Comparison

Bal vs Monostroke

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

Head to head
About

Bal

Features
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Bal is a Knights & Knaves logic puzzle game. You meet a group of people — knights always tell the truth, knaves always lie — and figure out who is who from their statements. Features: • Thousands of puzzles with classic and whodunit modes • Adaptive difficulty — puzzles matched to your skill level • Multiple puzzle types: normals (wildcards), sanity/belief, compound statements • Track your rating and compete on the ranking Sign in with Google, Apple, GitHub, or Discord. No ads, ever. Currently free to play, may add in-app payments for unlimited puzzles or new puzzle types in the future.

About

Monostroke

Features
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Monostroke is a single-line drawing puzzle. Draw one continuous stroke through every required cell — no lifting your finger, no retracing your path. One simple rule. A lot of depth. ONE RULE. WORLDS OF DEPTH. Start with the basics. Then meet the mechanics, one at a time: • Walls block your path. • Ice slides you in straight lines. • Switches flip the rules mid-stroke. • Portals teleport across the board. • Veils hide what lies beneath. • Bridges let your line cross itself, cleanly. Every mechanic is taught before it's tested. THREE CHALLENGE MODES For when the basics feel too tame: • MIRROR — your stroke mirrors across an axis. • BLUEPRINT — strict, minimalist puzzles for the precise. • TALLY — hit every checkpoint as you go. Master a world to permanently unlock its visual theme. THE GAUNTLET Five floors. No retries. The line ends here. The Gauntlet is the prestige test. Earn shards from your runs and spend them on the most exclusive cosmetic in the game: the iridescent Aurora theme. META-MAPS Each region of a hand-drawn world is its own puzzle. Together, they form a complete map. Solve every sub-region of the Hourglass to complete the picture. EARN WHAT YOU WEAR Themes are unlocked through play, not paywalls. Master a world to claim its visual identity: • Paperweight — aged manuscript paper. • Tron — neon on dark glass (cyan, orange, magenta variants). • Constellation — cosmic starfields with optional aurora overlays. • Blueprint Cyanotype — drafting-paper aesthetic. • Wood — polished go-board. • Aurora Ā· Iridescent — the prestige tier, earned with Gauntlet shards. Plus path skins, endpoint markers, and checkpoint markers — all earned in-game. THOUGHTFUL PLAY No timers on regular puzzles. No daily streaks to break. Sketch a route, retract, try again. The puzzle waits. Free to play, with optional rewarded ads. A one-time Premium purchase removes all ads and unlocks bonus coins plus a cosmetic starter pack.

Screenshots

Bal4 screens
Monostroke4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bal at none against Monostroke's 4. Bal also leads on ads (none vs shown). Monostroke's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Monostroke sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bal ships an update every 9 days, Monostroke daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Bal versus Monostroke: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalMonostroke
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven Scott KayeVectorWeave

In-app purchases

None

Bal

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Monostroke

One-time4
  • Monostroke 10000 Coins$0.99
  • Monostroke 30000 Coins$2.99
  • Monostroke 100000 Coins$4.99
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  • Monostroke Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Bal free?
Bal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monostroke free?
Monostroke is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bal or Monostroke have ads?
Monostroke shows ads; Bal does not.
Which is updated more often, Bal or Monostroke?
Bal ships an update every 9 days, and Monostroke daily. Most recently, Bal was updated on October 17, 2026 and Monostroke on October 15, 2026.

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