Comparison

Zento vs Torre Zen

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

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Zento

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Zento is a quiet puzzle game about finding paths through stillness. Rotate the tiles. Connect the lines. There's no timer, no score, no failure state. Just you, the board, and the calming sound of piano. 200 hand-tuned levels guide you through a slow, satisfying progression. Endless mode is always there when you want to drift. Themes unlock as you play, each one a new mood. A zen ritual you can pick up for a minute or sink into for an hour. FEATURES โ€ข 200 hand-tuned levels, gently growing in size and complexity โ€ข Endless mode for limitless, randomly generated boards โ€ข Six difficulty tiers, from Still to Tide โ€ข 23 themes: ten of them earned by playing, plus three night modes for dark rooms โ€ข Nine calming piano tracks, adjustable or off โ€ข Subtle haptic feedback that feels right (and can be turned off) โ€ข Plays entirely offline. Universal, designed for iPhone and iPad โ€ข No accounts, no ads, no nag screens Try the first 20 levels free. One in-app purchase unlocks the rest: all 200 levels, the night modes and the harder endless tiers. Made by Not Another Studio. Hand-crafted with care.

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Torre Zen

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How high can you stack before it topples? Torre Zen is a calm, minimalist tower-stacking game about one simple, satisfying move: tap to drop a sliding block onto the one below. Line it up and the tower rises; miss, and the overhang is neatly sliced away. Blocks arrive from alternating sides, so your tower gently twists and spirals as it climbs into a soft pastel sky. It is the kind of game you reach for to unwind โ€” a few quiet minutes between meetings, on the train, or in bed before sleep. No timers screaming at you, no lives to lose, no clutter to tap through. Just the block, the drop, and the tower growing higher, one calm breath at a time. HOW TO PLAY - A block slides back and forth above your tower. - Tap anywhere to drop it. The closer it lands to the block below, the wider it stays. - Land it dead-centre for a PERFECT: no slice, your block grows back, and a soft note rings out. - Keep a streak of perfects going to earn more gems and a deeper, calmer groove. TWO WAYS TO PLAY - Classic: one topple ends the run. Chase your best height and the longest clean streak of perfect drops. - Zen mode: endless and forgiving. There is NO game over here โ€” a missed block simply snaps onto the tower so you can keep stacking for as long as you like. Pure, unbroken flow, whenever you need to slow down. MUSIC THAT COMPOSES ITSELF Torre Zen has no looping soundtrack. A soft ambient pad drifts underneath while a gentle melody is written live as you play, note by note. Every perfect drop answers with a rising tone, and each new color zone quietly shifts the key. No two sessions ever sound the same โ€” the music is yours, built from the way you stack. WHY IT FEELS SO GOOD - One thumb, one tap โ€” learn it in three seconds, relax with it for hours. - Perfect drops grow your block back and reward a steady, mindful rhythm. - A calm "twilight" look with soft, low-glare colors that are easy on the eyes, day or night. - The tower spirals as it rises for a quietly hypnotic, deeply satisfying build. - Short sessions or long ones โ€” pick it up for a minute or drift away for an hour. UNLOCK & COLLECT - Earn gems from your perfect drops and unlock 10 soothing tower styles โ€” Sakura, Lagoon, Dune, Aurora, Moss, Coral, Frost, Ember, Cosmos and more. - Track your best height, longest perfect streak and gems on a clean stats screen with a GitHub-style consistency heatmap. - Work toward 41 gentle achievements, unhurried, at your own pace. PERFECT FOR - Winding down, focusing, or a mindful break from a busy day. - Anyone who loves relaxing, anti-stress and meditation games. - Fans of tidy, minimalist arcade and puzzle games with a satisfying core loop. - Playing one-handed, anywhere, with the sound on for the music or off in silence. PRIVACY & OFFLINE - 100% offline โ€” play anywhere, no internet connection needed. - No account, no sign-up, no personal data collected by us. - Everything is saved locally on your own device. Breathe in, tap, and let the tower rise. Download Torre Zen and find your calm, one block at a time.

Screenshots

Zento4 screens
Torre Zen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Torre Zen at none against Zento's 1. Torre Zen also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Zento's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Zento sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Torre Zen asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Zento versus Torre Zen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZentoTorre Zen
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size33 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNot Another Studio LTDFerran Espuna

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Zento

One-time1
  • Unlock the full game$2.99
None

Torre Zen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zento free?
Zento is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Torre Zen free?
Torre Zen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zento or Torre Zen have ads?
Torre Zen shows ads; Zento does not.

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