Comparison

gridlo vs Puzzl

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

Head to head
About

gridlo

Engage in daily mini-crosswords, compete with friends in races and tournaments, and explore community-created puzzles. Improve language skills through fun, themed challenges.

Highlights
  • Daily mini-crosswords
  • Friend challenges and tournaments
  • Community-created puzzles
  • Language practice puzzles
  • Streak building
  • Leaderboards
Features
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gridlo is a social mini-crosswords game & platform. Play the Daily Solve a mini-crossword each day, build your streak, see how your time compares with friends. Will you be fastest in the world? Race your friends Challenge your friends to one-on-one matches or tournaments. App-wide Sunday Sessions tournaments bring the community together. Explore Social puzzles Play themed mini-crosswords from the community - think idiosyncrasies of London life, brain teasers and etymology. Get creative & make your own - our tools make it fun & easy. Language practice The funnest way to improve your language skills, with dedicated practice puzzles daily. Terms of Use: https://thegridlo.com/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://thegridlo.com/privacy-policy.html

About

Puzzl

Features
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Puzzl brings six different puzzle games together in one app. Each one takes a few minutes, and each one has its own leaderboard. Your score comes down to two things: how few attempts you needed, and how fast you were. THE GAMES • Number — Find the hidden 4-digit number in 6 guesses. After each guess you see which digits are in the right place and which are in the wrong one. • Word — Crack the hidden 5-letter word in 6 guesses. • Connections — Sort 16 words into 4 groups of four by what they have in common. You get 4 mistakes, and we'll tell you when you're one word away. • Anagram — Rearrange 5 scrambled letters into the right order. 3 attempts, plus 3 hints if you get stuck. • Tango — Fill a 6x6 grid with suns and moons without breaking the rules. There's no way to lose; only the hints you use cost you points. • Wheel — Spin the wheel, pick a consonant, and bank points for every time it appears. Vowels are bought out of your bank, not earned on the wheel. Bankrupt wipes the bank, so every extra spin is a bet. 3 solve attempts, 5 wrong letters. LEADERBOARDS Every game keeps a separate daily and monthly ranking. Days and months follow the UTC calendar, so everyone starts fresh at the same moment. Your username is unique and you can change it whenever you like — past scores show your new name too. TWO LANGUAGES Puzzl is fully playable in English and Turkish. The word and phrase pools are written separately for each language rather than translated, and your stats are kept per language. Wheel alone has over 200 phrases in each, from idioms and places to food and jobs. GETTING STARTED Sign in with Apple or Google, or skip it entirely and play as a guest. Guests appear on the leaderboard too, and if you link an account later your scores and username carry over unchanged. ALSO • Light, dark and automatic themes • Switch between English and Turkish in the app • A how-to-play guide for every game • Free, supported by ads

Screenshots

gridlo4 screens
Puzzl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Puzzl at none against gridlo's 5. Puzzl also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). gridlo's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. gridlo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Puzzl asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

gridlo ships an update fortnightly, Puzzl weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
gridlo versus Puzzl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergridloPuzzl
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBreadRolls GroupLebiLabs Software

In-app purchases

5 purchases

gridlo

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited annual$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 credit$0.49
  • 10 credits$0.99
  • 50 credits$1.99
None

Puzzl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is gridlo free?
gridlo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Puzzl free?
Puzzl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do gridlo or Puzzl have ads?
Puzzl shows ads; gridlo does not.
Which is updated more often, gridlo or Puzzl?
gridlo ships an update fortnightly, and Puzzl weekly. Most recently, gridlo was updated on October 19, 2026 and Puzzl on October 16, 2026.

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