Puzzles & Pixies vs Disturbed Protocol Zero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puzzles & Pixies
Embark on a captivating match-three puzzle adventure by stringing together colorful butterflies. Create longer matches to unleash powerful pixie helpers and score big. Explore over two hundred challenging levels and help save the Pixies' forest.
- Match-three puzzle gameplay
- String butterflies to make matches
- Unlock powerful pixie helpers
- Over 200 challenging levels
- Multiple level types
- Easy to learn, challenging later
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Puzzles & Pixies is a matching puzzle game from the creators of Sparkle and Azkend. String together butterflies to make matches. The longer the match the grander the powerups! Join the Pixies in a brilliant matching game where the goal is to string together similarly colored butterflies. String together two or more butterflies with your finger to create a match. When you match five or more butterflies a powerful pixie helper will appear. Longer matches summon even more pixie powerups and give more score. Help the Pixies save their forest! ● Easy to pick up & learn ● Offers truly challenging levels later in game ● Several amazing level types ● Over two hundred levels to conquer ● Hours of top quality matching entertainment The game offers in-app purchases but they're not required to play the game through. Puzzles & Pixies displays advertising after successful level completes. The advertising can be removed by buying any in app purchase once. And thanks to all the players so far!
Disturbed Protocol Zero
Explore zombie-infested environments, scavenge for supplies, and solve puzzles to repair escape vehicles. Survive hordes of infected and uncover the truth behind a global outbreak in this pixel art survival horror experience.
- Zombie-infested environment exploration
- Resource management
- Vehicle repair and escape
- Puzzle solving
- Pixel art graphics
- Survival horror gameplay
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The world has collapsed after the activation of the mysterious Protocol Zero. Cities are overrun with infected, resources are scarce, and escape is your only hope. In Disturbed Protocol Zero, you must explore dangerous zombie-infested environments, find supplies, solve puzzles, and repair various escape vehicles like buses, helicopters, and boats to survive. Explore abandoned hospitals, police stations, ports, and laboratories. Face hordes of infected and terrifying creatures. Search for parts, fuel, and tools to repair vehicles. Solve puzzles and unlock new areas. Manage limited ammunition, first-aid kits, and resources. Enjoy a pixel art survival horror experience. Each scenario offers new challenges, enemies, and ways to escape. Can you survive the chaos and uncover the truth behind Protocol Zero?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Disturbed Protocol Zero at none against Puzzles & Pixies's 9. Disturbed Protocol Zero also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Puzzles & Pixies's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (55 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Puzzles & Pixies sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Disturbed Protocol Zero asks for nothing beyond the download.
Disturbed Protocol Zero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzles & Pixies has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Puzzles & Pixies ships an update every 2 months, Disturbed Protocol Zero every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puzzles & Pixies | Disturbed Protocol Zero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 10tons Ltd | Alejandro Dominguez |
In-app purchases
Puzzles & Pixies
- Unlock levels$1.99
- Supernova Spells$1.99
- Galaxy Spiral Spells$1.99
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- Color Lightning Spells$1.99
- Magic Brush Spells$1.99
- Refill Lives$1.99
- Bunch of Powerups$1.99
- Bunch of Moves$1.99
- Play On! Tokens$2.99
Disturbed Protocol Zero
No in-app purchases
Questions
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