Comparison

Monument Valley vs Untangled Ropes

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

Head to head
About

Monument Valley

Explore a world of impossible architecture and optical illusions. Guide a silent princess through stunningly beautiful, hand-crafted monuments by manipulating the environment. Uncover hidden paths and solve puzzles in this surreal exploration game.

Highlights
  • Impossible architecture manipulation
  • Optical illusion puzzles
  • Surreal exploration
  • Hand-crafted worlds
  • Intuitive twist and drag controls
  • Reactive soundscape
Features
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** Apple Game of the Year 2014 ** ** Winner of Apple Design Award 2014 ** In Monument Valley you will manipulate impossible architecture and guide a silent princess through a stunningly beautiful world. Monument Valley is a surreal exploration through fantastical architecture and impossible geometry. Guide the silent princess Ida through mysterious monuments, uncovering hidden paths, unfolding optical illusions and outsmarting the enigmatic Crow People. Ida's Dream now available. Forgotten Shores: Eight new chapters of adventure and illusion available now as a separate purchase. Buy or download Monument Valley now and you’ll also get our fully animated iMessage sticker pack, including 5 stickers exclusive to players! Only available on iOS10 and above. ======= "This might be the most beautiful iPad game of 2014" - Wired "Brilliant design... stayed with me like a dream I didn't want to forget" 9/10 - Polygon "The most sublime hour my iPad has ever given me... and the value of such a thing is incalculable" - Kotaku "Monument Valley stuns with its serenity... each screen is a work of art" - Huffington Post "Almost impossibly gorgeous... a feast for your senses" 5/5 - Touch Arcade ======= BEAUTIFUL Inspired by minimalist 3D design, optical illusions and palaces and temples from around the world, every monument is a unique, hand-crafted world to explore. EASY TO USE Twist and drag to reshape the world and help Ida to explore. Designed to be easy for everyone to pick up, enjoy and complete. SOUND Audio reacts to your manipulation of the world to provide a surreal and beautiful soundscape. Best experienced with headphones. iCloud Synchronize your game across all your devices. ** Monument Valley is designed for iPhone 4 and above. It is NOT compatible with iPod Touch 4th Generation.

About

Untangled Ropes

Features
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A knot of crossing lines. Drag them until none of them touch. That's it. That's the whole game. And still there are 2500 levels in every mode, and never the same one twice. FOUR MODES • Classic — Endless levels, difficulty creeping up. • Zen — No clock, no pressure, and a progression of its own. • Challenge — Knots can't cross ropes, so you have to work your way through. • Einstein — Counted moves. Think before you touch. ALSO • 34 achievements, bronze to gold. • Three challenges on every level: no hints, against the clock, no undo. • Coins for finishing levels, and a shop of knot shapes and colour palettes. • Statistics: best time, day streak, crossings undone. • Works offline. No account, no sign-up. • In English, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and French. Ads are voluntary: one only shows if you choose to watch it for coins. "To undo a knot, first you have to understand it."

Screenshots

Monument Valley4 screens
Untangled Ropes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Untangled Ropes at Free against Monument Valley's $3.99. Untangled Ropes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Monument Valley's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#7 vs unranked). On 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

Untangled Ropes is free to download; Monument Valley costs $3.99 up front. Monument Valley sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Untangled Ropes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Monument Valley versus Untangled Ropes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonument ValleyUntangled Ropes
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (18K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings18K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size324 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerustwo gamesPMC 1985 SA

Bugs and requests

Monument Valley

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not loading or freezing on certain devices
  • Inability to purchase or access DLC/expansion content
  • Compatibility issues with recent iOS updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and chapters to extend the gameplay
  • Increased difficulty and challenge in later puzzles
  • Ability to save progress and resume levels
  • Support for newer device screen sizes and resolutions

Untangled Ropes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Monument Valley

One-time1
  • Forgotten Shores$1.99
None

Untangled Ropes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monument Valley free?
Monument Valley costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Untangled Ropes free?
Untangled Ropes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Monument Valley or Untangled Ropes have ads?
Untangled Ropes shows ads; Monument Valley does not.

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