacetime Chronicles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spacetime Chronicles at Free against Zyl's $1.99. Spacetime Chronicles also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Zyl's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Zyl versus Spacetime Chronicles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZylSpacetime Chronicles
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3.7 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFleon LabsSeenfilm di Bertelli Stefano Sas & c.

Customer experience

Zyl

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

Spacetime Chronicles

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zyl

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spacetime Chronicles

One-time1
  • Full Game$3.99

Questions

Is Zyl free?
Zyl costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spacetime Chronicles free?
Spacetime Chronicles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Zyl or Spacetime Chronicles have ads?
Neither Zyl nor Spacetime Chronicles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zyl or Spacetime Chronicles?
Zyl ships an update every 2 days, and Spacetime Chronicles every 2 days. Most recently, Zyl was updated on October 31, 2026 and Spacetime Chronicles on October 29, 2026.

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