Comparison

LinerDock vs Windies

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

Head to head
About

LinerDock

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Captain the ocean liner and try and dock in all 14 ports. Watch out for wind, rocks, and other boats!

About

Windies

Features
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Somewhere in the pile there is one needle. Everything else is not. Windies is a game of looking. Pan and zoom across a dense haystack, find the needle, tap it. The clock counts up, and every wrong tap adds five seconds. That is the whole game — and it gets harder in a way most games do not. The difficulty is never more straw. It is decoys. Nails, pins, wire, splinters, staples, and eventually broken needles that share the needle's colour, its thickness, and its shape — everything but the eye. By the later levels the eye is the only thing you are looking for. A hundred levels, ten worlds, and a pile that will not hold still. WHAT IS IN IT • 100 levels across ten worlds, from a lit barn to a pile you can only see by lantern light • Decoys that grow steadily more like the needle, so your eye has to grow with them • Storms that rock the pile, haze that flattens it, and levels with two needles to find • Three stars a level, timed against a par • A leaderboard of fastest finishes, no account needed • A short how-to-play with real boards, not pictures HINTS One hint a level is free. It narrows the search and costs time on the clock. Unlimited hints is a single purchase — it lifts the limit and changes nothing else. A bought hint costs exactly what a free one does, so the leaderboard stays honest. QUIET BY DESIGN No accounts, no sign in, no ads. Your progress lives on your phone. The only thing that ever leaves it is a leaderboard time, and only if you choose to post one. Sound, haptics, reduced motion, a left-handed layout, and a colour-blind-safe mode are all in Settings. It is a game about patience and a good eye. Take your time. The needle is there. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LinerDock4 screens
Windies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LinerDock at none against Windies's 1. LinerDock also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Windies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LinerDock asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 3 level
LinerDock versus Windies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinerDockWindies
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuke OwenMuhammad Akmalkhonov

In-app purchases

None

LinerDock

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Windies

One-time1
  • Unlimited Hints$2.99

Questions

Is LinerDock free?
LinerDock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Windies free?
Windies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LinerDock or Windies have ads?
Neither LinerDock nor Windies shows ads.

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