Comparison

LayerArt vs Chalk

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

Head to head
About

LayerArt

Features
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Place colored squares on a grid to reproduce the target pattern. Squares stack on top of each other the last placed wins. Master the layering to solve each puzzle with a perfect 3-star score. SIMPLE TO LEARN Drag squares from your tray onto the grid. The last square placed covers what's underneath. One rule. Endless combinations. EARN UP TO 3 STARS Every time you move a square already on the grid, you lose points. Place each square right the first time for a perfect score. HUNDREDS OF PUZZLES Animals, fruits, objects, shapes, numbers and more. From quick 6x6 grids to challenging 16x16 masterpieces. New puzzles always available. PLAY ANYWHERE No internet required. No accounts. No timers. Just you and the puzzle.

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Chalk

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Chalk is a small collection of logic puzzles and board games: sudoku, nonograms, slitherlink, shikaku and number paths, with four board games for two. No accounts, no sign up, no timers pushing you along. Open it and play. NINE GAMES, 2643 PUZZLES Sudoku. 412 puzzles across 4x4, 6x6 and the full 9x9, rated easy to expert. Pencil marks are built in, and placing a number tidies it out of every square it rules out. Nonograms, the puzzle also called picross, griddlers or hanjie. 125 picture puzzles, 5x5 up to 15x15. The numbers say how the filled squares are grouped, and a picture comes out of it. Slitherlink, sometimes called loop the loop or fences. 125 loop puzzles, 5x5 up to 10x10. Draw one closed loop so that every number has exactly that many lines around it. Stitch. 515 number path puzzles. Draw one line from 1 to the last number, passing through every square exactly once. Boards run from a gentle 3x3 up to a proper 8x8. Shikaku, the Japanese rectangle puzzle. 1466 puzzles, 4x4 up to 10x10. Cut the grid into rectangles, one number in each, where the number says how many squares that patch covers. Tic Tac Toe (noughts and crosses), Four in a Row (connect four), Dots and Boxes and Hex. Four board games for two people, and you decide who the second seat belongs to. TWO PHONES, NO INTERNET Play someone sitting next to you on their own phone. Chalk finds the other phone over wireless, or sends the moves as a short chirp through the speaker, which works between any two phones with no account, no pairing code and no connection of any kind. Or pass one phone between you. Or play Chalk itself, at Easy, Fair or Ruthless. Who opens is a setting rather than a rule: you, Chalk, or take turns, where the loser of the last round starts the next. EVERY PUZZLE IS CHECKED All 2643 puzzles were generated and then verified by computer to have exactly one solution. No guessing, no dead ends, no puzzle that turns out to be impossible halfway through. BUILT TO BE CALM Two looks: bright marks on a dark board, or cream and sand. Both follow your phone's light and dark setting. Hide the clock if timing feels like pressure. Turn off the buzz if you would rather it stayed quiet. Keep your favourites at the top of the list. Every puzzle remembers your best time and picks up exactly where you left off, down to the clock. Every board game keeps the running score. PLAY ANYWHERE There is no account and nothing to sign up for. Every puzzle is already on your phone, so the games work in a tunnel, on a plane, or with the wifi off. WHAT IT COSTS Chalk is free, and shows advertising. One payment removes the ads for good. It is not a subscription: nothing renews, nothing expires, and there is nothing to cancel. The unlock follows your store account, so Restore purchase brings it back on a new phone. Terms of use: https://chalkpuzzles.app/terms Privacy policy: https://chalkpuzzles.app/privacy Contact: https://chalkpuzzles.app/contact Questions of any kind go to support@chalkpuzzles.app, and a person reads them.

Screenshots

LayerArt4 screens
Chalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

LayerArt and Chalk are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. LayerArt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chalk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
LayerArt versus Chalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLayerArtChalk
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRayan DENDANI-MARTINIANOCatalin Gabriel Miron

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LayerArt

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Chalk

One-time1
  • Ad free Chalk$0.99

Questions

Is LayerArt free?
LayerArt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chalk free?
Chalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LayerArt or Chalk have ads?
Both LayerArt and Chalk show ads.

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