Comparison

Kross vs Slackwire

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

Head to head
About

Kross

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One path. Every line. Once. Kross is a logic puzzle game built around one deceptively simple challenge: draw a continuous path that crosses every line exactly once. Plan your route carefully. Avoid the red nodes, never cross the same line twice, and do not trace along the lines. If you lift your finger, resume precisely from the hand marker to keep the path continuous. Every puzzle is designed as a clean geometric challenge. The Learn chapter introduces the rules, while Flow, Focus, and Master gradually add more subtle routes, strategic decisions, and clever traps. Difficulty comes from the logic of the solution, not from visual clutter. Inspired by Leonhard Euler’s analysis of the Seven Bridges of Königsberg, Kross brings the spirit of a classic mathematical puzzle into a modern geometric challenge. FEATURES • 300 carefully designed logic puzzles • Every level validated to have a solution • Four progressive chapters: Learn, Flow, Focus, and Master • Clean, distraction-free visual design • Interactive hints that guide you along the solution • Precise touch controls with sound and visual feedback • Optimized layouts for iPhone and iPad • No timers or lives — solve each puzzle at your own pace KROSS PREMIUM Kross is free to play, with levels unlocking progressively as you complete them. Upgrade to Kross Premium at any time to unlock all levels immediately, remove interstitial ads, and use hints without rewarded ads. One purchase. No subscription. Can you find the one path that crosses them all?

About

Slackwire

Features
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Slackwire is a puzzle about joining cables into loops. Every loop plays music. The board is a panel of cut cables bolted to a plate. Tap a piece of cable and it swings. Bring two cut ends together and they join. Close a whole run and a spark sets off around it, playing one note for every cell it crosses. A loop's shape decides its melody. Where it sits decides how high it sounds, and the number of cells it covers is the length of its phrase. Two loops of different lengths drift against each other and come back together. While you work, the loose ends crackle on their own, in the key of the room you're in. Close a loop and the notes that were already sounding fall into rhythm. WHAT'S IN IT Eight rooms. Each has its own scale, reverb, cable colors and set of four instruments. You move to a new one every few panels. Panels that grow. The first is a single ring of four pieces. Later ones tangle, and once the plain board is familiar, cables start to cross over each other. No score, no timer, no way to lose. No notifications and no streaks. Put it down in the middle of a panel and nothing is spoiled. No account, no analytics, no internet. It works on a plane. PRICE Slackwire is free, with no ads and nothing locked.

Screenshots

Kross3 screens
Slackwire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slackwire at none against Kross's 1. Slackwire also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Kross sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Slackwire asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Kross versus Slackwire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKrossSlackwire
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOctavian PetrescuKevin Spence

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kross

One-time1
  • Kross Premium$4.99
None

Slackwire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kross free?
Kross is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slackwire free?
Slackwire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kross or Slackwire have ads?
Kross shows ads; Slackwire does not.

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