Comparison

Tracing Planes Tactics vs Chainlink Puzzle

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

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About

Tracing Planes Tactics

Features
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Planes Tactics - a strategy game to enjoy and improve imagination and planning skills - a guessing game with lots of fun and creativity. Your challenges are the hidden planes with different shapes on a battlefield with size from 5x5 to 10x10. Your role is to find all the heads of every plane, reveal and destroy them on the battlefield. Each level you have a limited number of turns within a given time to play, solving a level with as little turns and less time as possible to get the best score and earn stars. There are “Hints” to help if you get stuck in a level. Planes Tactics is designed for both iPhone and iPad, with 4 packets from beginner, amateur to expert and professor, contains 100 different levels from easy to difficult and 35 different planes from 1 head to 4 heads. We also have 2 players mode to play and share with your friends. Thanks and enjoy! Terms: https://just.1dreamm.com/terms

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Chainlink Puzzle

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Chainlink is a unique logic puzzle game that challenges your reasoning and pattern recognition skills. Solve over 4200 carefully designed puzzles, from beginner-friendly 4x4 grids to challenging 9x9 boards, plus special bonus levels for experienced players. Every puzzle has exactly one valid solution and can be solved using pure logic. Objective Fill the grid with numbers so that all rules are satisfied: • Each row contains every number exactly once. • Each column contains every number exactly once. • Each chain contains every number exactly once. Some numbers are already given. Use logic to complete the grid. Grid and Numbers • Board sizes range from 4x4 to 9x9. • In an N x N grid, you use the numbers 1 to N. • The position of numbers is not ordered - only the rules matter. Rows and Columns • Every row must contain all numbers from 1 to N. • Every column must contain all numbers from 1 to N. Chains • The grid is divided into chains - groups of connected cells. • Each chain contains exactly N cells. • In each chain, all numbers from 1 to N must appear once. • Chains can have any shape, as long as cells touch by edges. Given Numbers • Some cells are prefilled and cannot be changed. • These numbers serve as clues to help you solve the puzzle. Progress Start with smaller boards like 4x4 to learn the rules and patterns. As you advance, move on to 5x5, 6x6, and larger grids for a greater challenge. Features • 4200+ logic puzzles • Grid sizes from 4x4 to 9x9 • Bonus levels for advanced players • Day and night mode • Cell notes for tracking possibilities • Hints when you are stuck • Undo moves at any time • Highlighting of errors Train your logic, enjoy the chains, and have fun solving every puzzle in Chainlink.

Screenshots

Tracing Planes Tactics4 screens
Chainlink Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chainlink Puzzle at none against Tracing Planes Tactics's 9. Chainlink Puzzle also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 63 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Tracing Planes Tactics's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tracing Planes Tactics sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Chainlink Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tracing Planes Tactics ships an update every 63 months, Chainlink Puzzle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Tracing Planes Tactics versus Chainlink Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTracing Planes TacticsChainlink Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 63 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer1dreamm Ltd.Aliaksandr Uvarau

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Tracing Planes Tactics

One-time9
  • Amateur Levels Package$0.99
  • Pack of 250 coins$0.99
  • Ads Removal$1.99
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  • Expert Levels Package$1.99
  • Professor Levels Package$1.99
  • Pack of 600 coins$1.99
  • Pack of 1750 coins$4.99
  • Pack of 4000 coins$9.99
  • Pack of 9000 coins$19.99
None

Chainlink Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tracing Planes Tactics free?
Tracing Planes Tactics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chainlink Puzzle free?
Chainlink Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tracing Planes Tactics or Chainlink Puzzle have ads?
Chainlink Puzzle shows ads; Tracing Planes Tactics does not.
Which is updated more often, Tracing Planes Tactics or Chainlink Puzzle?
Tracing Planes Tactics ships an update every 63 months, and Chainlink Puzzle every 2 months. Most recently, Tracing Planes Tactics was updated on October 13, 2026 and Chainlink Puzzle on October 20, 2026.

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