Keepsweeper vs Valence Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keepsweeper
Engage in strategic kingdom building combined with Minesweeper-style deduction. Uncover tiles, develop your settlement, and explore hidden treasures. Choose from multiple quest paths or compete with friends in multiplayer modes.
- Minesweeper-style tile deduction
- Real-time kingdom building
- Economic simulation
- Multiple quest paths
- Offline play
- Online multiplayer
- Map editor
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It starts with a grid. Then you build a kingdom. Keepsweeper mixes Minesweeper-style deduction with a living, real-time fantasy kingdom. Read the number clues. Send workers to uncover tiles. Turn a small clearing into farms, homes and defenses. Then decide whether you're ready to wake the dragon. A LITTLE KINGDOM. BIG POSSIBILITIES. Build an economy that works together. Windmills support farms. Blacksmiths equip your soldiers. Chapels keep the army fighting. Discover combinations that turn a modest settlement into something wonderfully overpowered. EVERY SQUARE HAS A STORY Hidden gold, treasure chests, goblin lairs, crypts and sleeping dragons wait beneath the grid. Explore forests, cross lakes and settle mountain country. Dig carefully. The numbers are trying to tell you something. CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE Follow four quest paths: Dragon Hunt, Royal Treasury, Reclaim the Realm and Rival Kingdoms. The full game adds two twenty-level campaigns: Into the Badlands, with ruined roads, buried archives and Ancient Gates, and Beyond the Pines, where outlaw strongholds and dragon-summoning wizards hide in the northern forests. Head into the Wilds for a larger expedition, or see how long you can survive endless Siege. A NEW REALM EVERY DAY Explore a shared Daily Realm with special objectives. Record your victories in the Realm Journal and earn Royal Seals for first completions. MAKE THE NEXT RUN YOURS Earn Royal Seals and spend them in Research. Unlock new buildings, upgrades and permanent Passives for future runs. Discover treasures that change the rules: sunbeam-firing towers, floating settlements, unlikely allies and creatures you probably shouldn't have disturbed. FRIENDS, RIVALS AND YOUR OWN WORLDS Play online with two to four players. Fight for the last Keep standing, form teams, face AI kingdoms together or hold the line in Co-op Siege. Share an invitation link and friends join your game for free. Build and play your own scenarios in the Map Editor. OLD-SCHOOL WINDOWS. LIVING PIXELS. A familiar beveled interface opens onto busy little worlds. Workers harvest. Soldiers march. Dragons breathe fire. An adaptive fantasy soundtrack follows the action. Pause solo play whenever you need a moment to think. TRY IT. KEEP IT. Play the first two levels of Dragon Hunt, Royal Treasury, Reclaim the Realm and Rival Kingdoms for free, with unlimited randomized replays. Try one Daily Realm for free, with unlimited retries of that selected realm. One optional purchase unlocks the full game, including the remaining quest levels, Into the Badlands, Beyond the Pines, Daily Realm, Wilds, Siege, hosting multiplayer games and Map Editor. Solo quests, Wilds, Siege and local custom maps can be played offline. Daily calendar updates, optional reminders, online multiplayer, community maps, purchases and restoring purchases need an internet connection. Progress is saved on your device.
Valence Lab
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Take atoms from cylinders and bond them into molecules! Valence Lab is a molecule-building puzzle on a hexagonal board. Currently 251 named molecules, from water to benzene. Collect them all to complete the codex! HOW TO PLAY 1. Tap a cylinder to place an atom. 2. Slide to a neighbor to bond. Slide again for a double or triple bond. 3. Fill every hand to complete the molecule. Start with the tutorial. Hints are available too. FILL THE CODEX Molecules are identified by atoms and bonds. Unnamed combinations are saved as original molecules. The codex shows how many times you made each one. DAILY GOALS Daily missions change every day. Make varied molecules to unlock achievements. Rank up through 10 title levels. GROW YOUR LAB Earn research points by making molecules. Unlock new atoms and skins. More atom types, more molecules to build. RECOMMENDED FOR - Puzzle fans - Collectors who like a full set - Anyone curious about molecules BEFORE YOU PLAY - No account needed. Progress stays on your device. - Core play works offline. Ads and purchases need a connection. - A banner ad shows at the bottom. - Optional rewarded videos give bonuses such as hints. - In-app purchases: Gold Member and Full restore. Gold Member removes ads and adds a board row. - Valence and bonding are simplified. Not every isomer, reaction, or molecular stability is reproduced. - In English and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Keepsweeper at none against Valence Lab's shown. Keepsweeper also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Keepsweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Valence Lab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Keepsweeper ships an update daily, Valence Lab every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Keepsweeper | Valence Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (42 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flarup Industries | POYOFARM |
In-app purchases
Keepsweeper
- Full Game$4.99
Valence Lab
- Full restore$0.99
- Gold Member$4.99
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