Comparison

Foldku vs Arrow Loop

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

Head to head
About

Foldku

Features
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Foldku is a quiet folding puzzle. Every card has two colored faces. Fold a card onto its neighbor when their top colors match. The card flips and stacks. Keep folding until a single card remains. Simple to learn, deep enough to sit with. ALL 300 LEVELS, FREE Nothing is locked behind a paywall. The first 40 levels are completely ad-free; after that a short ad appears every few puzzles. One tap in Settings removes them forever if you'd rather play uninterrupted. NO TIMERS, NO LIVES Nothing hurries you and nothing runs out. Your progress stays on your device (and in your own iCloud, if you want it on every device). 300 HANDCRAFTED LEVELS Twenty chapters, each with its own quiet mood. Every level is generated and then verified by a solver, so a solution always exists. Difficulty is measured by how easy it is to go wrong, not by how many tiles are on screen. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY Everyone gets the same daily board. Solve it, keep your streak, and come back tomorrow. Miss a day? A weekly streak freeze has your back. ENDLESS ZEN MODE No stars, no timer, no pressure. The difficulty quietly adapts to how you're playing. Fold for one minute or twenty. MADE TO FEEL GOOD Paper-soft sounds, gentle haptics, a fold that curls from the corner you touch. A dark theme for late nights. Everything can be turned off if you'd rather play in silence. SEVEN LANGUAGES English, Español, 中文, 한국어, 日本語, Français, Türkçe. Switch any time inside the app. Foldku is for the ten minutes when you want your brain busy and your shoulders down.

About

Arrow Loop

Features
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Sharpen your logic in quiet focus. One loop. A few shaded cells. That's the whole rule — 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

Foldku4 screens
Arrow Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Arrow Loop at none against Foldku's shown. Foldku's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). 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. Foldku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Arrow Loop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Foldku ships an update fortnightly, Arrow Loop monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Foldku versus Arrow Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoldkuArrow Loop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaf Games Co.torankirite

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Foldku

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Arrow Loop

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Foldku free?
Foldku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arrow Loop free?
Arrow Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Foldku or Arrow Loop have ads?
Foldku shows ads; Arrow Loop does not.
Which is updated more often, Foldku or Arrow Loop?
Foldku ships an update fortnightly, and Arrow Loop monthly. Most recently, Foldku was updated on October 24, 2026 and Arrow Loop on October 29, 2026.

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