Comparison

Notebook Games vs Advance Tactics

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

Head to head
About

Notebook Games

Relive classic notebook paper games with 16 hand-drawn mini-games. Enjoy offline play, pass-and-play multiplayer, and customizable themes without ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • 16 hand-drawn mini-games
  • Offline play
  • Pass-and-play multiplayer
  • Multiple notebook themes
  • Game statistics tracking
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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Remember doodling games in the back of your notebook during class? Tic Tac Toe in the margins. Dots & Boxes on the last page. Snake on every scrap of paper you could find. Notebook Games brings that feeling back — right on your phone. Every game is hand-drawn on warm, yellowed notebook paper. The lines wobble a little. The text looks pencilled in. The background has eraser marks and pencil smudges, just like the real thing. It's not polished. That's the point. 18 games, all hand-drawn on paper: • Doodle Kingdom — A full card adventure drawn in the margins. Build your deck, battle doodle monsters, reach the boss. No two runs alike. • Tic Tac Toe — The timeless classic, plus Super (4x4) and Ultimate (nine boards in one) modes. • Dots & Boxes — Draw lines, capture squares, outwit the AI. • Gomoku — Five in a row on a 15x15 grid. Pinch to zoom, undo moves. • Connect Four — Drop pieces to connect four in a row. Three AI levels. • Checkers — Jump and capture on an 8x8 board. Three AI difficulty levels. • Winding Words — Trace the theme words as they twist through the grid. Every letter gets used. • Five Letters — Guess the five-letter word in six tries. Hand-drawn circles and scribbles for clues. • Mini Sudoku — Quick 4x4 puzzles. Three difficulty levels with timer. • Minesweeper — Tap to reveal, hold to flag. Includes a no-guess mode: every board is solvable by pure logic. • Word Search — Find hidden words in a letter grid. Drag to select. • Maze — Find the exit, or try One Line mode: cover every cell with a single unbroken pencil stroke. • Snake — A calmer, softer Snake. Pencil-drawn on notebook paper. • Hangman — Guess the word before the stickman swings, then learn it: pronunciation, meaning, and an example sentence. • Notebook Siege — Angry-doodles-style slingshot game. 30 hand-crafted levels across 3 chapters, plus endless mode. • Paper Football — Flick a folded paper triangle across the desk. Score touchdowns on notebook paper. • Paper Airplane — Launch a paper airplane through rings and past obstacles. Tilt to steer. • Doodle Jump — Bounce a stickman up through pencil platforms. How high can you go? A new puzzle every day: The Daily Challenge rotates through the week — a fresh Minesweeper board, Word Search, Maze, Winding Words, Five Letters, and more. Everyone gets the same puzzle. Keep your streak alive with tally marks in the margin, and share your result as a hand-drawn card. Everything you'd want, nothing you wouldn't: - No account required. Just open and play. - Works completely offline. No Wi-Fi, no problem. - No ads during gameplay - ever. - AI opponents for solo play. - Sound effects that feel like pencil on paper. - Dark mode support throughout. - Warm notebook paper aesthetic. Notebook Games Pro ($1.99 one-time): Unlock four extra notebook themes - Graph Paper, Blackboard, Aged Parchment, and Blueprint - plus detailed game stats. One purchase, yours forever. No subscription. Whether you're looking to unwind, challenge a friend, or just relive the joy of rainy-day doodling, Notebook Games is here for you. No sign-in. No nonsense. Just games on paper. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://quietbyte.io/privacy-notebookgames.html

About

Advance Tactics

Features
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You start with your units and your flag. So does the enemy. The goal is to either capture their flag and return to your depot or eliminate their forces before they do the same to you. Combat works on a grid with terrain affecting movement and defense. Unit types have strengths and weaknesses against each other. Positioning and unit composition matter. Game Modes: - Skirmish: Vs. Computer - Local Battle: Player Vs. Player or Computer vs. Computer (Demo mode) Unit Types: - Infantry - Rocketeer - Heavy Tank - Jeep - Tank - Artillery - Rockets Armory/Customization - 30+ colors and skins to customize armies

Screenshots

Notebook Games4 screens
Advance Tactics4 screens

Verdict

The call

Notebook Games and Advance Tactics are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Notebook Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Advance Tactics sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notebook Games ships an update fortnightly, Advance Tactics weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Notebook Games versus Advance Tactics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebook GamesAdvance Tactics
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJUMING LAIdevin sewell

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notebook Games

One-time1
  • Notebook Games Pro$1.99
10 purchases

Advance Tactics

One-time10
  • Premium Skin - "Stealth Camo"$0.99
  • Premium Skin - "UV Camo"$0.99
  • Premium Skin - "Kung Fu Camo"$0.99
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  • Premium Skin - "Grass Camo"$0.99
  • Premium Skin - "Wood Camo"$0.99
  • Premium Skin - "Paper Camo"$0.99
  • Premium Skin - "Nebula Camo"$0.99
  • Premium Skin - "Glitch Camo"$1.99
  • Premium Skin - "Airbrush Camo"$2.99
  • Premium Skin - "Fire Camo"$2.99

Questions

Is Notebook Games free?
Notebook Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Advance Tactics free?
Advance Tactics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notebook Games or Advance Tactics have ads?
Neither Notebook Games nor Advance Tactics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notebook Games or Advance Tactics?
Notebook Games ships an update fortnightly, and Advance Tactics weekly. Most recently, Notebook Games was updated on September 30, 2026 and Advance Tactics on October 23, 2026.

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