Comparison

Slitherlink vs Tendril Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

Slitherlink

Solve logic puzzles by drawing a single, continuous loop based on number clues. Explore over 1,200 puzzles, including daily challenges and expert levels. Offers offline play, customizable themes, and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Draw a continuous loop
  • Follow number clues
  • 1,200+ puzzles
  • Daily challenges
  • Offline play
  • Light and dark themes
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Follow the number clues and draw one continuous loop. Each clue tells you how many of a cell’s edges belong to the loop. Connect the right edges without branches, crossings, or loose ends. 1,200 PUZZLES TO EXPLORE • 900 puzzles across Easy, Medium, and Hard • 300 new Expert puzzles, available with Premium • Start with 100 free Easy puzzles. Premium unlocks the full collection. MAKE IT A DAILY HABIT Try a fresh daily challenge and keep your streak going. Learn the rules through clear explanations, then build your skills with guided practice. SOLVE YOUR WAY Add your own notes to mark cells as inside or outside the loop. Optional automatic crosses offer another solving aid: they are off by default and unavailable in Daily challenges. • Play puzzles offline • Choose readable light and dark themes • Follow your progress with Game Center leaderboards and achievements • Play with VoiceOver labels, hints, and adjustable text Start with a free puzzle and close your first loop.

About

Tendril Puzzles

Features
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Tendril is a calm logic-puzzle game about drawing lines. Every number tells you how many cells its line covers. Drag out from a number — or from any empty cell — and watch the board fill. When every clue is satisfied and every cell is covered, the board blooms. TWO GAMES IN ONE • Lines — each number grows one straight line. Easy to learn, deep to master. • Branches — numbers grow arms in several directions at once. The same counting, a whole different puzzle. From a gentle first board to Extreme packs on boards up to 17×17, there is always a next step. A DAILY RITUAL Two fresh puzzles every day, one of each kind. Keep a streak, compare times on the daily board, and come back tomorrow. Play a week in a row and you earn a rest day, so a missed day does not undo the month behind it — and every seventh day in a row pays a little extra for the garden. A GARDEN THAT COMES ALIVE Solving earns Water and Seeds. Spend them in your own small meadow: plant flowers, bushes and trees, grow them stage by stage, and arrange everything the way you like. Grow the right things and animals move in — twelve of them, from a butterfly and a frog to a fox, an owl and a bear. Tap one and it hides. The meadow follows the seasons, visitors pass through, and a journal tells you who lives here and who might come next. FRIENDS AND LEADERBOARDS Daily, weekly and all-time boards, with your own neighbourhood always in view. Follow friends with a link, challenge them to beat your time on a board you just solved, leave a reaction on a good solve, and visit their gardens. SOMETHING TO AIM FOR Awards for streaks, for perfect days and flawless runs, for whole packs finished without a reveal, for Extreme boards and for a garden full of life — each one showing how close you are, and remembering the day you earned it. HELP THAT WAITS TO BE ASKED A hint asks what you need: check the board for mistakes and erase them in one step, or be shown the next move the board proves. Zoom in on any board, and every line shows which number it belongs to. MADE TO BE KIND • More than 2,100 puzzles, and every one has exactly one solution — you never have to guess. • Packs and stats work offline. • 14 languages, light and dark themes, colour-blind friendly palettes, and reduce-motion support. • Notifications are optional and asked for in context, never at startup. • Free to play, with three free hints every day. Tendril Complete, one optional purchase, removes ads and gives you unlimited hints. Water and Seeds are on sale too, for a garden that grows faster. No subscriptions, ever. Five quiet minutes a day, or a whole evening — the garden will be there either way.

Screenshots

Slitherlink4 screens
Tendril Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tendril Puzzles at none against Slitherlink's 1. Tendril Puzzles also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Slitherlink's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Slitherlink sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tendril Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slitherlink ships an update every 3 weeks, Tendril Puzzles every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Slitherlink versus Tendril Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlitherlinkTendril Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAN URBANEKMJK APPS SRL

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slitherlink

One-time1
  • Slitherlink Premium Unlock$3.00
None

Tendril Puzzles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slitherlink free?
Slitherlink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tendril Puzzles free?
Tendril Puzzles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Slitherlink or Tendril Puzzles have ads?
Tendril Puzzles shows ads; Slitherlink does not.
Which is updated more often, Slitherlink or Tendril Puzzles?
Slitherlink ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tendril Puzzles every 10 days. Most recently, Slitherlink was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tendril Puzzles on October 31, 2026.

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