Coolapse vs Gridweave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coolapse
Clear the grid by collapsing groups of matching blocks in this relaxing puzzle game. Compete against your best score with endless, randomly generated boards. Enjoy satisfying chain reactions and minimalist design, playable offline.
- Collapse matching block groups
- Score-based progression
- Endless randomly generated boards
- Offline play
- Earn boosters
- Minimalist design
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Clear the grid by collapsing groups of matching blocks. A relaxing puzzle you can play for minutes or hours. Compete against your own best score and keep improving. Play anytime, even offline. No intrusive full-screen ads. Coolapse is a minimalist puzzle game where every move matters. The larger the group of blocks you remove, the more points you earn. Think ahead, avoid leaving single blocks, and try to clear the entire board. Earn boosters, beat your record, and discover how high your score can go. How to play • Tap groups of matching blocks. • The bigger the group, the higher the score. • Plan moves to trigger big collapses and avoid single blocks. • Clear the entire grid to achieve victory. Features • Simple rules with deep strategy. • Endless randomly generated boards. • Earn boosters to escape tricky situations. • Satisfying chain reactions and combos. • Minimalist design and relaxing sounds. How high can your score go?
Gridweave
Engage in a logic-based puzzle experience where you fill squares to reveal hidden pictures. Enjoy unlimited hints and a daily challenge. Collect hundreds of unique images across themed albums.
- Logic-based puzzle solving
- Collectible hidden pictures
- Unlimited free hints with explanations
- Daily puzzle challenges
- No lives or countdown timers
- Ad-free experience
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Gridweave is a calm, carefully crafted Nonogram experience. Follow the clues, fill the squares, and watch a hidden picture come to life—then keep it in your collection. Pure logic, no pressure Every puzzle is designed to be solved by logic. No lives, no countdowns, no ads. Make a mistake? Undo a whole stroke and keep going at your own pace. Pictures worth collecting Every solved puzzle reveals a picture with its own backdrop. Collect 600 pictures across 16 albums, grouped into themed chapters. Hints that explain Hints are free and unlimited. They never play the puzzle for you: they point to a row or column and explain why the next move follows, so you still fill the squares yourself. A puzzle every day Come back for a new Daily Challenge. Your monthly calendar fills in as you solve. Start with 100 puzzles, and today's Daily Challenge is always free. One purchase unlocks the remaining 500 puzzles and all past Daily Challenges. No subscription. No account required; your progress is stored locally on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gridweave at 5.0 against Coolapse's 4.2. Gridweave also leads on ads (none vs shown). Coolapse's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Gridweave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Coolapse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gridweave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coolapse has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Coolapse ships an update every 9 days, Gridweave fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coolapse | Gridweave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Aurelie Chan | 昱 王 |
In-app purchases
Coolapse
No in-app purchases
Gridweave
- Full Game$4.99









