Comparison

Muros vs Slatework

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

Head to head
About

Muros

This logic puzzle game challenges you to shade cells based on numbered clues. It features handcrafted levels, daily challenges, and infinite free play with no guessing required. Sharpen your deductive skills with increasingly complex grids.

Highlights
  • Hand-crafted levels
  • Daily challenges
  • Infinite free play
  • Adventure mode with chapters
  • Procedurally generated puzzles
  • Multiple grid sizes
Features
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Muros brings the classic puzzle Tapa to your pocket with hand-crafted levels, daily challenges, and infinite free play. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, and you'll never need to guess to find it. HOW IT WORKS Numbers on the grid tell you the lengths of filled-cell groups around them. Your job is to figure out which cells to shade. Three rules: Hints must match their shaded neighbors exactly Filled cells connect into one continuous group No 2×2 block is ever fully filled Tap to cycle a cell, or drag across the board to shade and clear quickly. GAME MODES ◆ Adventure — 125 hand-crafted levels across 10 chapters. Start gentle with 5×5 grids in Foundation, and work your way up to 12×12 brain-melters in The Architect. Earn up to 3 stars per level, unlock chapters as you go. ◆ Free Play — Infinite procedurally generated puzzles at three sizes: Easy (5×5), Medium (7×7), Hard (10×10), and Expert (15×15). Perfect for a quick solve or a long session. ◆ Daily Puzzle — A fresh 15×15 challenge every day, the same for every player. Compare times with friends and build your streak. PERFECT FOR Fans of Nonograms, Picross, Sudoku, Slitherlink, and Minesweeper — or anyone who loves a puzzle that rewards patience over reflex. Sharpen your logic. Read the walls. Solve Muros.

About

Slatework

Features
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Slatework is a collection of thirteen classic logic puzzles. It opens on a grid, works with no signal, and asks you for nothing: no account, no ads, no subscription. Every board is generated on your device the moment you ask for it, and checked by a solver before you see it. Each one has exactly one answer, reachable by logic alone — no guessing at any difficulty, and no pack of puzzles to run out of. Thirteen types • Killer Sudoku — sudoku with cages that have to add up • Kakuro (Cross Sums) — a crossword written in numbers • Hashi (Bridges, Hashiwokakero) — join the islands into one network • Slitherlink (Loop the Loop) — one closed loop, drawn from the clues • Futoshiki — a Latin square with greater-than signs across it • Binairo (Takuzu, binary puzzle) — zeros and ones, never three in a row • Nurikabe (Islands and Walls) — islands of the right size, in one sea • Shikaku (Rectangles) — cut the grid into rectangles that match a number • Akari (Light Up) — light every square, and no lamp in another lamp's line • Masyu (Pearls) — a loop that turns on black pearls and runs through white ones • Norinori — one domino in every room • Heyawake — shaded rooms, and no white line running through more than two • Yajilin — a loop and a shading, on the same board Every type has a walkthrough that teaches its rules on a real board, and a rules card to open mid-board. The board • Drag to draw a line, drag to paint a wall — never one tap per segment • Pencil marks, cleared from the row and column for you if you want them • Undo and redo as far back as you like; every move saved as you make it • Mistakes shown your way: off, on Check, or as you make them. Nothing ever ends a puzzle • Pinch to zoom on the big grids, and a left-handed layout for the keypad • A colour-blind palette in which nothing is carried by colour alone • Grids from 4×4 to 20×20, and tiers named for the reasoning they need Hints that explain themselves A hint is the next real deduction the solver would make, written out in a sentence with the squares it is about lit up. Look, then the reason, then the move — never a revealed answer, and never something you could not have worked out. A puzzle a day One daily puzzle in every type, every day, at every difficulty. Your streak is counted quietly and never nagged about. A reminder is there if you want one, and it is an alarm on this device: nothing leaves it to make that happen. Made to be looked at Six board palettes, from warm paper through to full-contrast black on white. Thirteen drawn marks, one per type. A finished board reports your time and your previous best, and then stops: no confetti, no coins, no levels. Your progress, and your file Statistics per type, per size and per difficulty, with charts that answer whether you are getting faster, and a month view of everything you have solved. One backup file holds every puzzle, game, statistic and setting and reads back on any device — there is no account and no cloud copy, because there is no server anywhere in this app. One purchase, not a subscription Every puzzle type, every daily puzzle at every difficulty, and unlimited puzzles are free, and always will be. The unlock adds the rest: every grid size up to 20×20, the Hard and Expert tiers on every type, unlimited hints, all six themes, the whole daily archive, and the charts behind your times. One payment, held by your Apple Account and restored with one button on any device you sign into, including every puzzle type added after it. What this app will never do No ads. Not on opening, not between boards, not in exchange for a hint. No subscription, no coins, no energy, no lives. No account and no sign-in. Nothing that needs a network — puzzles are made on this device and your progress never leaves it. And nothing that ships free is ever moved behind the price. For anyone who does the puzzle page first: cross sums, bridges, loop the loop, binary puzzles, and the Japanese pencil puzzles that never got a good app.

Screenshots

Muros4 screens
Slatework4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Slatework at none against Muros's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Muros sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Slatework sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Muros versus Slatework: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMurosSlatework
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB53 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRavenhold LLCRehan Shaikh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Muros

One-time2
  • Muros Hint Pack$0.99
  • Muros Premium Unlock$4.99
1 purchases

Slatework

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$4.99

Questions

Is Muros free?
Muros is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slatework free?
Slatework is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Muros or Slatework have ads?
Muros shows ads; Slatework does not.

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