Comparison

Candy Puzzle vs Cedar Latch

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

Head to head
About

Candy Puzzle

Engage in a sweet match-3 puzzle adventure across three distinct worlds. Exchange candies to create matches, achieve level objectives, and unlock new challenges. Craft helpful boosts using collected shards to overcome difficult puzzles.

Highlights
  • Match-3 gameplay
  • 60 levels across 3 worlds
  • Daily challenges
  • Star Hunt mode
  • Weekly spotlight events
  • Craftable in-game boosts
Features
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Candy Puzzle: Alchemy is a match-3 puzzle application for iPhone. The player exchanges adjacent pieces to form lines of three or more matching candies. Matches award points, may trigger chain reactions, and contribute to level objectives such as reaching a score threshold, removing ice, or collecting specified candy types, within a fixed move limit. Content is organized into three worlds comprising 60 levels in total. The application is intended for users seeking a structured match-3 campaign, supplemented by progression systems that include quest-based rewards, optional crafting of one-time assists, and additional play formats beyond the primary level sequence. Available modes and related features: • Campaign — Progress through Sugar Meadow, Caramel Cavern, and Nightmare Kitchen (20 levels per world). Selected levels apply Candy Lab rule variants (for example, color-restricted scoring or combo-based scoring). • Daily Challenge — One designated puzzle per calendar day, with a rotating rule configuration; consecutive-day completion may grant in-game rewards. • Star Hunt — Replay unlocked campaign levels that have not yet achieved a three-star rating (available after defined campaign progress). • Weekly Spotlight — Each calendar week features a specified campaign level and modifier; completion during that week may grant a supplementary reward. • Sugar Alchemy — Combine candy shards obtained from completed levels to produce shuffles, additional moves, or bombs for use in a subsequent level. A recipe reference lists available combinations; certain entries require completion of associated quests.

About

Cedar Latch

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Cedar Latch turns the loft into a living signal board. Swap gems into cascading lines, then catch glowing telegraphs in a short parry window to break enemy posture and execute. Each Ante opens numbered berths on a node rail. Skirmishes teach pattern reading; Boss nodes force you to learn attack phases. Switch Jobs mid-fight so your matches exploit color weaknesses. Fail a parry and an ally Peg can fall for the rest of the run. Defeat still feeds Relic Echo — permanent tools that reshape the next climb. Progress is session-based: Continue a berth, draft relics, grow your Job codex, and chase deeper Antes. Grain Shelf Desk tunes light and amber accents. Privacy opens in an in-app browser.

Screenshots

Candy Puzzle4 screens
Cedar Latch4 screens

Verdict

The call

Candy Puzzle and Cedar Latch are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Candy Puzzle versus Cedar Latch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandy PuzzleCedar Latch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYadrian Villasusa GuerraHalvoren Ferng Blackthornrim

In-app purchases

None

Candy Puzzle

No in-app purchases

None

Cedar Latch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Candy Puzzle free?
Candy Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cedar Latch free?
Cedar Latch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Candy Puzzle or Cedar Latch have ads?
Neither Candy Puzzle nor Cedar Latch shows ads.

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