Comparison

Untangle vs Untangle

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

Head to head
About

Untangle

A minimalist puzzle game where you untangle complex knots by moving nodes. Progress through increasingly difficult levels and enjoy a calming, zen-like experience. Track your progress and share achievements with friends.

Highlights
  • Untangle knots by moving nodes
  • Endless, gradually harder levels
  • Locked nodes for added challenge
  • Live timer and personal history
  • Multi-language support
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A calm, minimal puzzle about untangling chaos into order. Drag the dots, uncross the lines, and free the knot. Each level gives you a tangled knot — a set of nodes connected by threads. Your goal is simple: move the nodes until no threads cross. When the last crossing disappears, the knot is free. - Endless levels that grow gradually harder - Locked nodes that challenge you to work around them - A live timer and personal history to track your runs - Share your results with friends - Now available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French, and Italian Just you, the knot, and a quiet moment to think.

About

Untangle

Features
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Every other untangle game lets the lines slide through each other. This one doesn't. In Untangle: Night Sky the ropes are physical. They are solid to the touch, they have real slack, and pulling one star drags its neighbours along like a knotted necklace. You cannot shove a star through a rope — you have to work the knot loose the way you would in your hands: find the gap, go around it, or slip underneath. Drag the stars until no two ropes cross. The constellation lights up. DEPTH IS REAL A rope lying over all of your star's ropes lets the star dive under it. A rope lying under them lets it slide over. A rope sandwiched between them is a wall. Reading that depth is how you find the way through. TWENTY SKIES, THEN NO END Twenty hand-paced levels teach the rope, then Polaris — a star pinned to the sky that never moves — and then the Iron Chain, a rope that nothing can pass. Clear all twenty and the Star Field opens: endless, procedurally generated constellations that keep on growing. ALWAYS SOLVABLE Every board is made by tangling a solved constellation with legal moves, and no level ships until the game's own solver can finish it. When you are stuck, a hint shows the star to move, the route to take, and where it lands — and it only ever suggests a move that genuinely works. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No purchases. No account. No timers, no lives, no energy meter. It plays entirely offline. Just you, a tangle of rope, and a sky waiting to light up.

Screenshots

Untangle3 screens
Untangle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Untangle at every 4 days against Untangle's every 2 weeks. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Untangle ships an update every 2 weeks, Untangle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Untangle versus Untangle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUntangleUntangle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAliaksei KostsinMSP AI, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Untangle

No in-app purchases

None

Untangle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Untangle free?
Untangle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Untangle free?
Untangle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Untangle or Untangle have ads?
Neither Untangle nor Untangle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Untangle or Untangle?
Untangle ships an update every 2 weeks, and Untangle every 4 days. Most recently, Untangle was updated on October 31, 2026 and Untangle on November 5, 2026.

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