Candy Crush Saga vs Monument Valley 2

How do Candy Crush Saga and Monument Valley 2 compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Candy Crush Saga	Monument Valley 2
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	hard	easy
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	variable	medium
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.6 / 5
Ratings count	3,988,014	13,631
Reviews say	What players like Addictive core match-3 gameplay with escalating difficulty Free to play with offline support Daily rewards and time-limited events for engagement Common complaints Aggressive ad placement and hard-to-close ad windows causing accidental clicks Pay-to-win mechanics with removed ad-based rewards after updates Technical bugs including crashes, freezing, and broken iPad UI	What players like Visually stunning and beautiful art direction Touching story of mother-child relationship No ads or interruptions; offline-friendly Common complaints Too short; beatable in one sitting or one evening Limited puzzle complexity; mechanics don't combine or build Puzzles lack progressive challenge; first level difficulty matches later levels

Candy Crush Saga — Match-3 puzzle game where you blast candies through thousands of levels while navigating aggressive monetization and intrusive ads. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) Monument Valley 2 — Guide a mother and child through stunning Escher-inspired architecture, solving elegant spatial puzzles in a mesmerizing world. (rated easy difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.