Tidal Quill Cipher vs Path Weaver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tidal Quill Cipher
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Step into a warm watercolor kitchen and decode cosy cooking quotes hidden on aged recipe cards. Tidal Quill Cipher is a calm letter-substitution puzzle game with hundreds of kitchen wisdoms, garden aphorisms, tea-time sayings, and seaside notes. Tap a cipher letter, commit your guess, watch the quote slowly unfold. No timer, no fail screen, just you and a quiet quote to unwrap. Every solved card is bound into a growing family cookbook. Finish a chapter and unlock a hand-illustrated tab divider. Six theme packs, each with its own colour palette and watercolor art, take you from the kitchen counter to the seaside, the candlelit evening, and a table of friends. FEATURES - Letter-substitution cryptogram puzzles in plain English, no jargon - Six theme packs: Kitchen Wisdom, Garden Aphorisms, Tea Time Sayings, Seaside Notes, Cosy Evening, Friendship Toasts - Hundreds of hand-curated quotes and grandmother's tips - Soft watercolor recipe-card art, gentle audio, large hit targets - "Try a letter" hint reveals the most frequent cipher symbol when you ask - Family Cookbook progression: every solved quote earns a recipe page - No timer, no fail screen, no in-app purchases - No account required to play A cosy, family-friendly puzzle for anyone who enjoys a quiet quote and a warm kitchen.
Path Weaver
Guide a moving arrow through a dynamic network of interconnected rings by adjusting their sizes. Create the perfect route to lead the arrow from start to finish in this unique puzzle adventure. Experiment with creative problem-solving on increasingly intricate layouts.
- Dynamic ring resizing
- Arrow path creation
- Interconnected ring network
- Creative problem-solving
- Smooth real-time visuals
- Multiple color themes
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Description Welcome to Path Weaver, a unique puzzle adventure where every circle becomes part of a living path. Guide a moving arrow through a network of interconnected rings by changing the size of the circle it travels on. As rings expand and shrink, new intersections appear, allowing the arrow to jump seamlessly from one orbit to the next. Your goal is to create the perfect route and lead the arrow from the starting ring to the final destination. As you progress, you'll encounter larger maps, more interconnected rings, and increasingly intricate layouts that encourage experimentation and creative problem-solving. How to Play The arrow continuously moves around the edge of its current ring. Drag up or down to increase or decrease the size of the active ring. Expand or shrink rings until they intersect with neighboring circles. When the moving arrow reaches an intersection, it automatically transfers onto the connected ring. Continue adjusting ring sizes and guiding the arrow until it reaches the goal. Helpful Visual Experience Every movement happens smoothly in real time, allowing you to clearly observe how circles connect and separate. Watch the arrow orbit naturally as new paths appear through changing ring sizes. The clean visual design makes every intersection easy to understand while helping you focus entirely on solving the puzzle. Multiple color themes let you enjoy the game in the style you like best. Why You'll Love It Path Weaver offers a completely fresh take on puzzle games by combining moving arrows, dynamic circles, and elegant geometry into one relaxing experience. Instead of simply finding a path, you create the path yourself. Every adjustment changes the puzzle, every connection opens a new possibility, and every successful transfer feels rewarding. Whether you're looking for a peaceful brain teaser or a unique logic challenge, Path Weaver delivers satisfying puzzles that are easy to learn and endlessly enjoyable to master.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Path Weaver at 15.6 against Tidal Quill Cipher's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tidal Quill Cipher ships an update fortnightly, Path Weaver every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tidal Quill Cipher | Path Weaver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 302 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Suzan Tavus | EMIRI OKAMOTO |
In-app purchases
Tidal Quill Cipher
No in-app purchases
Path Weaver
No in-app purchases
Questions
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