Comparison

Slotile vs Gridlock

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

Head to head
About

Slotile

Engage your spatial reasoning with a challenging sliding tile puzzle. Solve increasingly difficult levels by guiding colored tiles to their matching exits before time runs out. Enjoy a pure, ad-free gaming experience with no in-app purchases or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • 75 levels of increasing difficulty
  • 8 irregular piece shapes
  • 3-star scoring system
  • Daily Challenge with streak tracking
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Colorblind mode
  • Offline play
Features
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No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. Ever. Just the game. A sliding tile puzzle with real bite - 75 levels that start gentle and get genuinely hard. Each level is a grid of colored tiles. Slide them through the grid and thread every piece through its matching exit before the timer runs out. 8 irregular piece shapes mean every puzzle is a spatial reasoning problem, not just pattern matching. What you get: - 75 carefully designed levels of increasing difficulty - 8 irregular piece shapes and exit configurations - 3-star scoring. Can you find the optimal solution? - Countdown timer and 3 undos per level - Daily Challenge with streak tracking - Daily hints, earn more by 3-starring levels - Game Center leaderboards. Compete on fewest total moves - Colorblind mode - 6 background themes - Haptics and sound designed to feel good - iCloud sync for progress No accounts. No data collection. Works fully offline. Built by one indie developer who wanted to make the kind of puzzle game that respects your time and your attention. If that sounds rare, it is. Help us keep it that way : )

About

Gridlock

Features
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Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just pure gameplay. Draw flight paths, land aircraft, and keep the terminal alive in a fast-paced air traffic control arcade game. The terminal is open. The sky is already too busy. In Gridlock: Terminal, you control a crowded airspace where every aircraft needs a safe route home. Draw flight paths, guide aircraft to the correct runway, avoid hazards, and survive as the skies become increasingly chaotic. One bad route can cause a crash. One missed hazard can end the run. One more landing can beat your high score. Simple to learn. Difficult to master. NEW: Daily Dispatch Take on one official challenge every day. You get one attempt, one score, and one chance to climb the leaderboard before tomorrow's dispatch arrives. Compete on Game Center, unlock achievements, and become Terminal Master. Features - Draw flight paths with one finger - Land planes, jets, heavy aircraft, and helicopters - Match aircraft to the correct runway or helipad - Avoid birds, turbulence, screen edges, and mid-air collisions - Survive increasingly busy airspace - Take on the Daily Dispatch challenge - Compete on Game Center leaderboards - Unlock achievements and milestones - Chase your personal best - Quick arcade sessions built for "one more try" - Free to play Every landing counts. Every decision matters. How long can you keep the terminal alive?

Screenshots

Slotile4 screens
Gridlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gridlock at every 3 days against Slotile's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slotile ships an update every 10 days, Gridlock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Slotile versus Gridlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlotileGridlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFaiz AbidiYusuf Yasin

In-app purchases

None

Slotile

No in-app purchases

None

Gridlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slotile free?
Slotile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gridlock free?
Gridlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Slotile or Gridlock have ads?
Neither Slotile nor Gridlock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slotile or Gridlock?
Slotile ships an update every 10 days, and Gridlock every 3 days. Most recently, Slotile was updated on October 15, 2026 and Gridlock on October 18, 2026.

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