Notebook Games vs Puzzlette
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 16 hand-drawn mini-games
- Offline play
- Pass-and-play multiplayer
- Multiple notebook themes
- Game statistics tracking
- No ads or data collection
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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
Puzzlette
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Puzzlette brings 30+ brain games together in one app. Challenge your memory, logic and focus with short puzzles: Sudoku, Mahjong Solitaire, Killer Sudoku, Hexa Sort, Nonogram, Minesweeper, Water Sort, 2048, Connections and more. New: Block Jam, Magic Cube and Solitaire. A DAILY WORKOUT FOR YOUR MIND Five minutes is enough: a new daily challenge and a 5-minute mix of different games every day. LOGIC & NUMBERS SUDOKU - The classic 9x9 in four levels, with hints and a relaxed no-mistake-limit mode. KAKURO - A number crossword: every run adds up to its clue. NONOGRAM - Reveal a hidden picture from the numbers on each row and column. 3D NONOGRAM - Face numbers count the cubes to keep; break the rest to reveal a hidden shape. MINESWEEPER - Read the numbers, plant the flags, clear the board. PULSEWEAVE - Tap a node to flip it and its neighbours to match the target. CROWNS - One crown per row, column and colour region; crowns never touch, even diagonally. SUN & MOON - As many suns as moons in every row and column; never three alike in a row. KILLER SUDOKU - Sudoku with cages: each cage adds up to its number, no repeats. BRIDGES (HASHI) - Link the islands with straight bridges, each getting exactly its number. SLITHERLINK - Draw one closed loop; each clue counts its cell's sides on the loop. MEMORY MEMORY MATCH - Flip the cards and find the pairs on boards up to 6x6. SEQUENCE - Repeat the pattern of lit tiles; it grows every round. FOCUS & SPEED MAHJONG SOLITAIRE - Classic layered tiles: match free identical pairs to clear the layout. NUMBER HUNT - Tap the numbers in order as fast as you can. GOODS SORT - Spot matching goods and sort them onto the same shelf. PARKING ESCAPE - Drive every car out of the lot in the right order. PLANNING & STRATEGY WATER SORT - Pour until every tube holds a single colour. 500 levels plus infinite play. BLOCK PUZZLE - Place blocks, clear lines, keep going as long as you can. 2048 - Swipe, merge and plan ahead to reach 2048. FLOWLINE - Connect matching dots and fill every cell. ZIP - One path from 1 through every cell, numbers in order, walls in the way. PIPS - Fit the dominoes so each region meets its rule: sum, all equal or all different. HEXA SORT - Drop hex stacks; matching colours merge and ten of one colour pop. SCREW SORT - Tap free screws into boxes of their colour; drop every plate before the tray fills. TAP AWAY - Tap cubes with a clear path until the 3D stack is gone. CUBE ROLL - Roll a cube to paint every tile; cracked tiles crumble behind you. BLOCK JAM - Slide coloured blocks out through matching gates. MAGIC CUBE - Turn the layers until every face is one colour. SOLITAIRE - Classic Klondike: build the foundations from Ace to King. WORDS WORD GUESS - Find the five-letter word in six tries. HANGMAN - Guess the hidden word letter by letter, in many categories. CONNECTIONS - Sort 16 words into four hidden groups; four mistakes allowed. Sets in 6 languages. MATH QUICK MATH - Solve as many sums as you can in 60 seconds as they get harder. KEEP YOUR STREAK GOING - A weekly skill summary: logic, memory, focus, planning, words and math - Streaks, XP, achievements and a daily Mystery Box - Campaign levels with stars, plus infinite play - Personal statistics and records - Coins and unlockable themes, in light or dark mode PLAY ANYWHERE, EVEN OFFLINE Every game works without Wi-Fi or mobile data, even on a plane. Unfinished games are saved, so you pick up where you left off. No account, no sign-up. Available in 14 languages. 30+ games in one app, taking the space of just one. FREE TO PLAY, PREMIUM IF YOU LIKE All games are free, with occasional ads. Puzzlette Premium is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: - No ads - Instant hints without watching videos, even offline - Every premium theme unlocked - Extra Mystery Box rewards - Future games included Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/puzzlette-privacy-policy/ana-sayfa
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Puzzlette at none against Notebook Games's 1. Puzzlette also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Notebook Games's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Notebook Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Puzzlette asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notebook Games ships an update fortnightly, Puzzlette every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notebook Games | Puzzlette |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JUMING LAI | Yusuf Yigit Yalmanci |
In-app purchases
Notebook Games
- Notebook Games Pro$1.99
Puzzlette
No in-app purchases









