Griddrift vs PLOD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Griddrift
Solve color nonogram puzzles to reveal hidden answers and cryptic clues. Use number hints to fill cells logically, with no guessing required. Enjoy a clean design and regularly added puzzle sets.
- Color nonograms with cryptic clues
- Perfect solve tracking
- Puzzles rated by size and difficulty
- Clean, distraction-free design
- Regularly added puzzle sets
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Griddrift is a colour nonogram puzzle game where every grid hides a secret answer. Solve the puzzle by filling in coloured cells using the number clues along each row and column. When the last cell clicks into place, the cryptic clue reveals itself — and suddenly "Best in Sand" makes perfect sense. Each puzzle has its own personality. The clues are smug. The grid is patient. You might be faster than you think. How to play Tap a cell to fill it. Tap again to mark it empty. The numbers tell you how many consecutive cells are filled in each row and column. Logic does the rest — no guessing required. Features Colour nonograms with cryptic reveal clues Perfect solve tracking — finish without mistakes for a flawless run Puzzles rated by size and difficulty Clean, distraction-free design New puzzle sets regularly added Supporting good things A portion of every purchase is donated to a surf therapy charity supporting children's mental health.
PLOD
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PLOD is a collection of four turn-based puzzle games. Every game is played on a board of nodes and the lines between them, and each one works differently. CLASSIC Move your pieces across the maze onto the nodes the other side started on. Pieces move one step at a time, can't jump, and can't share a node. 500 puzzles. Solve one in par to earn the gold star. FIREWALL A virus spreads across the network one node at a time. You place one firewall each turn to block it. Save as many nodes as you can. 100 levels. SWEEP Visit every node on the board in one unbroken path, without touching a node twice. 100 levels. BLOOM You start on one node. Each turn you tap a neighbouring colour and absorb every connected node of that colour. Cover the board in par taps or fewer. 130 levels. DAILY PUZZLES Each game has a daily puzzle: the same board for every player, replaced at 07:00 GMT. Each one has a leaderboard for the day, a streak, and an archive of past days you can go back and play. Dailies unlock after a few solves in that game. ALSO · 830 puzzles in total · Hints when you get stuck · No timer on the ladder puzzles · Plays offline · Light and dark themes · Free, with no in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PLOD at none against Griddrift's 1. Griddrift's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Griddrift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PLOD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Griddrift ships an update every 3 days, PLOD every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Griddrift | PLOD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAVID STUBBS | Pratik Moona |
In-app purchases
Griddrift
- Griddrift Full Access$2.99
PLOD
No in-app purchases









