Comparison

Nodebound vs Slackwire

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

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About

Nodebound

Features
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Draw one continuous path through every node. Start at green, finish at yellow, and visit each node exactly once. Nodebound turns planar graphs into focused logic puzzles. Five progressive levels range from approachable boards to the strongest challenges in the collection. FEATURES - Draw naturally or tap an allowed connected node - All 253 Level 1 puzzles included free - Levels 2โ€“5 available with Lifetime Access - One-time $2.99 purchase unlocks all 1,517 puzzles and removes ads forever - No subscription or recurring charge - Live solve timer and detailed statistics by level - Pause and continue unfinished puzzles - Undo, backtracking, restart, saved progress, and completion tracking - Prefix-aware hints that return to the last correct point - Clean, crossing-free graph layouts optimized for mobile play - Non-personalized banner ads support the free version Think ahead, avoid revisiting nodes, and find the one path that connects them all. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://path-22.expo.app/privacy.html

About

Slackwire

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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

Nodebound3 screens
Slackwire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slackwire at none against Nodebound'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 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. Nodebound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Slackwire asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Nodebound versus Slackwire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNodeboundSlackwire
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Daily
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size39 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShahab KarimiKevin Spence

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nodebound

One-time1
  • Nodebound Lifetime Access$2.99
None

Slackwire

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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