Comparison

Logic Islands vs NookGrid

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

Head to head
About

Logic Islands

Engage in handcrafted deduction puzzles that go beyond typical logic games. Explore islands with unique rules, solve daily challenges, and master complex reasoning skills. This game offers a deep intellectual challenge for puzzle enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Original deduction puzzles
  • Island-based logic challenges
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Leaderboards and streaks
  • Step-by-step hints and explanations
  • Learn propositional logic
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Logic Islands is a world of handcrafted deduction puzzles, built by a mathematician and a neuroscientist for people who like a real problem. Not logic grids. Not another Sudoku clone. Not pattern-matching dressed up as a brain game. These are original deduction puzzles in the tradition of Raymond Smullyan's knights and knaves logical puzzles: islanders who can only tell the truth or only lie, and your job is to work out who is who from what they say. From there it gets stranger. You reason about what characters know, what they could have said, what the truth would have to be, and what questions you must ask. Every puzzle is made by hand by a mathematician who has spent over a decade inventing them. No AI, not now, not ever. Each one was tested on hundreds of real people and refined until it was exactly hard enough, the progression exactly right. All explanations are handwritten too. Ten islands, each with its own logic You begin on the island of truth-tellers and liars. Beyond it lie nine more, each with its own residents, its own rules, and its own way of bending the truth. Enter a gallery of deceit, weigh the reliability of up to eight witnesses to a single crime, and learn to ask the right questions of the right people, in the right order. The rules are taught through play, the difficulty climbs toward the genuinely mind-bending, and new islands keep arriving. A fresh trio every day Three new puzzles land each morning, separate from the island puzzles: a warmup, a challenge, and a master. Small enough to fit in a coffee break, but stimulating enough to stay with you all day. Keep your streak alive and climb the weekly and all-time leaderboards against everyone solving the same set. Help at every step, never just the answer Being stuck is part of it, but you are never stranded. Professor Logic gives a targeted nudge when you want one and a refresher on the idea in play. Once you solve a puzzle, he walks you through exactly why the answer holds. You come away understanding how to reason your way through even the most complicated problems. Real reasoning, in the shape of a game The skills here are the genuine article: the deductive reasoning used in mathematics and proof, relied on by anyone who has to think clearly under pressure, and tested on the LSAT and GRE. Propositional logic, knights and knaves, strategic questioning, reasoning about what others know, possibility and necessity, and more exotic logics. You'll learn to read AND, OR, XOR, IF-THEN, NOT, and a great deal more, as fluently as you read English. You will not feel like you are studying. You will just get sharper. Who it's for Puzzle solvers who have run out of things that truly challenge them. People who want more depth from their games. Anyone who loves paradoxes, proofs, or that satisfying moment when one detail forces every other piece into place. People who like a good argument and take pride in thinking things through. Mathematical, philosophical, and computing minds. Anyone preparing for the LSAT or GRE, or just looking to improve their logical reasoning skills. And anyone who misses the feeling of working something out entirely on their own, and wants to protect that. Logic Islands is free to download. You get the first island and your first five days of daily trios free, no account required, no ads. When you want the rest, Logic Islands Pro opens every island, every daily puzzle, and every island still to come, plus personal analytics. Think again. Questions, feedback: hello@logicislands.com Report a bug: support@logicislands.com. Press: press@logicislands.com. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage in your Apple ID settings. Restore Purchases is available in the profile settings. Terms of Use: https://logicislands.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://logicislands.com/privacy FOLLOW US: https://x.com/LogicIslandsApp

About

NookGrid

Arrange nine locations to match a daily neighborhood plan. Enjoy a new puzzle each day, maintain a streak, and replay past puzzles. The game works offline and progress is saved locally.

Highlights
  • Daily fresh puzzles
  • Daily completion streak
  • Revisit previous puzzles
  • Works offline
  • Progress saved locally
  • Share results
Features
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NookGrid is a free daily brain game. Arrange nine places to match the neighborhood plan. Play a fresh puzzle each day, keep a daily completion streak, and revisit previous puzzles from the calendar. New to NookGrid? Try the optional guided Tutorial. Your progress stays on your device, and the game works offline. Share your result with your solve time, hints and streak, and challenge someone to beat your time.

Screenshots

Logic Islands4 screens
NookGrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NookGrid at none against Logic Islands's 3. NookGrid also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). Logic Islands's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Logic Islands sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. NookGrid asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Logic Islands against 5.0 for NookGrid. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Logic Islands has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Logic Islands ships an update every 11 days, NookGrid every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Logic Islands versus NookGrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLogic IslandsNookGrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB9 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLogic IslandsAlexander Jabbour

Customer experience

Logic Islands

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NookGrid

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Logic Islands

Subscriptions2
  • Logic Islands Pro Monthly$9.001 Month
  • Logic Islands Pro Yearly$60.001 Year
One-time1
  • Logic Islands Pro Lifetime$99.00
None

NookGrid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Logic Islands free?
Logic Islands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NookGrid free?
NookGrid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Logic Islands or NookGrid?
Logic Islands and NookGrid are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 13 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Logic Islands or NookGrid have ads?
NookGrid shows ads; Logic Islands does not.
Which is updated more often, Logic Islands or NookGrid?
Logic Islands ships an update every 11 days, and NookGrid every 2 days. Most recently, Logic Islands was updated on October 8, 2026 and NookGrid on October 11, 2026.

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