Northdown vs Cindertext
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Northdown
Read full descriptionHide full description
Northdown is a 3D gravity puzzle. Your character cannot climb โ so you tip the whole world instead. Swipe, the world rotates, the blocks tumble, and a wall becomes a floor. 100 hand-built levels. Free, offline, no wifi needed. A GRAVITY PUZZLE GAME WHERE THE WORLD MOVES, NOT YOU Gravity is the move. Rotate the world 90ยฐ and every block falls somewhere new โ including you. Each level is a small floating world with exactly one way out, and finding it feels like a trick you taught yourself. If you have played a gravity puzzle before, you have not played one that turns the whole map. 100 LEVELS ACROSS 21 PAINTED PLACES Balloon skies, waterfall islands, a red canyon, temples in the clouds, the aurora, deep space, and lava spires at the very end. The sky changes every fifth level, and the light on the blocks follows it. A 3D GRAVITY MAZE IN YOUR POCKET Every stage is a small 3D maze built out of gravity blocks. Walk, tip, watch it fall, walk again. Simple to pick up, and the later levels are a genuine brain teaser. STARS, NOT TIMERS Every level has a shortest route. Match it for three stars. Nothing counts down, nothing runs out, nothing blocks you from playing. A relaxing puzzle game you can put down and pick straight back up. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY The daily puzzle is the same one for everybody in the world. Build a streak โ one free streak freeze a week forgives a missed day. SIX CHARACTERS TO EARN Sprocket the field medic, Rajan, Kofi, Zahra, Wisp and Bolt. Each has their own walk, their own voice and their own way of celebrating. Unlocked by playing, never by paying. PLAYS OFFLINE, ANYWHERE No account, no sign-in, no internet. An offline puzzle game for flights, commutes and dead zones. BUILT FOR ONE HAND Two on-screen pads: left walks, right tips the world. Portrait only, one thumb, any time. ACCESSIBLE Reduce-motion and colour-blind modes are built in. Coins are earned by playing and spent on hints, an extra undo, or a skip when you are truly stuck. Optional ads pay coins, and a one-time purchase removes the ads between levels forever. If you like gravity puzzles, isometric puzzle games, 3D logic games and brain teasers, Northdown was built for you.
Cindertext
Read full descriptionHide full description
Cindertext is a quiet memory game about an archivist recording the last words of a folding nebula. A word flashes briefly, then you swipe one continuous path across the face-down constellation plates to spell it โ the drag is both the reveal and the match. โข Watch the word, then trace it across the plates in one stroke โข The plates are yours to remember โ decoys and a scramble creep in later worlds โข Trace cleanly to hold the echo and earn up to three stars 5 worlds โ First Reverberation, The Fold, Chamber of Halves, Doppler Garden, Final Echo โ 100 echoes. Two optional tools (Hint replays the path, Restore unwinds a scramble) for stubborn plates. Built with Flutter. No accounts. No cloud saves. Core gameplay is fully offline โ internet is only needed for optional ads. Contains optional ads; third-party ad SDKs may collect device identifiers for ad serving (see Privacy Policy).
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cindertext at none against Northdown's 5. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Northdown sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Cindertext asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Northdown | Cindertext |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | โ |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 โ better | 15.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Revelar Solutions Private Limited | Nova Claire Merriweather |
In-app purchases
Northdown
- 500 coins$0.99
- 2,000 coins$2.99
- Remove ads$5.99
Show 2 moreShow fewer
- 6,000 coins$6.99
- Everything pack$8.99
Cindertext
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Northdown free?
Is Cindertext free?
Do Northdown or Cindertext have ads?
Other comparisons















