My family and I went down a very similar path, we were tired of all the ads and dark patterns when we just wanted to play simple puzzle games. We made a pretty similar site/app

https://puzzleparlor.fun

going there on an ios device will give you a link to the app store, both the site and app are free to use.

It has several puzzle games already and we're trying to release around one new one per month. Any feedback is welcome.