Comparison

Tendril Puzzles vs ZeroRoad

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

Head to head
About

Tendril Puzzles

Features
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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 โ€ข Lines โ€” each number grows one straight line. Easy to learn, deep to master. โ€ข 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 17ร—17, 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 โ€ข More than 2,100 puzzles, and every one has exactly one solution โ€” you never have to guess. โ€ข Packs and stats work offline. โ€ข 14 languages, light and dark themes, colour-blind friendly palettes, and reduce-motion support. โ€ข Notifications are optional and asked for in context, never at startup. โ€ข 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.

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ZeroRoad

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A puzzle where numbered blocks become roads. Drag a block and its number drops by 1 for every square it moves. When it hits exactly 0, the block locks in place and turns into a road. Turn every block into road and connect the two dots to clear the stage. That's the whole rule. But the lower a number gets, the less room you have to move โ€” slide carelessly and the last road won't reach. Which block, in which order, to where: a classic logic puzzle about thinking ahead. HOW TO PLAY 1. Drag a numbered block โ€” each square it moves costs 1 2. At exactly 0, it locks in place and becomes road 3. Turn every block into road and connect the two dots 4. Walls and finished roads block the way โ€” order matters 5. Made a mistake? Tap a road to pick the block back up WHAT KIND OF PUZZLE IS IT? It combines the deduction of Sudoku with the move-order planning of Sokoban in one game. Every stage can be solved by logic alone โ€” no luck, no guessing. Works nicely as a daily brain workout, too. 1,000 STAGES The first boards take ten seconds; later ones will keep you thinking for minutes. Difficulty rises step by step, and new mechanics are learned by playing โ€” no long tutorials to read. PLAY ANYTIME โ€ข Works offline โ€” on the train, on a plane โ€ข No timers, no lives, no stamina โ€ข Quit mid-puzzle and pick up right where you left off โ€ข Hints are there when you're stuck โ€ข Free to play That moment when the last block lands on exactly 0 and the road connects โ€” deeply satisfying. Start with the first ten stages and see.

Screenshots

Tendril Puzzles4 screens
ZeroRoad4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tendril Puzzles and ZeroRoad are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tendril Puzzles ships an update every 10 days, ZeroRoad fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tendril Puzzles versus ZeroRoad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTendril PuzzlesZeroRoad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size50 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMJK APPS SRLGentak Works

In-app purchases

None

Tendril Puzzles

No in-app purchases

None

ZeroRoad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tendril Puzzles free?
Tendril Puzzles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ZeroRoad free?
ZeroRoad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tendril Puzzles or ZeroRoad have ads?
Both Tendril Puzzles and ZeroRoad show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tendril Puzzles or ZeroRoad?
Tendril Puzzles ships an update every 10 days, and ZeroRoad fortnightly. Most recently, Tendril Puzzles was updated on October 25, 2026 and ZeroRoad on October 24, 2026.

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