Comparison

Malta Cross vs Lattice Five

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

Head to head
About

Malta Cross

Features
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Solitaire Morpion - The Thinking and Strategy Game! Dive into the smartest iOS challenge! Do you like puzzle games such as Sudoku, Woodoku or the morpion? MaltaCross is THE perfect game for you! Place points, create lines and beat your own record (and those of your friends). It's simple, fun and FUNNY difficult! How to play? - 2 seconds to learn: place a point, make a line of 5 points - hours to control: every shot changes everything! - Objective: place as many points as possible before being blocked - world record: 178 points to beat! Why will you love it? 1) Solitaire mode: Play whenever you want, without waiting 2) Each game is a new challenge 3) Your best score is saved in GameCenter 4) Perfect on iPhone AND iPad 5) Fast, intuitive, addictive Challenge Can you reach 90 points? The best players in the world exceed 100 points! Ideal for... - Lovers of puzzle games (chess, Woodoku, Sudoku) - Train/cruise passengers who want a quick game - Parents looking for an educational game for their children - Beginners in strategy who want to progress Download this FREE game now! Morpion Solitaire - The game that makes you smarter! Official store: Only on iOS Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpion_solitaire

About

Lattice Five

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Lattice Five is Morpion Solitaire — the pen-and-paper puzzle also known as Join Five, played on grid paper since the 1970s. Place one dot, then draw a straight line through five dots in a row. The line has to run through the dot you just placed, and no stretch of the grid may ever be drawn twice. That single constraint is the whole game: every line you draw closes off possibilities, so a good move is one that scores now and still leaves the board alive. Your score is the number of lines you manage to draw. Beginners finish in the forties. The human record, set by hand in 1976, is 170. WHAT'S IN IT • Free play with unlimited undo — explore, back up, try the other line • A daily board everyone plays, with streaks • Five rule sets: 5T, 5D, the solved 4T and 4D, and the looser 5T+ • Random starts with a six-character code you can share as a challenge • Every finished game saved as a replay you can scrub through • An openness curve under each game, charting where the position peaked and died — and your personal best drawn as a ghost to race • Two-player on one device, or a live duel with people in the same room over the local network • Full keyboard control on Mac and iPad, and a board you can read by feel: slide a finger and it buzzes wherever a dot can go NO NONSENSE No ads. No purchases. No account. No server, no leaderboards, nothing collected — your scores are yours, on your devices, synced through your own iCloud if you want them to be. One purchase, all platforms: iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Screenshots

Malta Cross4 screens
Lattice Five4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lattice Five at none against Malta Cross's shown. Lattice Five also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Malta Cross's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Malta Cross ships an update weekly, Lattice Five every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Malta Cross versus Lattice Five: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalta CrossLattice Five
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilGVille Misaki

In-app purchases

None

Malta Cross

No in-app purchases

None

Lattice Five

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Malta Cross free?
Malta Cross is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lattice Five free?
Lattice Five is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Malta Cross or Lattice Five have ads?
Malta Cross shows ads; Lattice Five does not.
Which is updated more often, Malta Cross or Lattice Five?
Malta Cross ships an update weekly, and Lattice Five every 3 weeks. Most recently, Malta Cross was updated on October 7, 2026 and Lattice Five on October 8, 2026.

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