Comparison

Yarnboy vs Nutwist

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

Head to head
About

Yarnboy

Control a runaway ball of yarn, leaving a trail to navigate increasingly complex tangles. Master one-thumb controls for arcade-style gameplay focused on nerve and timing. Collect in-game currency to unlock shop items and compete on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • One-thumb controls
  • Arcade gameplay
  • Collect yarn balls
  • Global leaderboard
  • Daily challenges
  • Offline play
Features
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You're a runaway ball of yarn, and the thread you leave behind is the one thing that can end your run. Hold to curl, release to roll straight, and thread your way through tighter and tighter tangles. Yarnboy is a one-thumb arcade game about nerve and timing. The longer you last, the more thread you lay down — and the less room you have to move. One clip of your own tail and it's over. How long can you keep the yarn rolling? FEATURES • One-thumb controls — hold to curl, release to roll straight, double-tap to pounce • Easy to learn, genuinely hard to master • Collect yarn balls and spend them in the shop • Optional rewarded videos for a second chance or bonus yarn — never forced • Global leaderboard — sign in with Apple or Google to compete • Daily Tangle: a fresh challenge every day • Play fully offline as a guest — no account required No pop-up ads. No paywalls. Just you, one thumb, and a very long thread.

About

Nutwist

Features
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Unscrew, stack, sort — one nut at a time. Nutwist is a calm sorting puzzle: tap a rod to lift the nuts on top, tap another to drop them. Matching colours travel together. Clear a rod by gathering one colour on it, and the level is done. 110 handcrafted levels, every single one verified solvable by a solver before it ships. No dead ends, ever. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Your progress is saved the moment you solve a level — before any ad. If an ad fails to load, you still move on • Undo and restart are free and unlimited. Think as long as you like • An extra rod is the only ad-backed help, and it is always your choice. If the ad will not load, you get the help anyway • Colour-blind mode: every colour also carries its own engraved shape • Plays completely offline — no account, no sign-up • 12 languages Free, supported by ads — never at the cost of your progress.

Screenshots

Yarnboy4 screens
Nutwist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nutwist at 13.0 against Yarnboy's 15.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Yarnboy versus Nutwist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYarnboyNutwist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrowning PC, LLCHAYAT QADECH

In-app purchases

None

Yarnboy

No in-app purchases

None

Nutwist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yarnboy free?
Yarnboy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nutwist free?
Nutwist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Yarnboy or Nutwist have ads?
Both Yarnboy and Nutwist show ads.

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