Comparison

Wickgrid vs Goofer Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

Wickgrid

Engage your mind with daily logic puzzles that require you to light up cells on a grid based on numeric clues. Form a single connected chain while avoiding any 2x2 blocks of lit cells. Offers a free tier with recent puzzles and an optional one-time purchase for full archive access and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Daily hand-verified puzzles
  • Four difficulty tiers plus Extreme
  • Blackout Mode for pure deduction
  • Streak tracking with heatmap
  • Fully offline gameplay
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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One new logic puzzle every day. Five minutes of pure deduction — no guessing, no ads, no account, works fully offline. Light the correct cells using the numeric clues. Keep every lantern connected in a single chain. Never let four lit cells form a square. Three rules you'll learn in a minute — puzzles that will still be testing you months from now. A DAILY RITUAL Every day brings one hand-verified puzzle, and everyone in the world gets the same one. Difficulty climbs through the week — gentle Monday, brutal Sunday "Extreme." Build a streak, protect it, and watch your month fill in on the heatmap. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Send any puzzle you've solved as a link. Your friend plays the exact same board and sees your time to beat. Same puzzle, head to head, bragging rights included. WHEN YOU WANT MORE Practice mode serves unlimited puzzles at any difficulty, whenever you want. Made a mess of the board? Undo one move at a time or clear it and start fresh. Stuck? Three free hints on every puzzle. Truly stuck? Reveal the solution and see how it comes together. MADE FOR PUZZLE PEOPLE - New to grid deduction? A guided tutorial teaches you the solving method one rule at a time, not just the rules - Veteran? Try Blackout Mode — zero feedback while you solve, pure deduction, verdict at the end - Spoiler-free result cards you can share without ruining the puzzle for anyone - Signed in to iCloud? Your streaks and history follow you across your devices WICKGRID PLUS — $4.99, once, forever - The complete archive: play every past daily, all the way back - Practice History: every practice solve saved — revisit any board, anytime - Unlimited hints - Streak Freeze: never lose a streak to one missed day - Advanced Stats: perfect-solve tracking, per-tier bests, long-term trends No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. Your progress syncs privately through your own iCloud — no account, no servers, nothing that reaches us. Just a good puzzle, every day.

About

Goofer Puzzles

Features
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Make a little space to think. Goofer Puzzles brings 15 number, word and logic puzzle styles together in one elegant collection. Play Sudoku and Killer Sudoku, uncover pictures with Nonogram, find hidden words, or explore Kakuro, Calcudoku, Nurikabe, Slitherlink, Hashi, Binary, Futoshiki, Hitori, Masyu, Star Battle and Suguru. Each game has its own rules and a different way to put your reasoning to work. Choose Easy, Medium or Hard. Discover the daily challenge trio, return to saved boards and follow your progress through streaks, experience points, mastery levels and local achievement badges. In-game rules help you try unfamiliar puzzle families. Deep emerald backgrounds, warm ivory boards and restrained gold details keep the focus on readable puzzles. Adjust language, contrast, motion and haptics in Settings. Your puzzle progress is saved on your device. Free to download. The app is free and shows ads. An optional one-time Remove Ads purchase removes advertising, with Restore Purchases in Settings. No subscription is required. Under-18 users and users who leave their age unspecified see only child-safe ads: no personalized ads and no tracking. Advertising, purchases and restoration require an internet connection. Connect to Game Center from Settings to earn seven achievements as you solve puzzles and explore different puzzle families. Game Center is optional; you can keep playing without signing in.

Screenshots

Wickgrid4 screens
Goofer Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wickgrid at none against Goofer Puzzles's shown. Wickgrid also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Wickgrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Goofer Puzzles sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wickgrid ships an update every 4 days, Goofer Puzzles every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wickgrid versus Goofer Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWickgridGoofer Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel GrabowskiAlexis Glorieux

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wickgrid

One-time1
  • Wickgrid Plus$4.99
2 purchases

Goofer Puzzles

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Goofer Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Wickgrid free?
Wickgrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goofer Puzzles free?
Goofer Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wickgrid or Goofer Puzzles have ads?
Goofer Puzzles shows ads; Wickgrid does not.
Which is updated more often, Wickgrid or Goofer Puzzles?
Wickgrid ships an update every 4 days, and Goofer Puzzles every 9 days. Most recently, Wickgrid was updated on October 31, 2026 and Goofer Puzzles on November 10, 2026.

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