Comparison

GlyphDash vs Hoodoku

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

Head to head
About

GlyphDash

Features
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Glyph Dash is a match-3 puzzle with roguelike depth: every stage is a puzzle, and everything you earn makes your next run stronger. MATCH, BLAST, DELIVER • 500+ handcrafted stages across 10 chapters — cargo delivery, shell breaking, jelly clearing, and color collection • Carved boards, tunnels, gates and islands — the map keeps changing shape as you climb • Gravity flips! Some stages fall UP. Plan your matches upside down. FIGHT REAL BOSSES • Boss stages have HP bars and fight back — they shuffle your board, lock your gems in shells, spread corruption, and even heal themselves • Every match deals damage. Big cascades hit harder. BUILD YOUR POWER • 7 elemental skills, each with its own passive and a 3-tier upgrade tree • 27 collectible relics — gold boosters, extra moves, color bias, skill amplifiers, and 4 Legendaries • Duplicate relics LEVEL UP instead of going to waste, with a guaranteed-new pity system • Boosters: hammer, swap, bomb, and color bomb for when a stage just won't crack ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO • Daily challenges with rotating twists — double cargo, tight moves, chaos shuffle, even reversed gravity • Chapter gates, star ratings, and first-clear bonuses reward mastery, not grinding FAIR BY DESIGN • No forced ads — every ad is opt-in and rewarded • No energy paywall pressure — earn gems by playing well • Progress saves on your device; play offline anywhere Easy to learn in stage one. Still surprising you in chapter ten. Download Glyph Dash and start matching!

About

Hoodoku

This logic puzzle game challenges you to place owls on a grid, ensuring no two owls share a row, column, or grove. It offers daily puzzles, weekly competitions with prizes, and a social feature to compete with friends. Customize your owl with various cosmetic items.

Highlights
  • Daily shared puzzles
  • Weekly leaderboard competitions
  • Friend-based challenges
  • Customizable owl cosmetics
  • Offline play support
  • Shape mode for colorblind accessibility
Features
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One owl per row. One owl per column. One owl in every grove — and no two owls touching. Easy to learn, wonderfully stubborn to master. Hoodoku is a cozy logic puzzle. Every board has exactly one solution: swipe X's across the squares that can't work, and when only one perch remains, that's where the owl lives. No timers, no pressure — just you, a quiet grove, and a very patient owl named Otto. EVERY NIGHT, A NEW ROOST One shared puzzle drops each night. One try. Solve it fast and clean, then see where you land on tonight's leaderboard. A WEEKLY RACE WORTH WINNING Every grove you solve adds to your weekly total. When the week closes, the top three owls on the podium take gold, silver, and bronze — and a coin prize to match. Then the board wipes clean, and the race starts fresh. FLY WITH FRIENDS Every owl gets a shareable owl code. Add your friends' codes and your flock gets its own weekly board — see exactly who to beat before the week closes. No accounts, no contact lists, just codes. A GROVE THAT NEVER RUNS OUT Boards grow from 8×8 to 10×10 as you climb, and there's always another level waiting. Level 12 is the same level 12 for everyone — compare fair and square. COLLECT THE AVIARY Earn coins by solving and dress Otto up — snowy owl, barn owl, disco owl, neon owl, and more. Then open the Wardrobe: glasses, hats, outfits and earrings, worn proudly on every leaderboard row. Cosmetics only: in Hoodoku, skill is the only advantage. KEEP THE NIGHT STREAK Play one grove a night to keep your streak alive. Every seventh night, Otto brings a gift — and now you claim it yourself from the home screen. YOURS, QUIETLY • No account, no sign-up, no email address — ever • Play offline or online, anywhere • Shape mode gives every grove its own symbol, so colors are never a barrier • Cozy for a quiet evening, competitive when you want it to be Pull up a branch. The grove is waiting.

Screenshots

GlyphDash4 screens
Hoodoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: GlyphDash at 3 against Hoodoku's 1. GlyphDash also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GlyphDash sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Hoodoku sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GlyphDash versus Hoodoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlyphDashHoodoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB88 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSegeon HwangRobert Deckert

In-app purchases

10 purchases

GlyphDash

One-time10
  • gems_small$0.99
  • starter_pack$0.99
  • boosters_quick$1.99
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  • gems_medium$4.99
  • boosters_value$4.99
  • gems_large$9.99
  • boosters_pro$9.99
  • gems_xlarge$19.99
  • gems_mega$49.99
  • gems_ultra$99.99
10 purchases

Hoodoku

One-time10
  • Hologram$0.99
  • Aurora Veil$0.99
  • Prism Burst$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Magma$0.99
  • Celestial Orbit$0.99
  • Gilded$0.99
  • Nebula$0.99
  • Phantom$0.99
  • Royal Radiance$0.99
  • Crimson Checkers$0.99

Questions

Is GlyphDash free?
GlyphDash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hoodoku free?
Hoodoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GlyphDash or Hoodoku have ads?
Both GlyphDash and Hoodoku show ads.
Which is updated more often, GlyphDash or Hoodoku?
GlyphDash ships an update every 2 days, and Hoodoku every 2 days. Most recently, GlyphDash was updated on October 28, 2026 and Hoodoku on October 25, 2026.

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