ChronoGrid vs Compass Post
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChronoGrid
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ONE TIMELINE. NINE WORD WORLDS. ChronoGrid is an original tactical crossword journey that combines English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, and Simplified Chinese play in one game. Choose a language when you begin; ChronoGrid remembers it, and you can change it later from the language menu. Each language has its own offline answers, clues, letter rules, historical eras, and interludes—not a machine-translated board. You and your rival share one crossword. Choose from six letter tiles, place the right letter, and turn difficult letters, crossings, time marks, completed words, and six-letter streaks into a winning score. FORGE A DIFFERENT TIMELINE Before every journey board, choose one of three rules that changes how the duel scores for both rivals. Convergence rewards intersections, Lexicon Echo amplifies completed words, and Momentum Loop rewards every third correct move. Your choice stays visible during play, and the result shows exactly how many timeline points it created. Every move places one exact tile into one chosen cell from a finite shared letter supply. Letters are not revealed across the whole board, and gameplay does not rely on entering whole-word guesses. JOURNEY THROUGH 100,000 BOARDS Progress through eight historical eras. A new historical interlude appears every 50 boards, while puzzles grow from 6 to 8 and then 10 intersecting answers. DUEL YOUR WAY • Challenge the Archivist AI • Invite or match with another Apple player through Game Center • Share one device in offline Pass & Play BUILD BIGGER SCORES • Keep a rack of six letters • Receive a new tile after every successful placement • Earn more for J, K, Q, X, and Z • Double letter value on crossing squares • Find numbered time-mark bonuses • Finish a word to earn all of its letter values as a completion bonus • Place six correct letters in a row for a 25-point streak bonus CUSTOMIZE THE SOUNDSCAPE • Play with optional original background music • Hear distinct effects for selecting and placing letters, completing words, and winning a duel • Control music and game effects independently PLAY THE COMPLETE GAME FOR FREE Every puzzle, era, and duel mode is available in the ad-supported game. Interstitial ads may appear at natural breaks between completed games, never during an active duel. In solo play, one optional rewarded ad can reveal one faint letter per board. Competitive duels never offer ad-based hints. A one-time purchase removes ChronoGrid advertising and supplies the same solo hint without an ad. There is no subscription and no pay-to-win advantage. ChronoGrid does not require a ChronoGrid account or custom multiplayer server. Journey progress stays on your device.
Compass Post
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One compass. The whole world. You stand in one city and the ticket names another. Spin the compass toward it, lock your heading and watch your plane fly the real route across the globe. The Earth is round, so every city has two right answers: the short way along the great circle, or the long way around. Both score in full. HOW IT PLAYS • 700 levels. Each target becomes your next starting city. • Within 5° is a Perfect landing. Keep hitting to multiply your points. • Three misses end the run. Close the app any time; your run is saved. JOKERS FOR TRICKY CITIES • Call the Tower, Binoculars, Sextant and Spare Stamp. • A daily gift restocks jokers you've run out of. DAILY ROUTE AND CHALLENGES • A new daily route every day: everyone flies the same 700 cities, and your first flight is free. • Challenge friends with a link: they fly your exact route, and the route's board shows who flew it best. • Weekly and all-time Game Center leaderboards, plus achievements. AN AIRMAIL WORLD Paper maps, boarding-pass tickets, rubber stamps and a passport page for every run. Plays in English and Turkish. Passports start a run and refill over time. Miles earned in flight buy passports, unlimited play and jokers in Duty Free; miles and packs are also available as optional in-app purchases. Map data: Natural Earth (public domain).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ChronoGrid at daily against Compass Post's every 5 days. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. ChronoGrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Compass Post sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ChronoGrid ships an update daily, Compass Post every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChronoGrid | Compass Post |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ERAY DINLER | CAGLAR SERDAR |
In-app purchases
ChronoGrid
- ChronoGrid Ad-Free$9.99
Compass Post
- 100 Miles$0.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- 550 Miles$4.99
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- Captain's Pack$7.99
- 1,200 Miles$9.99
- 2,600 Miles$19.99
- 7,000 Miles$49.99
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