Comparison

Tendril Puzzles vs Arrow Loop

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

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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 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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Arrow Loop

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Sharpen your logic in quiet focus. One loop. A few shaded cells. That's the whole rule โ€” and the longer you look at the board, the clearer your mind becomes. Use the arrow-and-number clues to shade exactly as many cells as each arrow points to, then draw a single closed loop through every remaining cell. Shaded cells never touch side by side, and clue cells are never shaded or crossed by the loop. WHAT YOU GET - A pencil logic puzzle in the Yajilin style: draw the loop, shade the cells - Every board has exactly one answer - Hand-picked boards you can solve by reasoning alone. No guessing required - Four levels from Easy (6x6) to Expert (12x12), graded by the depth of reasoning - Today's puzzle: one board for everyone, set by the date - Drag to draw the loop, tap to shade a cell - Leave a puzzle and continue right where you stopped - Ranks and titles that grow as you solve - Gentle help when you're stuck: mistake highlighting and hints - Six board themes: Indigo, Ink, Vermilion, Pine, Sakura and Night - Fully offline. No sign-up - English and Japanese, in a calm paper-and-ink style MADE FOR YOU IF - You want to turn a few spare minutes into quiet, focused thinking - You enjoy Slitherlink, Nurikabe, Sudoku or nonograms - You're tired of ambiguous puzzles and ad-heavy apps - You love the satisfying click of a single, certain answer - You'd like a small bedtime ritual with nothing chasing you PEACE OF MIND - Free to start. No subscriptions - No third-party ads - Your records stay on your device (no account needed) - The app shows small cards introducing other apps by the developer (TORANKIRITE). To build them, the app reads public App Store information; nothing about you is sent

Screenshots

Tendril Puzzles4 screens
Arrow Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tendril Puzzles at none against Arrow Loop's 1. Tendril Puzzles also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Arrow Loop's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Arrow Loop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tendril Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tendril Puzzles ships an update every 10 days, Arrow Loop monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Tendril Puzzles versus Arrow Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTendril PuzzlesArrow Loop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days โ€” betterMonthly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size50 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMJK APPS SRLtorankirite

In-app purchases

None

Tendril Puzzles

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Arrow Loop

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Tendril Puzzles free?
Tendril Puzzles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrow Loop free?
Arrow Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tendril Puzzles or Arrow Loop have ads?
Tendril Puzzles shows ads; Arrow Loop does not.
Which is updated more often, Tendril Puzzles or Arrow Loop?
Tendril Puzzles ships an update every 10 days, and Arrow Loop monthly. Most recently, Tendril Puzzles was updated on October 31, 2026 and Arrow Loop on October 31, 2026.

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