Pathzzle vs Kolba
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pathzzle
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Trace the one path that connects Start to Goal. Read the number clues, follow the logic, and unwind one puzzle at a time. Download Pathzzle and solve your first path in seconds. Pathzzle is a relaxing logic puzzle. You get a grid, a set of row and column clues, and one job: trace the single connected path that links Start (S) to Goal (G). The numbers tell you how many cells the path uses in each row and column, so every move is pure logic. Easy to learn, deeply satisfying to master. HOW TO PLAY - The numbers on each row and column tell you how many cells the path uses there. - Tap adjacent cells to extend your path from S to G. - Clues turn green when a line is exactly right, red when it has too many. - Solve every line, connect the path, and win. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - A calm brain workout for your commute, your coffee break, or winding down at night. - No timer, no pressure. Just you and the logic. - Sharpen your focus and train your brain, one path at a time. FEATURES - A fresh take on logic puzzles: number clues meet path finding. - 5 difficulty levels, from Easy to Extreme. - Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles, with new ones added regularly. - Handy tools: hints, reset, freeze a checkpoint, and pencil draft notes. - Auto-cross marks the cells the path cannot use, so you can focus on the logic. - Clean light and dark themes. - Sound effects and haptics you can switch on or off. - Play offline, anywhere, anytime. No internet needed. DAILY CHALLENGE - A brand new path puzzle every single day. - Build your day streak by solving the daily challenge on time. - Complete every day in a month to earn that month's medal. - Collect all 12 monthly medals across the year. Trace your first path today. Free to play, with an optional one-time purchase to remove ads. Questions or ideas? We read every message: dusanter.jerome@gmail.com Privacy policy: https://nonogrampath.jeromedusanter.com/privacy-policy
Kolba
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Kolba is a calm ball sort puzzle. One new puzzle every day, the same one for everyone, plus as many extra boards as you like. Move balls between glass tubes until every colour sits in a tube of its own. A group of the same colour on top moves together. Some puzzles add a jar: it holds one group at a time, locks to the first colour you put in it, and has to be empty when you finish. That one rule changes how you plan. A journey from an atom to the universe: behind your tubes, each run of 20 chapters is one step up in scale. You start inside an atom, pass molecules, cells, a leaf, a meadow and a forest, rise above the clouds, circle the Earth and the Moon, and sort your way out to the stars, a galaxy and the whole universe. Tilt your phone and the world slides gently behind the board. • 300 numbered chapters: finish one and the next is a tap away, from three colours up to eight • Soft music, off in Settings • A new daily puzzle at midnight, the same for everyone, easiest on Monday • Free play at the size you choose: easy, like today, or hard • A short tutorial that teaches by playing, not by reading • Hints that nudge before they tell, and undo as far back as you like • A score from your moves against par, with no timer on the daily • A quiet month view of the days you played, with no streak to lose • Ball palettes and backgrounds to suit your eyes • Colour-assist symbols, high contrast, reduced motion and VoiceOver support • Optional Game Center leaderboards and achievements • Optional iCloud sync of your lessons and finished days • A widget, a Control Center control and a Siri shortcut for today's puzzle • In English, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Russian and Indonesian No ads. No purchases. No account. No tracking. Kolba works fully offline. Nothing goes to us: iCloud sync goes to your own iCloud, Game Center only if you turn it on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kolba at none against Pathzzle's 1. Kolba also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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. Pathzzle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kolba asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pathzzle ships an update every 2 months, Kolba every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pathzzle | Kolba |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jerome Dusanter | Tarkan Cicek |
In-app purchases
Pathzzle
- Remove Ads (One-Time Purchase)$9.99
Kolba
No in-app purchases









