Comparison

Puzzle Lab vs Stone Zen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — 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

Stone Zen

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Find your balance in Stone Zen, a relaxing sorting puzzle set in a peaceful Japanese garden. Move the top stone from one platform to another and arrange matching stones into complete towers. A stone can only be placed on an empty platform or on another stone of the same type. Every puzzle is designed to be calm, satisfying, and rewarding. There are no timers and no pressure. Take your time, think ahead, and enjoy the journey. Need a little help? Use a magical feather as a temporary platform for a single stone, or undo a move and try a different solution. Play anywhere, anytime. Stone Zen works completely offline and never interrupts your game with forced ads. Optional rewarded ads are available only if you choose to use them. Features • Relaxing stone sorting gameplay • Beautiful handcrafted zen-inspired environments • Handcrafted puzzle levels • Play completely offline • No forced advertisements • Optional rewarded ads only • Calm music and satisfying animations • Undo moves and use the magical Feather booster • Easy to learn, challenging to master Restore harmony, one stone at a time.

Screenshots

Puzzle Lab4 screens
Stone Zen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Puzzle Lab at none against Stone Zen's shown. Stone Zen's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
Puzzle Lab versus Stone Zen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzle LabStone Zen
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerꙓ 郭Artem Kalmykov

In-app purchases

None

Puzzle Lab

No in-app purchases

None

Stone Zen

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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