Tendril Puzzles vs Cubeway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Tendril Puzzles
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Tendril is a calm logic-puzzle game about drawing lines. Every number tells you how many cells its line covers. Drag out from a number โ or from any empty cell โ and watch the board fill. When every clue is satisfied and every cell is covered, the board blooms. TWO GAMES IN ONE โข Lines โ each number grows one straight line. Easy to learn, deep to master. โข Branches โ numbers grow arms in several directions at once. The same counting, a whole different puzzle. From a gentle first board to Extreme packs on boards up to 17ร17, there is always a next step. A DAILY RITUAL Two fresh puzzles every day, one of each kind. Keep a streak, compare times on the daily board, and come back tomorrow. Play a week in a row and you earn a rest day, so a missed day does not undo the month behind it โ and every seventh day in a row pays a little extra for the garden. A GARDEN THAT COMES ALIVE Solving earns Water and Seeds. Spend them in your own small meadow: plant flowers, bushes and trees, grow them stage by stage, and arrange everything the way you like. Grow the right things and animals move in โ twelve of them, from a butterfly and a frog to a fox, an owl and a bear. Tap one and it hides. The meadow follows the seasons, visitors pass through, and a journal tells you who lives here and who might come next. FRIENDS AND LEADERBOARDS Daily, weekly and all-time boards, with your own neighbourhood always in view. Follow friends with a link, challenge them to beat your time on a board you just solved, leave a reaction on a good solve, and visit their gardens. SOMETHING TO AIM FOR Awards for streaks, for perfect days and flawless runs, for whole packs finished without a reveal, for Extreme boards and for a garden full of life โ each one showing how close you are, and remembering the day you earned it. HELP THAT WAITS TO BE ASKED A hint asks what you need: check the board for mistakes and erase them in one step, or be shown the next move the board proves. Zoom in on any board, and every line shows which number it belongs to. MADE TO BE KIND โข More than 2,100 puzzles, and every one has exactly one solution โ you never have to guess. โข Packs and stats work offline. โข 14 languages, light and dark themes, colour-blind friendly palettes, and reduce-motion support. โข Notifications are optional and asked for in context, never at startup. โข Free to play, with three free hints every day. Tendril Complete, one optional purchase, removes ads and gives you unlimited hints. Water and Seeds are on sale too, for a garden that grows faster. No subscriptions, ever. Five quiet minutes a day, or a whole evening โ the garden will be there either way.
Cubeway
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Tired of puzzle games buried in timers, lives and pop-ups? Cubeway is a calm, beautiful isometric block puzzle you clear one satisfying tap at a time. Every cube points somewhere - tap it and it slides away, as long as its path is clear. Take a 3D tower apart, fully offline. Most free puzzle games interrupt you every minute with a countdown, a life meter or another ad wall. You just want to relax, look at something lovely and let your brain click into place. Cubeway is built for exactly that: a floating stack of colorful cubes, each with an arrow, that you take apart from the outside in. Read the arrows, find the block that can escape, tap it and watch it glide out. It is instantly readable, deeply satisfying and never rushes you - just you, a tower of cubes and the quiet click of another block sliding free. HOW IT WORKS - Tap a cube and it slides in the direction of its arrow, out of the tower. - A cube only moves if every space along its arrow is empty, so pick the block that frees the next. - Blocked cubes gently wobble, nudging you toward the ones that can leave. - You can never get stuck: any clear cube is always safe to remove, so there are no dead ends. 100 HANDCRAFTED LEVELS - Start with a tiny cube and grow into big, layered isometric towers. - Earn up to three stars by clearing a level without a single wrong tap. - The difficulty ramps gently, so beginners and puzzle veterans both stay in flow. A NEW DAILY TOWER - Everyone in the world gets the exact same tower each day, so you can compare and compete. - Build a daily streak and keep your run alive on a clean consistency calendar. - Share a result card of your time and streak with friends in one tap. ENDLESS ZEN MODE - Unwind with infinite, gently growing towers - no stars, no timer, no pressure. - Perfect for winding down before bed or on a quiet coffee break. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Watch blocks cleared, stars, best times and accuracy climb across real stats. - Spot your habits on a GitHub-style consistency heatmap. - Unlock around 40 tiered achievements as you master the stack. MADE TO FEEL GREAT - Crisp light and dark themes to match your mood or the room. - Satisfying haptics on every slide and clear. - A clean, distraction-free interface in six languages. - Colorful, friendly cubes that stay easy to read on any screen size. STUCK? TAP FOR HELP - Use a hint to highlight a cube that can move right now. - Undo a tap if you slide the wrong block - no run is ever ruined. PERFECT FOR - Fans of block, unblock and tap-away puzzles, relaxing brain-training players, and anyone who wants a calm offline 3D puzzle to dip into for two minutes or twenty - on the commute, on the sofa or before sleep. PRIVATE AND FULLY OFFLINE - No account, no sign-up and no coins, ever. - Play with no internet connection, anywhere you go. - Your levels, streak and stats stay on your device. Download Cubeway and take the tower apart, one satisfying tap at a time. Read the arrows, free the next block and clear the stack at your own pace, no internet required. Your move.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cubeway at 13.0 against Tendril Puzzles's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tendril Puzzles | Cubeway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | โ |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MJK APPS SRL | Ferran Espuna |
In-app purchases
Tendril Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Cubeway
No in-app purchases









