Noddle vs Murky Horizon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Noddle
Engage in a relaxing bead puzzle game where you fill the board with connected molecule-style pieces. Enjoy handcrafted puzzles, daily challenges with leaderboards, and fast-paced modes. Unlock additional content for a complete puzzle experience.
- 250 Classic puzzles
- Daily puzzle with global leaderboard
- Blitz mode
- Freeform sandbox mode
- 24 color skins
- Extra puzzle packs
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Noddle is a satisfying bead puzzle game. Place connected molecule-style pieces onto the board to fill it completely. No ads. No subscriptions. Ever. 250 handcrafted Classic puzzles across four difficulty levels - Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. A fresh Daily puzzle every day with a global leaderboard. Lightning-fast Blitz mode. Freeform sandbox play. FEATURES - 250 Classic puzzles - Daily puzzle with global leaderboard - Blitz mode — solve as many as you can in 2 minutes - Freeform sandbox mode - 24 color skins - Extra packs with exclusive puzzles and themes - No ads. No subscriptions. Just puzzles. Noddle Pro unlocks all 250 Classic puzzles and Blitz mode for a one-time $2.99 purchase.
Murky Horizon
Defend your bunker against waves of incoming lizards in this twin-stick shooter and tower defense hybrid. Strategically build and upgrade defenses between rounds, manage resources earned from kills, and survive 40 challenging rounds with a day-night cycle.
- Twin-stick shooter gameplay
- Tower defense mechanics
- Bunker defense
- Resource management
- Day-night cycle
- Offline play
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Night is falling and the lizards are coming. Hold the bunker for forty rounds. Murky Horizon is a twin-stick shooter crossed with tower defense. You are one marine with a rifle, a bunker to protect, and a few seconds between waves to build. Lizards pour in from every edge of the map and head straight for the hatch. When the bunker falls, the run is over: you respawn, it does not. SHOOT • Drag on the left to move. Hold FIRE to shoot the way you're facing, or drag out from it to aim • Hold CHARGE for slower shots that pierce a whole line • Throw flares at night, when the dark swallows everything past your muzzle flash BUILD • Rocket turrets, ice turrets, lasers, and barriers you can drag into a whole wall • Upgrade anything you own. Sell it for a full refund and rebuild somewhere smarter • Every dollar comes from kills. Spend it between waves, or start the next one early SURVIVE • 40 rounds, with a day–night cycle that changes how each one plays • Boss waves. "Berserkers... everywhere." • Four difficulties, from Easy to Nightmare • Your best runs, kept on your device NO CATCH • Free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no account • Plays offline • No analytics, no tracking. Nothing leaves your phone Murky Horizon began life as a 2009 console indie game and has been rebuilt from the original art, audio and shaders. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Murky Horizon at none against Noddle's 10. Murky Horizon also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Noddle's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Noddle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Murky Horizon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Murky Horizon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noddle has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Noddle ships an update every 4 days, Murky Horizon every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noddle | Murky Horizon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KYLE GREGORY HOLT | SerenityMindTech LLC. |
Customer experience
Noddle
Murky Horizon
In-app purchases
Noddle
- Neon Dreams$0.99
- Ocean Deep$0.99
- Arctic$0.99
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- Ember$0.99
- Rose Gold$0.99
- Earthy$0.99
- Crimson$0.99
- Desert Sand$0.99
- Cotton Candy$0.99
- Noddle Pro$2.99
Murky Horizon
No in-app purchases
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