Comparison

Loops vs Arrow Connect

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

Head to head
About

Loops

This logic puzzle game challenges you to draw a single, unbroken loop on a grid. Numbers indicate how many sides of adjacent cells the loop uses. It offers a relaxing experience with multiple art styles and an original soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Draw a single loop on a dotted grid
  • Numbers indicate loop usage on adjacent sides
  • Eight hand-made visual styles
  • Original soundtrack with 33 calm pieces
  • Interactive lessons and ranking system
  • Daily puzzles with streaks and leaderboards
  • Offline play
Features
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Close the loop. Loops is Slitherlink — the classic logic puzzle from Japan — built for iPhone and iPad with eight hand-made styles and an original soundtrack of calm music. No ads, no subscription: start free, unlock everything with one purchase. HOW IT WORKS Draw a single loop along the dotted grid. Each number tells you how many of its sides the loop uses. The loop never crosses itself and never branches. That’s the whole rulebook: every puzzle has exactly one solution, and you reach it by logic, not by guessing. NEW IN LOOPS • Pentagons — a fifth shape: 250 puzzles on the Cairo tiling, an irregular lattice that makes familiar patterns feel new. • Eight hand-made styles, each a world of its own with its own paper, ink, sounds and music — washi and vermilion, brush strokes on rice paper, sepia parchment, pure ink, newsprint with blue pencil, Czech folk indigo, sage atelier and carbon with gold. • An original soundtrack of 33 calm pieces — piano, koto, shakuhachi and temple bowls, and music written for each style, from lute and jazz piano to cimbalom and cello. Every style also draws with its own sound: a brush on rice paper, a quill on parchment, a pencil on newsprint, needle and thread on linen. • The Dojo — 14 interactive lessons, from your first zero to master-level reasoning. Watch the rule, then find the move yourself on a real board. • Ranks — climb from 10 kyu to 7 dan. Harder puzzles, clean solves and new shapes are worth more. • Hints that catch mistakes — if a line of yours is wrong, the hint shows you where before anything else. • Widgets for your Home and Lock Screen — today’s puzzle and your streak at a glance. WHAT’S INSIDE • 1,250 puzzles, each with exactly one solution, in five shapes — squares, hexagons, triangles, diamonds and pentagons — and five difficulties, from a five-minute warm-up to Master. • A new daily puzzle, with streaks that forgive one missed day, a gentle reminder and a daily leaderboard. • Draw by dragging. One finger is the pen; hold an edge or switch the pen to mark a cross. Pinch to zoom on the big boards. • Zen mode hides the clock and every button. Just you and the loop. • Your collection: every loop you close stays in the gallery, with badges for streaks, clean solves and Master levels. • Undo and redo, smart crosses, pen colors, sound and haptics, detailed statistics — and iCloud sync between your iPhone and iPad. FREE TO START Download Loops and play 29 career puzzles — squares, hexagons and a first taste of pentagons — 3 daily puzzles, the whole Dojo and two styles. Hints, ranks, zen mode, widgets and the collection are included. No ads, ever. THE FULL GAME — ONE PURCHASE Unlock everything once: all 1,250 puzzles in five shapes, the daily puzzle every day plus the whole archive, all eight styles and every shape we add in the future. No subscription, no ads, no tricks — yours for good, and restorable on all your devices. MADE IN PRAGUE BY ONE PERSON Loops is an independent game, designed and built by a single developer in Prague who loves logic puzzles. No team, no ad networks, no tracking — a puzzle game made the way good puzzle games used to be made. If you enjoy sudoku, nonograms, kakuro or a quiet ten minutes with a pencil, you will feel at home.

About

Arrow Connect

Features
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Arrow Connect is a relaxing path puzzle game where every level has one simple goal: connect the arrow to the right route. Rotate tiles, plan your moves, and build a continuous path through clever hand-drawn puzzle grids. The game starts easy, but each new level brings trickier layouts, bigger grids, and smarter solutions to discover. WHY YOU’LL LIKE ARROW CONNECT • Relaxing puzzle gameplay Play calm logic puzzles on a clean hand-drawn paper style. • Easy to learn Tap tiles, rotate paths, and guide the arrow in the right direction. • Challenging to master Plan carefully and solve each puzzle within limited moves. • Bigger grids as you progress Start with simple layouts and take on more complex path puzzles over time. • Helpful power-ups Use hints, undo, and smart assists when you need a little help. • Fog of War mode Reveal hidden routes step by step and solve the puzzle as the path appears. Arrow Connect is made for players who enjoy logic puzzles, path puzzles, tile rotation games, relaxing brain games, and simple puzzle challenges that still make you think. Take your time, find the route, and connect the arrow. Download Arrow Connect and start solving today.

Screenshots

Loops4 screens
Arrow Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Arrow Connect at 15.0 against Loops's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Loops sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Arrow Connect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Loops versus Arrow Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopsArrow Connect
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB128 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDAVID GREBENYieldmonk Technologies LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Loops

One-time2
  • Loops Premium (intro)$5.99
  • Loops Premium$9.99
1 purchases

Arrow Connect

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Loops free?
Loops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arrow Connect free?
Arrow Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Loops or Arrow Connect have ads?
Neither Loops nor Arrow Connect shows ads.

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