Comparison

Glass Mender vs ChainForge

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

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About

Glass Mender

Assemble beautiful stained-glass windows by fitting fragmented pieces together. Enjoy a relaxing puzzle experience with no timers or move limits across hundreds of unique designs. Showcase your completed artwork in your personal workshop.

Highlights
  • 80 unique stained-glass puzzles
  • Daily fruit-themed puzzles
  • World Tour landmarks
  • Hint system with earned candles
  • Offline play
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Your next glow-up comes in pieces. Glass Mender is a stained-glass puzzle game for anyone who looks at a pile of fragments and thinks, “I can fix that.” Find each piece a home, turn it the right way, and slide it into place. Every good fit lights up the leadwork. Finish the window and enjoy the full glow-up. 80 WINDOWS. ZERO RUSH. Work through 80 Campaign windows across 16 chapters. Later puzzles bring more pieces and trickier rotations, so that last perfect fit feels well earned. No timer, no move limit, no game over. Thinking time is included. YOUR WORKSHOP, YOUR FLEX Finished windows mount themselves in your workshop while your collection grows. Got a favorite? Piece it together again whenever you like. You made it; you get the good wall space. FRESH FRUIT, FRESH PUZZLE Daily Workshop serves up a new fruit-themed window each day. Finish one to light up its spot on the monthly calendar. Miss a day? Come back when you like. Your windows aren't keeping attendance. MORE PLACES TO MAKE SHINE Keep completing Daily windows to gradually reveal World Tour landmarks. These bigger builds can reach 112 pieces, with plenty of turning to get things just right. A LITTLE CANDLEPOWER Earn candles by finishing new windows, then use them for a hint about where a piece belongs. Helpful little glow, no candle checkout required. • No ads, in-app purchases, tracking, or account sign-up • Play offline, and enjoy the whole game with the sound off • Progress syncs through private iCloud storage on devices using the same Apple Account • Made for iPhone and iPad, in 16 languages A question or a piece of feedback? glassmender@sunday-sky.com

About

ChainForge

Features
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A rune drops. A link forms. Then the whole Forge erupts. ChainForge is a fast, tactical cascade puzzler where every placement can ignite a spectacular chain reaction. Connect 3 or more matching runes, bend the queue to your plan, and survive rising pressure as each arena changes the board beneath you. • Ten distinct arenas, ending in the permanent Ultimate Forge • Daily challenge with a streak worth protecting • Prisms, bombs, lightning, volatile runes and sealed hazards • Mid-run upgrades that reshape your strategy • Game Center leaderboards for endless and daily scores • Shareable score cards built for friendly rivalries • Haptics, sound controls and an illustrated rules guide Levels 1–3 are completely free. Unlock the full game once to enter levels 4–10 forever. No ads. No subscription. Your progress stays on your iPhone. The Forge rewards nerve, timing and one more perfect cascade. How long can your chain survive?

Screenshots

Glass Mender4 screens
ChainForge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glass Mender at none against ChainForge's 1. On price, ads, 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. ChainForge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glass Mender asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Glass Mender versus ChainForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlass MenderChainForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB13 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer铭旭 王Emmanuel BORGES

In-app purchases

None

Glass Mender

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ChainForge

One-time1
  • Full Forge$4.99

Questions

Is Glass Mender free?
Glass Mender is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChainForge free?
ChainForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glass Mender or ChainForge have ads?
Neither Glass Mender nor ChainForge shows ads.

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