Comparison

Loops vs Simple Memory Games

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

Head to head
About

Loops

Engage in a daily loop logic puzzle game that sharpens your mind. Enjoy a beautifully crafted, ad-free experience with multiple difficulty levels and offline play. Unlock all content with a single purchase.

Highlights
  • Daily new logic puzzles
  • Five difficulty tiers
  • Hints that teach techniques
  • Ad-free and distraction-free
  • Offline play, no account needed
  • One-time purchase for full unlock
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A new logic puzzle every day. Beautifully made. No ads, ever. Loops is a calm, premium puzzle game built around Slitherlink โ€” the loop logic puzzle from Japan, beloved by puzzle fans for over thirty years and now reimagined for iPhone and iPad. The rules are simple. The grid hides one perfect loop. The numbers tell you how many of their four sides belong to it. Connect the dots, follow the clues, and find the only path that works. Every puzzle has exactly one solution. No guessing. No luck. Just clean, satisfying deduction โ€” and that small, perfect "click" when the loop closes. TRAIN YOUR BRAIN, ONE LOOP AT A TIME Loops is a logic workout disguised as a beautiful little app. Solving it trains pattern recognition, working memory, spatial reasoning, and patience โ€” the same mental muscles you flex with sudoku, crosswords, and chess puzzles. Ten quiet minutes a day is enough to feel sharper. WHAT MAKES LOOPS DIFFERENT โ€ข A new puzzle every day, free forever โ€” hand-curated, never random. โ€ข Five difficulty tiers โ€” from gentle five-minute warm-ups to Master puzzles that take a week. โ€ข Hints that teach โ€” instead of revealing the answer, Loops explains the technique you missed. โ€ข Built like a real app โ€” typography, haptics, sound, and motion crafted for focus. โ€ข Zero distractions โ€” no ads, no pop-ups, no notifications begging you to come back. โ€ข Truly offline โ€” play anywhere, no account required, no tracking. PERFECT IF YOU LOVE Sudoku ยท Wordle ยท daily logic puzzles ยท nonograms (Picross) ยท crosswords ยท Knotwords ยท Mahjong ยท Mini Metro ยท Monument Valley ยท or simply ten focused minutes a day. Never tried a loop puzzle before? Loops is built to teach you. The three-minute onboarding has no walls of text and no tutorials to skip โ€” you'll solve your first puzzle by the end of it, and your brain will thank you. FREE FOREVER โ€ข A new daily puzzle every day, with Easy and Medium difficulties fully unlocked. โ€ข Five generated puzzles per day to keep you sharp. โ€ข Pencil marks, unlimited undo, and a mistake checker โ€” always free. โ€ข Streak tracking, full statistics, and iCloud sync across all your devices. โ€ข Beautiful dark mode and accessibility-grade contrast. UNLOCK EVERYTHING โ€” ONCE A single one-time purchase unlocks: โ€ข Every difficulty: Hard, Expert, and Master. โ€ข Unlimited generated puzzles. Never run out. โ€ข The full daily archive โ€” every puzzle since launch. โ€ข All themes, including the hand-drawn Czech Folk theme. โ€ข Unlimited hints and lifetime mastery stats. One payment. Yours forever. No subscriptions, no ads, no dark patterns. FROM THE NIKOLI TRADITION Slitherlink โ€” also called Fences, Takegaki, or Loop the Loop โ€” was created by the legendary Nikoli puzzle house in Japan in 1989. Loops carries that tradition forward with the craft of a modern iOS app. MADE WITH CARE BY ONE INDEPENDENT CZECH DEVELOPER No team. No ad networks. No data harvesting. Just one developer trying to make the puzzle app he always wanted to play. Buy once, own forever, like apps used to be.

About

Simple Memory Games

Features
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Simple Memory Games gives you 12 different brain training games in one app โ€” designed to challenge your memory, focus, reaction time, and cognitive sharpness every single day. A daily session takes just a few minutes and covers a wide range of mental exercises including sequence recall, pattern recognition, object memory, number recall, reaction challenges, and more. GAMES INCLUDED - Sequence Lights โ€” repeat the light pattern from memory - Reaction Time โ€” test your response speed - Object Tray โ€” memorise and recall objects - Puzzle Classic โ€” classic sliding puzzle - Number Recall โ€” remember and repeat number sequences - Shape Grid Memory โ€” recall grid patterns - Match Pairs โ€” classic card matching - Maze Remember โ€” memorise and recreate a maze path - Memory Sudoku Lite โ€” sudoku with a memory twist - Shopping List Memory โ€” remember a growing list - Delayed Recall โ€” recall items after a distraction - Photo Shuffle โ€” memory game using your own photos DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES Simple Memory Games is popular with adults of all ages who want to stay mentally active. Keeping the brain regularly exercised is widely recommended as part of a healthy lifestyle โ€” and these games make it easy and enjoyable to do that every day. DAILY STREAK The app tracks your daily sessions with a streak system so you can build a consistent habit over time. Each day you get one new randomly selected game from the full set, cycling through all 12 before repeating. SIMPLE AND CLEAN No ads. No accounts. No unnecessary permissions. Just games. Simple Memory Games is an entertainment app and is not a medical device or clinical tool.

Screenshots

Loops4 screens
Simple Memory Games3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Memory Games at none against Loops's 2. On price, ads, 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. Loops sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Memory Games asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Loops versus Simple Memory Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopsSimple Memory Games
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyDailyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size38 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAVID GREBENMatthew Moffat

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Loops

One-time2
  • Loops Premium (intro)$5.99
  • Loops Premium$9.99
None

Simple Memory Games

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loops free?
Loops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Memory Games free?
Simple Memory Games is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Loops or Simple Memory Games have ads?
Neither Loops nor Simple Memory Games shows ads.

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