Monument Valley vs Noodles!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Impossible architecture manipulation
- Optical illusion puzzles
- Surreal exploration
- Hand-crafted worlds
- Intuitive twist and drag controls
- Reactive soundscape
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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.
Noodles!
Engage in a relaxing yet strategic puzzle game where you tap to spin and connect noodle pieces. Progress through increasingly complex levels, aiming to achieve perfect scores and discover new strategies.
- Thousands of puzzles
- Tap to spin and connect
- Increasing difficulty
- Share progress on social media
- Track game progress
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Over 1.5 million downloads!! "Noodles is a game you need to have in your life." - Gamezebo Chosen as an App Store Free App of the Week, and a Starbucks Pick of the Week. Looking for a relaxing, strategic and addictive puzzle? Find your Zen and become one with Noodles! Tap to spin and connect all the noodle pieces – once you solve a puzzle, figure out the strategy and beat your own score to get FIVE DIAMONDS! Sound easy? It might be in the first few levels, but as you progress try connecting a giant hexagon Noodle ... puzzles get more complex as more sides are added. What are you going to do then? *** Find out why Noodles! has 4.5 stars in every country!*** And now, some words from some happy Noodlers: “Damn this game for being awesome and super addictive” – User Review by Miayadu “Pretty graphics, Zen-like sounds, you will get hooked and you won't mind!” – User Review by WalnutCake Key Features: • Thousands of addicting puzzles, all available immediately. No unlocks, annoying tricks or bags of diamonds to buy • Facebook and Twitter enabled to share your Noodles success • Game progress status tells you how far you have to go • Increasing difficulty makes you feel smarter when you are done Noodles comes to you from the bumbling genius of Lummox Labs Happy Noodle-ing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Noodles! at none against Monument Valley's 1. Noodles! also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 81%) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). Monument Valley's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 514) and chart position (#6 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Monument Valley costs $3.99 and Noodles! $1.99 up front. Monument Valley sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Noodles! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Monument Valley against 4.8 for Noodles!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monument Valley has 17K ratings behind it against 514, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Monument Valley's written reviews are positive against 92% of Noodles!'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Monument Valley | Noodles! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (17K ratings) | 4.8 (514 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.5% of reviews | 92.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 514 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 324 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ustwo games | Lummox Labs Inc |
Customer experience
Monument Valley
Noodles!
User reviews
Monument Valley
From 17K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Stunning visuals and graphics
- 🎶 Soothing and atmospheric audio
- 🧠 Clever and mind-bending puzzles
- 🕰️ Relaxing and calming gameplay
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly controls
Room to improve
- 🕹️ Puzzles can be too easy at times
- ⏱️ Game is relatively short in length
- 💰 Expensive for the amount of content
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes reported
Noodles!
From 514 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and fun gameplay
- 🚀 Endless levels to play
- 🎨 Pleasing visual design
- 💰 No ads or in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Great time-filler game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional loss of progress
- 🔍 Lack of an undo button
- 🔆 Bright background can be tiring
- 🔢 Repetitive puzzles at higher levels
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
Noodles!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Graphical issues causing distorted tiles
- Slower response to touch input
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Progress tracking and leaderboards
- Ability to reset individual puzzle sets
In-app purchases
Monument Valley
- Forgotten Shores$1.99
Noodles!
No in-app purchases
