Bal vs Azulo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bal
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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.
Azulo
Restore beautiful blue-and-white murals by rotating and swapping ceramic tiles. This relaxing puzzle game offers a zen experience with no timers or pressure, perfect for unwinding.
- Rotate and swap ceramic tiles
- Rebuild stunning blue-and-white murals
- No timers, lives, or pressure
- Offline play
- Calm, zen puzzle experience
- Hand-crafted azulejo art
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Restore a forgotten monastery, one beautiful tile at a time. Azulo: Monastery is a relaxing tile puzzle inspired by Portugal's hand-painted azulejo mosaics. Rotate and swap ceramic pieces to rebuild stunning blue-and-white murals, no timers, no lives, no pressure. A calm, zen puzzle game to unwind with anywhere. HOW TO PLAY • Tap to rotate a tile, drag to swap it into place. • Fit every piece and the mural comes back to life. • Gentle and intuitive, easy to pick up, hard to put down. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Truly relaxing: no timer, no score, no fail states. • A calm, zen experience made for unwinding. • Satisfying mosaic and jigsaw-style puzzles that grow with you. • Gorgeous hand-crafted azulejo art in classic blue and white. • A gentle brain teaser, clever, never stressful. • Cozy details, sleeping cats, rippling water, soft music. • Plays fully offline, no wifi needed. • Enjoy it in 22 languages. A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MONASTERY Travel through six chapters: Arrival, Gardens, Hidden Places, Daily Life, Sacred Spaces, and The Keepers, across 30 hand-designed murals. Each act has its own mood, from the first quiet wonder at the gate to the awe of the sacred halls. Restore them all and bring the forgotten monastery back to life. Perfect for a mindful moment, whether you love jigsaw and mosaic puzzles, meditation and mindfulness games, or just a beautiful tile puzzle to unwind with before bed. The beauty is never accidental.
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Verdict
Bal and Azulo are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bal ships an update every 9 days, Azulo every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bal | Azulo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Scott Kaye | LIO SOFTWARE LTD |
In-app purchases
Bal
No in-app purchases
Azulo
No in-app purchases
