Comparison

Loops vs Chainblade

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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Close the loop. Loops is Slitherlink โ€” the classic logic puzzle from Japan โ€” 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. Thatโ€™s the whole rulebook: every puzzle has exactly one solution, and you reach it by logic, not by guessing. NEW IN LOOPS โ€ข Pentagons โ€” a fifth shape: 250 puzzles on the Cairo tiling, an irregular lattice that makes familiar patterns feel new. โ€ข Eight hand-made styles, each a world of its own with its own paper, ink, sounds and music โ€” 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. โ€ข An original soundtrack of 33 calm pieces โ€” 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. โ€ข The Dojo โ€” 14 interactive lessons, from your first zero to master-level reasoning. Watch the rule, then find the move yourself on a real board. โ€ข Ranks โ€” climb from 10 kyu to 7 dan. Harder puzzles, clean solves and new shapes are worth more. โ€ข Hints that catch mistakes โ€” if a line of yours is wrong, the hint shows you where before anything else. โ€ข Widgets for your Home and Lock Screen โ€” todayโ€™s puzzle and your streak at a glance. WHATโ€™S INSIDE โ€ข 1,250 puzzles, each with exactly one solution, in five shapes โ€” squares, hexagons, triangles, diamonds and pentagons โ€” and five difficulties, from a five-minute warm-up to Master. โ€ข A new daily puzzle, with streaks that forgive one missed day, a gentle reminder and a daily leaderboard. โ€ข 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. โ€ข Zen mode hides the clock and every button. Just you and the loop. โ€ข Your collection: every loop you close stays in the gallery, with badges for streaks, clean solves and Master levels. โ€ข Undo and redo, smart crosses, pen colors, sound and haptics, detailed statistics โ€” and iCloud sync between your iPhone and iPad. FREE TO START Download Loops and play 29 career puzzles โ€” squares, hexagons and a first taste of pentagons โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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

Chainblade

Features
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Trace. Slash. Stay alive. Chainblade is a line-drawing puzzle crossed with a roguelite, inspired by Dungeon Raid. Link three or more matching tiles on a six by six board, cut enemies down with the sword, hold the line with shields and potions, and try to reach turn fifty alive. SIMPLE, THEN DEEP - Sword chains cut straight through enemies. A red cross marks anything you can kill this turn - Shields give armour, potions restore health, coins give score and gold - Clear ten coins at once for a coin pouch bonus BUILD YOUR OWN RUN - Level up to earn spells on cooldown: judgement lightning, barrier, freeze, gold rush and more - Collect relics from chests and shops and stack the effects - Fill the shield gauge to pick a permanent stat boost BOSSES IN THE WAY - A boss appears every ten turns. Four types stand between you and the end: normal, thorned (reflects), poison and life-draining GAME CENTER - Take your high score to the worldwide leaderboard Short enough for a gap in the day, deep enough to chew on. One decision changes the whole run.

Screenshots

Loops4 screens
Chainblade3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chainblade at none against Loops's 2. Chainblade also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Loops's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Loops sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Chainblade asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loops ships an update every 2 days, Chainblade every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Loops versus Chainblade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopsChainblade
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size101 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAVID GREBENSeiya.k

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Loops

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

Chainblade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loops free?
Loops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chainblade free?
Chainblade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Loops or Chainblade have ads?
Neither Loops nor Chainblade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loops or Chainblade?
Loops ships an update every 2 days, and Chainblade every 3 weeks. Most recently, Loops was updated on October 23, 2026 and Chainblade on October 12, 2026.

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