Comparison

ZEBRA vs Alone With

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

Head to head
About

ZEBRA

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Five houses in a row. Who keeps the zebra? ZEBRA takes Einstein's famous riddle and generates a fresh one every time โ€” always exactly one answer, always reachable by logic alone. Read a clue, rule something out, and watch the last house fall into place. Also known as the Zebra Puzzle or Einstein's Riddle, this is the logic grid puzzle with a twist: you're not just matching pairs, you're working out the order. Left, right, next to, at the end. โ—† Exactly one answer, never a guess Every puzzle is checked by the built-in logic engine before you see it: one unique solution, reachable by deduction alone. Puzzles that fail either test are never shown. โ—† Deduce the order, not just the pairs - The ivory house is immediately to the left of the green house - Milk is drunk in the middle house - The Norwegian lives next to the blue house Combine clues like these to pin down the row, one house at a time. โ—† Features - Four sizes: 3, 4, 5 and 6 houses. Five is the size of the original riddle - The original Einstein zebra puzzle, included - A visual row of houses that fills in as you solve โ€” roofs take their colour once you know it - A question for every puzzle, and houses that light up when you finish - Tap a clue to highlight the houses and cells it refers to; fully used clues dim automatically - Logic hints: the next square you can deduce, and the clue numbers that prove it - Daily Challenge: one shared puzzle for everyone, every day - Weekly Challenge: a new six-house puzzle every Monday - Past dailies: play any day you missed from the calendar - Ranks from Novice to Master Detective, plus nine badges - Auto-X, notes, undo, and continue where you left off - Themes: Classic, Forest, Street, Station, Harbor - Adjustable clue text size and dark mode - English and Japanese โ—† Perfect for - Anyone who has solved Einstein's riddle on paper and wants more - Players who want a different puzzle every time, not one classic recycled - Fans of logic grid puzzles, sudoku and brain teasers looking for something deeper - Players who'd rather learn how to think through a puzzle than be told the answer - A quiet, offline brain game for commutes and flights โ—† Peace of mind - Free to start. No subscription โ€” the only purchase is a single one-time unlock - No third-party ads - Your records stay on your device. No account, no sign-in - Puzzles are generated on your device, so you can play offline. To introduce the developer's other apps, ZEBRA may load public App Store information (no personal data is sent)

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Alone With

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Every case gives you the floor plan of a place and the suspects' statements. Each statement only says where someone stood: "She was next to the fireplace." "She was south of Editha." "He was petting a dog." You place every suspect on a square. Nobody shares a row or column with anyone else, nobody stands on an occupied square, and the rest follows from the statements. In the end exactly one arrangement remains, and one suspect stands alone with the victim in a room. That is the culprit. Every case has exactly one solution, and you can reach it without guessing. For every step there is a card you can point at. If you are stuck, you are missing a deduction, not luck. The Castle file is completely free, all 80 cases of it. After that come the Wild West, the Pirate Ship and the Flower Village, each world with its own 80 cases as a single purchase, Season 1 also as a bundle. Eight bonus cases can be played beforehand. The boards grow from six by six squares with five suspects to ten by ten with nine. While solving, you get a pencil for notes, crosses that fill in as you place people, a ghost mode for uncertain candidates, and hints. The app shows ads: a banner below the board and optional videos for hints and helpers. Any purchase removes the banner. There is no subscription and no energy mechanic. The app needs no account and no internet connection, purchased content also lives on the device. Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese.

Screenshots

ZEBRA4 screens
Alone With4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ZEBRA at none against Alone With's shown. Alone With's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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. ZEBRA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Alone With sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZEBRA ships an update every 2 weeks, Alone With fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
ZEBRA versus Alone With: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZEBRAAlone With
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopertorankiriteJulian Karasch

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ZEBRA

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
5 purchases

Alone With

One-time5
  • Helpers Forever$1.99
  • 10 Hints$1.99
  • Act II ยท Wild West$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Act III ยท Pirate Ship$2.99
  • Season 1 Complete$3.99

Questions

Is ZEBRA free?
ZEBRA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alone With free?
Alone With is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ZEBRA or Alone With have ads?
Alone With shows ads; ZEBRA does not.
Which is updated more often, ZEBRA or Alone With?
ZEBRA ships an update every 2 weeks, and Alone With fortnightly. Most recently, ZEBRA was updated on October 25, 2026 and Alone With on October 16, 2026.

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