Comparison

Puzzle Lab vs Sticks.

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

Head to head
About

Puzzle Lab

Enjoy a peaceful jigsaw puzzle experience with customizable options. Import your own photos or choose from a gallery, select piece shapes and difficulty levels, and utilize helpful tools to complete puzzles. Features include offline play, optional ambient sounds, and daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Import personal photos
  • Classic, circle, or hexagon pieces
  • Adjustable difficulty (9-400 pieces)
  • Snap-to-fit pieces
  • Reference image overlay
  • Daily challenges
  • Offline play
Features
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Puzzle Lab is a calm, distraction-free jigsaw game. Pick one of the built-in photos or import any picture from your library, choose a shape (classic / circle / hexagon) and a difficulty (9 to 400 pieces), and drop pieces into place. Pieces snap when they're close, you can filter to just edge pieces to start with the border, and a quick tap shows the reference image whenever you're stuck. A daily challenge reseeds every day for a quick session. Optional white noise and two ambient tracks help you focus. Time, move count and 20+ achievements are saved locally. Everything is offline. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no network. The photos you import never leave your device.

About

Sticks.

Features
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Sticks is a pure strategy game with roots stretching back to 1899 . THE RULES Sticks is played with 15 matchsticks arranged in five rows of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. On your turn, take as many sticks as you want โ€” but only from a single row. Whoever is forced to take the last stick loses. That's it. No randomness. Every game is a battle of pure logic. PLAY YOUR WAY โ€ข 1 Player โ€” face an AI opponent that plays with mathematically optimal strategy. Can you find the one path to victory? โ€ข 2 Players โ€” pass the phone and go head-to-head with a friend, no internet required. CHALLENGE MODE Sharpen your instincts with dozens of hand-crafted puzzles, from your first steps to the final boss. Each level bends the classic rules just enough to make you think differently. DESIGNED TO DISAPPEAR Clean, minimal, and built for iPhone and iPad, in light or dark mode. Subtle haptics and sound bring every move to life without getting in your way. Sticks asks nothing of you but attention. Sit down, take a stick, and see who blinks first.

Screenshots

Puzzle Lab4 screens
Sticks.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Puzzle Lab at none against Sticks.'s shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Puzzle Lab versus Sticks.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzle LabSticks.
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆ™“ ้ƒญDM COYOTE SERVICIOS INFORMATICOS SL.

In-app purchases

None

Puzzle Lab

No in-app purchases

None

Sticks.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puzzle Lab free?
Puzzle Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sticks. free?
Sticks. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Puzzle Lab or Sticks. have ads?
Sticks. shows ads; Puzzle Lab does not.

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