Comparison

Trail Puzzle vs TickLock

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

Head to head
About

Trail Puzzle

Features
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Trail Puzzle is a simple but tricky color-route puzzle game presented by DAM Games. Your goal is easy: move each box to the exit with the same color. But every box leaves a colored trail behind as it moves. Sometimes that trail opens the way, and sometimes one wrong move can lock the whole board. The first levels teach the rules step by step. After that, things get tighter: exits become smaller, blockers get in the way, boxes start in awkward positions, timed stages add pressure, and every move needs a little more thought. It is easy to play in short sessions, but some levels will make you want to try one more time. Features: - Easy one-finger dragging - Colored trails left behind by moving boxes - 500 levels with increasing difficulty - Smaller exits, blockers, expanded boards, and tricky route locks - Hints, resets, and extra moves when you get stuck - Clean, colorful puzzle boards Move the boxes in the right order, avoid blocking your own paths, and send every package to the correct exit.

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TickLock

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TickLock is a tactile puzzle about a brass padlock, a chain of enamel rings and the clips that hold them together. Every turn clicks into place like a dial, and every solved level ends with the padlock snapping open. HOW TO PLAY • Rings hang from the padlock, linked by clips. • Turn a ring until its gap sits on a clip, then let go: the clip springs open. • A ring with no clips left drops away. Drop every ring and the padlock opens. • Geared rings turn together, in opposite directions. • Bolted steel rings can't be grabbed. Turn them through the rings they're geared to. • Each 15° click costs one tick, and every level has a tick budget. Hard levels leave little room, so think before you turn. MADE TO FEEL GOOD • Detents that hold, then snap to the next notch, with layered haptics on iPhone. • 3D mechanical-keyboard keycaps that tilt toward your finger, bottom out and spring back. • Every sound is synthesized: ticks, gear chatter, clip snaps and the final unlock. • Most iPads have no haptic engine, so on iPad the sound and visual detents carry the feel. 60 LEVELS, ALL SOLVABLE • Every level is verified solvable by a solver. • Each level has a par: the fewest ticks the solver found. Can you open the lock at par? • Undo any move, hold Restart to start over, and ask for a hint when you're stuck. ADS AND REMOVE ADS TickLock is free to play and supported by ads. • Occasional full-screen ads: after every few cleared levels and after a long run of undos, with a cooldown in between. • Rewarded ads are always your choice: watch one for another hint (the first hint in each level is free) or for +10 ticks when you run out. • A one-time Remove Ads purchase turns off full-screen ads. Rewarded ads stay available as an optional bonus. • Already bought it? Tap Restore in Settings. ALSO • English and Korean • iPhone and iPad, with a layout made for iPad • No account and no sign-in. Progress and settings stay on your device. • Plays offline. Ads need an internet connection.

Screenshots

Trail Puzzle4 screens
TickLock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trail Puzzle at none against TickLock's 1. On price, ads, 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. TickLock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trail Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Trail Puzzle versus TickLock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrail PuzzleTickLock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnur GUVENJehyung Lee

In-app purchases

None

Trail Puzzle

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TickLock

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Trail Puzzle free?
Trail Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TickLock free?
TickLock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trail Puzzle or TickLock have ads?
Both Trail Puzzle and TickLock show ads.

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