Comparison

Arrow Loop vs Arrow Chefs

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

Head to head
About

Arrow Loop

Features
Read full description

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

About

Arrow Chefs

Features
Read full description

Arrow Chefs is a calm puzzle about a busy kitchen. You lay arrow tiles on the floor, press Cook! and watch tiny chefs follow them: from the crate to the oven, past the chopping board and out through the serving window. When every order is served, the kitchen is solved. HOW IT PLAYS • Pick an arrow, tap a floor tile, repeat. Cooks turn wherever an arrow points • Press Cook! and the kitchen runs step by step, exactly the same every time • Stop at any moment: your arrows stay, so you can fix the route and try again • Step through a run one move at a time, or speed it up ×2 and ×4 • Undo, clear and hints are always a tap away A NEW BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING • Breakfast of the day: a fresh little kitchen each day, with eggs, bacon and pancakes • Keep your morning streak going • An optional gentle reminder in the morning, at most once a day LEADERBOARDS FROM DAY ONE • Today's breakfast: fewest arrows, then fewest steps, then the fastest time • All time: stars from every level and breakfast • You play as a made-up chef name: no account, no sign-up THREE KITCHENS, 45 LEVELS • Corner Bakery: dough, the oven and your first routes • Salad Bar: the chopping board and orders with two items • Night Diner: rush kitchen with timed orders and two cooks at once COOKS THAT BEND THE RULES • Pip walks, follows arrows and carries one thing • The Juggler carries two items at once • The Runner moves two tiles per step STARS FOR CLEVER ROUTES • One star for serving every order • Two for using no more arrows than par • Three for also finishing within par steps MADE FOR SHORT BREAKS • Levels take one to three minutes • A two-step tutorial with real levels, which you can replay from Settings • No lives, no energy, no waiting timers, and nothing is ever lost • Plays offline • 19 languages, light and dark themes, phones, tablets and foldables FREE WITH GENTLE ADS Arrow Chefs is free and supported by ads. There are no ads in your first three sessions. After that, a short ad may appear only after you finish a level, never while you play. Hints are free three times a day, and a video you choose to watch can give several more. There is no paid content, no subscription and no in-app purchase.

Screenshots

Arrow Loop4 screens
Arrow Chefs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arrow Chefs at none against Arrow Loop's 1. Arrow Chefs also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Arrow Loop's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. Arrow Loop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Arrow Chefs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrow Loop ships an update monthly, Arrow Chefs every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Arrow Loop versus Arrow Chefs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrow LoopArrow Chefs
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopertorankiriteRobert Tadevosyan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Arrow Loop

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
None

Arrow Chefs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arrow Loop free?
Arrow Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arrow Chefs free?
Arrow Chefs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arrow Loop or Arrow Chefs have ads?
Arrow Chefs shows ads; Arrow Loop does not.
Which is updated more often, Arrow Loop or Arrow Chefs?
Arrow Loop ships an update monthly, and Arrow Chefs every 5 days. Most recently, Arrow Loop was updated on November 6, 2026 and Arrow Chefs on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons