Comparison

Span vs Mind the Signal

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

Head to head
About

Span

Features
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Span is a calm, physics-driven bridge builder. Draw a bridge across the gap, choose your materials, then press Test and watch it carry the load — or buckle in glorious slow motion. Every beam glows with the forces running through it: a live X-ray of tension and compression, so you can see exactly why it held, or why it snapped. Rewind, move one strut, try again. • 57 hand-built levels across eight worlds — timber valleys to ocean straits • Timber, steel, stone, cables and road & rail decks • Real hazards: wind, earthquakes, thermal stress and floods • Drawbridges, canal locks, trains and passing ships • God-mode Sandbox: unlimited budget, every material, every disaster • Level editor: sculpt terrain, place anchors, schedule the traffic • One-tap replay export — share your best holds and worst fails No ads. No timers. No subscription. Buy once, build forever. Free through Chapter 1 — unlock the full game (all worlds, the sandbox and the editor) with a single purchase. Road vehicle models by Daniel Zhabotinsky (CC BY 4.0). Full credits in-app.

About

Mind the Signal

A word puzzle game where you repair damaged words by selecting glyphs before a signal fades. Offers timed challenges, untimed practice, and daily puzzles with leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Repair damaged words with glyphs
  • Timed signal loss challenges
  • Untimed practice mode
  • Daily shared puzzles
  • Ranked leaderboards
  • Visual customization options
Features
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Four damaged words. Seven glyphs. One signal rapidly disappearing into static. Mind the Signal is a tactile word puzzle built into a pocket-sized communications receiver inspired by the wonderfully overcomplicated technology of the 1980s. Select a glyph. Patch a missing letter. Lock the word. Complete three five-lock segments before the transmission is lost. Simple in theory. So was setting the clock on a VCR. INTERCEPT The carrier is fading and signal strength is always falling. Correctly completed words recover it. Wrong placements add interference. Let the signal reach 0% and the transmission is lost! OPEN CHANNEL The same word-repair system without signal loss. Work at your own pace, recover themed transmissions, and operate an unreasonable number of illuminated controls without an immediate communications emergency. DAILY One shared 15-lock transmission every day. One ranked attempt. No hints. No signal restores. Completion time posts to Game Center, where the permanent record of your radio-operating competence is available for public inspection. RECEIVER SPECIFICATIONS - Four damaged words displayed simultaneously - A seven-glyph repair tray containing answers and decoys - Themed transmissions to recover - Three archive fidelity levels: Recovered, Verified, and Mastered - Ranked Daily play, followed by unranked practice - A persistent archive tracking every recovered signal - Tons of visual customization to fine-tune the receiver to your specifications Mind the Signal is free to play. Optional rewarded ads can bank hints or restore a failed signal. Occasional interstitials appear between rounds. Turns out that communications infrastructure is not free. The one-time Operator Upgrade removes every ad, starts each new Intercept or Open Channel with up to four hints, makes the once-per-run Intercept restore immediate, and expands receiver customization to 100 style combinations The words are incomplete. The carrier is fading. You are now on shift.

Screenshots

Span4 screens
Mind the Signal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Span at none against Mind the Signal's shown. Mind the Signal's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Span sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mind the Signal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Span versus Mind the Signal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpanMind the Signal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDodecki LabsMind Wasted

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Span

One-time1
  • Span Complete$7.99
1 purchases

Mind the Signal

One-time1
  • Operator Upgrade$2.99

Questions

Is Span free?
Span is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mind the Signal free?
Mind the Signal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Span or Mind the Signal have ads?
Mind the Signal shows ads; Span does not.

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