Lines the Game vs Slide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lines the Game
This abstract puzzle game challenges players to strategically place or remove dots to fill a drawing with color. The goal is to dominate the race with your chosen color, offering quick sessions or extended play. It's a brain-teasing experience perfect for short bursts of downtime.
- Strategic dot placement and removal
- Color dominance wins
- Multiple game modes (Point, Erase, Cut, Draw, Portal, Mix)
- Daily Challenges
- 500 smart levels
- Unlockable achievements
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**WINNER Best Casual Entertainment Game - Dutch Game Awards ** **Every level CAN be won!** But sometimes the solution is not easy. Lines is an abstract ‘zen’ game experience where form is just as important as function. Place or remove dots to initiate a colourful race that fills a drawing. The colour that dominates the race wins. Lines is the perfect game to play while commuting or in other short moments of downtime. Play a single session in a matter of seconds or find yourself making a winning streak of 20 games in a row! Lines – Physics Drawing Puzzle key features include: - 6 different modes: Point, Erase, Cut, Draw, Portal and Mix- Daily Challenges - 26 achievements to unlock -500 smart levels - Use your brain and logic to find the solutions - Bronze, Silver and Gold medals for each level. - Infinite fun! Point Mode Tap on a line to place a dot. Be smart and choose and strategic and logic position for the dots. Sometimes you need to place one dot, other times two dots. Eraser Mode Tap on an opponent´s dot to erase it. Draw Mode Draw a line with your fingers to connect lines to your advantage. Use your brain! Cut Mode Cut a line to stop the flow of your opponent´s color. Portal mode Tap the line across 2 places to create a portal. Your line will be teleported from one place to the other. But beware: your opponents can also make use of the portal you have created, so choose its location wisely!
Slide
A gravity-based puzzle game where players clear the board by matching two or more adjacent squares. Strategically choose your gravity direction to solve each level.
- Gravity manipulation
- Match-2 gameplay
- Board clearing puzzles
- Color matching mechanics
- Strategic gameplay
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Choose your gravity and clear the board by removing two or more matching squares.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Slide at none against Lines the Game's shown. Slide also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Lines the Game's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 13). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Lines the Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Slide sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Lines the Game against 4.6 for Slide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lines the Game has 1.7K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Lines the Game's written reviews are positive against 100% of Slide's.
| Parameter | Lines the Game | Slide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.7K ratings) | 4.6 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gamious B.V. | Umbrella Games LLC |
Customer experience
Lines the Game
Slide
Bugs and requests
Lines the Game
Reported bugs
2 issues- Rope level 57 unwinnable
- Levels not fitting properly on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Level editor mode
- More challenging level designs
- Ability to replay previous daily challenges
- Improved color contrast and accessibility
Slide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lines the Game
- Remove Ads$1.99
Slide
- Whirly Color Theme$0.99
- Umbrella Color Theme$0.99
- Paint Pack 4x$0.99
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- Shuffle Pack 4x$0.99
- Stranger Color Theme$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Paint Pack 10x$1.99
- Shuffle Pack 10x$1.99
- Paint Pack 25x$2.99
- Shuffle Pack 25x$2.99









