Comparison

Notebook Games vs Avioane

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

Avioane

This app offers a collection of classic paper and strategy games for quick matches and family fun. Enjoy timeless challenges with simple, intuitive gameplay that can be played offline. Unlock all games with a single purchase.

Highlights
  • Multiple classic games
  • Simple and intuitive gameplay
  • Offline play supported
  • One-time purchase to unlock all games
  • Score tracker included
Features
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Avioane brings together timeless paper and strategy games, puzzles, word games and learning games for children in one simple and fun app. On your device it is called AVI, short for Avioane, the Romanian paper-and-pencil airplane game that started this collection. Enjoy classic games played across generations and cultures, challenge friends near or far, and sharpen your thinking with easy-to-learn gameplay. It is made for all ages: the youngest players can start with the learning games and their optional read-aloud, while Go, Backgammon and Checkers have plenty of depth for everyone else. Plays fully in four languages — English, Romanian, Spanish and German. Not just the menus: every game, every rule and every hint is translated. PLAY WITH ANYONE, ANYWHERE • Play by text — send a link through any messaging app, your friend plays their turn, it comes back to you. No account, no sign-up, nothing to shut down. • Play a friend in the same room over Wi-Fi — no internet needed — and keep a running series score across rematches • Play against the computer, or pass the phone for two players FEATURES • 35 games in one app — paper classics, puzzles, word games, quizzes and learning games for children • A hand-drawn look: crayon and pencil on paper, from cartoon planes to a 3D football • Every game shows how complex it is — Light, Medium or Heavy — and the home screen can filter by it • A new Avioane puzzle every day, with a streak to keep going • Score tracker for real-life games and competitions • A 3D dice roller for any game on the table • Simple, clean, and intuitive gameplay • Works fully offline (Wi-Fi games need a local network) • No ads, ever • Four languages, fully translated: English, Romanian, Spanish, German • Unlock all games with a one-time purchase — no subscription STRATEGY • Avioane (the Romanian paper-and-pencil airplane game) • Fleet Battle (hide your fleet, then hunt theirs) • Moară (Nine Men's Morris) • X și O (Tic-Tac-Toe) • Four in a Row • Dots and Boxes • S.O.S. • Nim • Treblecross • Paper Soccer • Bridg-It • Hex • Lines of Action • Checkers • Backgammon • Fox and Geese • Sprouts • Go (9×9 and 13×13) • Pași prin Pustie (Steps Through the Wilderness) PUZZLES • Sudoku • Kakuro • Masyu • Slitherlink WORDS AND PARTY • Hangman • Word Cubes • Word Ladder • Țară, Oraș (Categories) • Bread Mine • Pituțe (Guess the number) LEARN • Animal Detective — find the animal, find its home • Space Post — pack, plan and deliver among the planets • Fossil Detective — uncover pieces of the past • Robot Routes — build a plan, run it, make it work • Flags — 195 of them, four choices a question • Car Logos — 84 badges to name Car Logos is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any of the brands shown. From childhood favourites to timeless strategy challenges, Avioane makes it easy to play anywhere, anytime — across the table or across the world. Download for free and start playing today.

Screenshots

Notebook Games4 screens
Avioane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Notebook Games at free against Avioane's free with in-app purchases. Avioane's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Notebook Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Avioane sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notebook Games against 5.0 for Avioane. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avioane has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notebook Games ships an update fortnightly, Avioane every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notebook Games versus Avioane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebook GamesAvioane
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJUMING LAICornel Zlibut

Customer experience

Notebook Games

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

Avioane

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notebook Games

One-time1
  • Notebook Games Pro$1.99
1 purchases

Avioane

One-time1
  • Unlock All Games$4.99

Questions

Is Notebook Games free?
Notebook Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Avioane free?
Avioane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notebook Games or Avioane?
Notebook Games and Avioane are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Notebook Games or Avioane have ads?
Neither Notebook Games nor Avioane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notebook Games or Avioane?
Notebook Games ships an update fortnightly, and Avioane every 3 weeks. Most recently, Notebook Games was updated on September 30, 2026 and Avioane on October 16, 2026.

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