Comparison

Tideforge Duel vs Loopstone

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

Head to head
About

Tideforge Duel

Features
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Two masters face off across a five-by-five sanctum. Each turn you play a form card, slide one of your pieces, and pass that card to your rival. Capture the enemy Warden, or march your own Warden onto their sanctum to win. Simple to learn, deep to master. Tideforge Duel is a calm, original strategy board game for one or two players. No clutter, no timers, no luck once the cards are dealt. Just you, the board, and the next clever move. TWO WAYS TO WIN Capture the enemy Warden, or walk your Warden onto their glowing sanctum. Every move opens one door and closes another. PLAY YOUR WAY - Solo against an AI with multiple difficulty levels - Online with a friend using a simple six-character room code - Hand an empty seat to the AI any time SHIFTING FORMS The card you play becomes the card your opponent can take next. Reading that exchange is the heart of the duel. SURGE (OPTIONAL) Turn on Surge for one extra twist per duel: a single move using the shared neutral form. Leave it off for the pure classic game. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Wins, losses, win streaks, your fastest victory, and a history of recent duels, all kept privately on your iPhone. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU - No ads - No in-app purchases - No subscriptions - No account required to play solo - Full Dynamic Type, sound, and haptic support Pick up a duel in a minute. Resume an unfinished one any time. Tideforge Duel is the quiet, original two-player strategy game you keep coming back to.

About

Loopstone

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Loopstone brings the classic strategy game Surakarta to iPhone and iPad with a clean tactile board, expressive loop-capture animations, and thoughtful offline play. Play Solo against four AI levels, share one device in Pass & Play, practise with undo, or solve a fresh Daily Position. Every legal capture follows the board's signature corner loops exactly. Features: • Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert opponents • Pass & Play for two people on one device • Practice mode with undo • A new Daily Position each day • Obsidian, Walnut, and Porcelain board themes • Automatic save and resume • Local statistics: wins, win rate, streaks, captures, and draws • Sound and haptic feedback • VoiceOver board controls and reduced visual effects • Available in 11 languages • Fully offline, with no tracking or in-app purchases Loopstone uses the competitive digital Surakarta ruleset, including threefold repetition, a 50-move captureless draw, and stalemate handling.

Screenshots

Tideforge Duel4 screens
Loopstone4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tideforge Duel and Loopstone are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tideforge Duel versus Loopstone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTideforge DuelLoopstone
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperButtons Technology, LLCSTEFAN BODRUG

In-app purchases

None

Tideforge Duel

No in-app purchases

None

Loopstone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tideforge Duel free?
Tideforge Duel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loopstone free?
Loopstone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tideforge Duel or Loopstone have ads?
Neither Tideforge Duel nor Loopstone shows ads.

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