Zero+ vs Ordinary Puzzles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zero+
This is a fun and challenging iOS puzzle game where players combine numbered blocks to create zeros. Swipe blocks to merge them and solve increasingly complex levels. Enjoy a vast number of stages with unique block types.
- Swipe blocks to merge
- Combine positive and negative numbers
- Create all zeros
- 120+ levels
- New block types
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A simple iOS puzzle game that is devilishly fun to play. Just add positive and negative numbered blocks to one another to make all zeros. • Easy to play: swipe blocks left, right, up, or down • Lots to do: 120 levels and counting... • Never the same: new levels bring new kinds of blocks
Ordinary Puzzles
A minimalistic puzzle game where you extend numbers into lines to cover all dots. Each puzzle is solvable through logic alone, with no trial and error required. It's a free, open-source experience.
- Extend numbers into lines
- Cover all dots
- Logical deduction
- Single solution puzzles
- Minimalistic design
- Open-source
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The rules of Ordinary Puzzles are simple: - Extend each number into a line of that length. - Cover all the dots of the puzzle with lines. And that's it! Each puzzle has a single solution and can be solved trough logical deduction alone: no trial and error is needed. Ordinary Puzzles is free, open-source, with no in-app purchases. Forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Zero+ at monthly against Ordinary Puzzles's every 8 months. Zero+ also leads on ratings volume (178 vs 30) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Zero+ against 4.8 for Ordinary Puzzles. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zero+ has 178 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Zero+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Ordinary Puzzles's.
Zero+ ships an update monthly, Ordinary Puzzles every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Zero+ | Ordinary Puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (178 ratings) — better | 4.8 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 178 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SaturnBoy, LLC | Matteo Mazzarolo |
Customer experience
Zero+
Ordinary Puzzles
Bugs and requests
Zero+
Reported bugs
4 issues- Screen grays out when undoing moves too quickly
- Tiles occasionally unresponsive to input
- App freezes requiring restart
- Background music/podcasts get blocked during gameplay
Requested features
7 requests- More levels or additional puzzle packs
- Hints system for difficult puzzles
- Updated and more modern visual design
- Allow background music while playing
- Skip level feature (some users noted this exists)
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- User-generated challenges or community puzzles
- Higher difficulty levels
Ordinary Puzzles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Zero+
No in-app purchases
Ordinary Puzzles
No in-app purchases
