RULE vs Calm Arrows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RULE
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You are shown two or three examples. Something happens in each of them — the same thing, every time. Nobody tells you what. Then you are shown one more, unfinished, and a few ways it could end. Only one of them follows the rule. That is the whole game. No timer, no lives, no streaks, no penalty for being wrong. Just the quiet moment where you see it. ONE ANSWER. PROVED. The most common complaint about logic and pattern puzzles is the answer you could defend that was marked wrong. Here that cannot happen. Before a puzzle reaches you, it is tested against a catalogue of 556 rival rules. If any of them explains the same examples while pointing at a different answer, the puzzle is not shipped. A hard puzzle here is never a guess. 270 HANDMADE PUZZLES, TEN WORLDS CHANGE — things become other things POSITION — where something sits is the message COUNT — how many is the answer DIRECTION — orientation carries meaning INSIDE — what contains what MIRROR — reflection and symmetry SEQUENCE — order that keeps going RULES — everything at once EXCEPTION — a rule can leave something out BEFORE — new in 3.0: you are shown the result, and you work out what came before it A NEW RULE EVERY DAY One Daily Rule, the same for everyone, free forever. Put it on your Home Screen or Lock Screen with the widget, and share the puzzle with a friend — the picture shows the question, never the answer. ENDLESS Puzzles built on your own device and proved by the same code before you see them, for as long as you want them. A HINT THAT DOES NOT SOLVE IT Every puzzle has one hint. It tells you where to look, never what to think. Hints are free everywhere. NOTHING TO INTERRUPT YOU No ads. No account. No sign-in. No notifications. No timer, no score, no leaderboard, no streak to protect. Nothing is collected about you, and there is no server to collect it. Works offline. iPhone and iPad. In English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Português, Italiano, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文 and Türkçe. WHAT IS FREE, AND WHAT IS NOT Free: the first three worlds — 60 puzzles — the Daily Rule every day, and every hint. One payment, once, opens the rest: the remaining seven worlds and their 210 puzzles, Endless, the archive of every rule you have discovered, and the full statistics. No subscription. Nothing else to buy.
Calm Arrows
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Calm Arrows is a quiet puzzle you can play with one finger. Tap an arrow and it slides off the board in the direction it points. If something is in the way, it stays. Work out the order and clear the board. • No ads. No tracking. No account. • No timers, lives, or energy. A wrong tap only costs a star. • 200 levels that grow step by step: bigger boards, stones that block the way, frozen arrows that thaw as others leave, and locked arrows that wait for their key. New boards keep coming after that. • Soft wooden sound effects and calm piano music, each with its own switch. • One daily puzzle, the same for everyone in the world. • Works offline. • Free. An optional tip in Settings supports the developer and unlocks nothing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Music: Erik Satie, Gymnopédie No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RULE at none against Calm Arrows's 3. 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
Both are free to download. Calm Arrows sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. RULE asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | RULE | Calm Arrows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MURATHAN ORAN | Jeongjae Lee |
In-app purchases
RULE
No in-app purchases
Calm Arrows
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99









