Comparison

Tracewing vs Crowd Drift

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

Head to head
About

Tracewing

Unwind with a calming word puzzle where tracing letters reveals beautiful art. Solve themed words to paint hidden shapes, with no timers or pressure. Enjoy a daily puzzle and a gallery of hand-crafted designs.

Highlights
  • Trace words to paint art
  • No timers or pressure
  • Daily puzzles
  • Gallery of hand-crafted shapes
  • Turn art into wallpapers
  • Calming museum-inspired design
Features
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Tracewing is a word search game where every puzzle is a picture: trace hidden words across hexagon letter tiles, and each word you find paints part of the shape. There is no timer, no lives and no way to fail, so each puzzle is yours to finish at your own pace. • 1,340 free levels across 20 themes, with 100 shapes to reveal • Seasonal events with new pictures to paint: All Hallows' Exhibition in October and The Winter Exhibition in December, 47 shapes in all. Event pictures stay in the game after the season • A new daily picture, with streak gifts and a Gallery that fills with shapes over time • The Private Collection: 4 extra wings with 264 levels and 33 more shapes, as an in-app purchase or earned by finishing the free campaign • Plays offline, no wifi needed • Hints that reveal the next letter • Free to play, with optional in-app purchases and ads. Remove Ads is available. Privacy Policy: https://www.lemonsharkgames.com/privacy

About

Crowd Drift

Features
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Match the right bus to the right crowd in this fun and satisfying color-sorting puzzle game! In Crowd Drift, colorful crowds are waiting to be picked up. Your task is to move and arrange the buses so that each crowd boards the bus of the matching color. Think carefully before every move, as the puzzles become more challenging with additional buses, colors, and obstacles. Fill every bus with its matching crowd to complete the level and unlock new challenges. With simple controls and increasingly clever puzzles, Crowd Drift offers a relaxing yet addictive gameplay experience for players of all ages. Features Move and sort buses to match waiting crowds. Pick up crowds with the correct colored bus. Hundreds of fun and challenging puzzle levels. Easy to play, satisfying to master. Increasing difficulty with new mechanics and layouts. Colorful visuals and smooth animations. Great for quick play sessions or extended puzzle-solving fun. Can you sort every bus, pick up every crowd, and clear every level? Download Crowd Drift today and put your puzzle-solving skills to the test!

Screenshots

Tracewing4 screens
Crowd Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crowd Drift at none against Tracewing's 10. Crowd Drift also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Tracewing sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Crowd Drift asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Tracewing versus Crowd Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTracewingCrowd Drift
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLemonshark Games Inc.M Siddhartha

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tracewing

One-time10
  • The Welcome Basket$2.99
  • Curator's Bundle$5.99
  • The Private Collection$5.99
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  • Remove Ads$6.99
  • Remove Ads + Coin Chest$9.99
  • Gallery Bundle$12.99
  • 5,500 Coins – Chest$19.99
  • Patron's Bundle$24.99
  • 15,000 Coins – Vault$49.99
  • 34,000 Coins – Trove$99.99
None

Crowd Drift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tracewing free?
Tracewing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crowd Drift free?
Crowd Drift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tracewing or Crowd Drift have ads?
Tracewing shows ads; Crowd Drift does not.

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