Comparison

Ticket to Earth vs Sumaddle

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

Head to head
About

Ticket to Earth

Engage in tactical combat on a puzzle grid, matching tiles to power up abilities and defeat enemies. Explore a sci-fi world, customize your team, and uncover a deadly conspiracy in this award-winning puzzle RPG.

Highlights
  • Tactical grid-based combat
  • Tile-matching puzzle mechanics
  • Story-driven RPG elements
  • Team customization and gear management
  • Augmented Reality mode (iOS exclusive)
  • Over 120 unique missions
Features
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A distant planet. A dying colony. A deadly conspiracy. Fight a corrupt system in Ticket to Earth, the revolutionary tactical puzzle RPG! The puzzle grid is your battlefield as you position your team, collect matching tiles, and power up devastating special abilities. You’ve never played anything like this! Ticket to Earth seamlessly blends turn-based tactics, thought-provoking puzzles, and engaging RPG storytelling into one awesome, multi-award winning experience. BATTLEFIELD TACTICS - Fast and furious combat. Control your party in classic grid-based tactical action to accomplish a huge range of mission objectives. TILE-MATCHING PUZZLE - New possibilities every time you play. Adapt your strategies to find new paths across the puzzle grid. Match tiles to build attack energy and unleash explosive combat powers! STORY-DRIVEN RPG - Manage and customize your team’s abilities and gear as you explore a vivid sci-fi world full of unique characters! AUGMENTED REALITY - Dive deeper into the world of Ticket to Earth with the iOS exclusive AR mode. PREMIUM EXPERIENCE - No in-app purchases. This complete experience unfolds across more than 120 unique missions providing many hours of deep RPG gameplay. - "Ticket To Earth is an evolutionary leap forward in the puzzle/RPG hybrid genre" – Kotaku - "...one of the first truly essential mobile games of the year" – 9/10 Pocket Gamer - "Ticket To Earth tricked me into enjoying a puzzle game" – Rock, Paper, Shotgun - "A superbly original and exceptionally presented colour matching tactical game" – 5/5 Pocket Tactics For more information about the game, visit www.ticket-to-earth.com

About

Sumaddle

This logic puzzle game transforms pencil-and-paper challenges into interactive brain teasers. Fit number combinations to clues using pure logic, with no mental arithmetic required. Enjoy over 150 free puzzles of varying difficulty, with built-in help and offline play.

Highlights
  • Interactive logic puzzles
  • Number combination fitting
  • Pure logic solving
  • Built-in help and mistake correction
  • Over 150 free puzzles
  • Offline play
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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This type of logical puzzle was first seen in the Japan Puzzle Championship 2006 and is sometimes known as Doppelblock, or Smashed Sums. When played with pencil and paper, these puzzles can be hard work to solve. Sumaddle changes that by transforming the puzzles into interactive brain teasers that unfold before your eyes. Each puzzle has a unique solution. Finding the solution involves fitting the number combinations to the clues. The app makes it easy to view the possible combinations, you don’t need to do any sums in your head. Instead, you are able to focus on using logic to narrow down the combinations and find a fitting arrangement. The puzzles come in a range of sizes and difficulties, to suit all levels of skill and puzzling purposes. Choose a small puzzle to idle away a minute or two while waiting in a queue, or a big puzzle to give your brain some exercise during a coffee break! Some reasons why you will enjoy playing Sumaddle: • more than 150 puzzles are included for free • all puzzles can be solved with pure logic, no mental arithmetic required • the sophisticated built-in help can explain the logical reasoning at each step and also fix mistakes if you go wrong • the built-in help is completely free, use it as much as you like • works offline (great for long journeys) • a high standard of accessibility, including comprehensive support for VoiceOver • ad-free play - there are absolutely no ads! IGRS age rating (Indonesia Game Rating System): 3+ Designed and developed in Winterthur, Switzerland

Screenshots

Ticket to Earth4 screens
Sumaddle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sumaddle at Free against Ticket to Earth's $4.99. Sumaddle also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 87%). Ticket to Earth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sumaddle is free to download; Ticket to Earth costs $4.99 up front. Sumaddle sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Ticket to Earth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sumaddle holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 707 and 769 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Ticket to Earth's written reviews are positive against 95% of Sumaddle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ticket to Earth ships an update monthly, Sumaddle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ticket to Earth versus Sumaddle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTicket to EarthSumaddle
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (707 ratings)4.9 (769 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews94.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings707769 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.7 GB31 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFirst Landing Games Pty LtdJonathan Buchanan

Customer experience

Ticket to Earth

All ratings705 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews354 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.9%

Sumaddle

All ratings769 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative4.1%

User reviews

Ticket to Earth

From 707 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Engaging story and characters
  • 💡 Unique combat mechanics
  • 🎨 Excellent visuals and art style
  • 🔒 No in-app purchases or ads

Room to improve

  • 🕰 Short episodes, long wait for new content
  • 🔍 Difficulty spikes and unbalanced challenges
  • 🔄 Repetitive grinding for resources
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes

Sumaddle

From 769 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and challenging game
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
  • 👍 Helpful hint system
  • 🚀 No ads or data collection
  • 💡 Unique puzzle concept

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Automatic hints can be intrusive
  • 🐛 Inability to replay completed puzzles
  • 💡 Need more free/sample puzzles
  • 💡 Difficulty progression could be improved

Bugs and requests

Ticket to Earth

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • No sound despite volume settings
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Saved progress not loading correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Difficulty settings or customization
  • Ability to respec character progression
  • Cloud save syncing across devices
  • Endless/survival mode for replayability

Sumaddle

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Losing progress when minimizing the app
  • Inconsistent difficulty ratings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to selectively pencil in notes
  • More difficult puzzle options
  • Synced progress across devices
  • Detailed statistics and leaderboard

In-app purchases

None

Ticket to Earth

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Sumaddle

One-time15
  • Quirky, Pack 5$0.99
  • Very Difficult Puzzles$0.99
  • Quirky, Pack 1$0.99
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  • Premium 9x9 Puzzles, Pack 1$0.99
  • Crafty, Pack 1$0.99
  • Crafty, Pack 2$0.99
  • Crafty, Pack 3$0.99
  • Sneaky, Pack 1$0.99
  • Sneaky, Pack 2$0.99
  • Sneaky, Pack 3$0.99
  • Tricky, Pack 1$0.99
  • Tricky, Pack 2$0.99
  • Tricky, Pack 3$0.99
  • Assorted Puzzles$0.99
  • Puzzle Generator$9.99

Questions

Is Ticket to Earth free?
Ticket to Earth costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sumaddle free?
Sumaddle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ticket to Earth or Sumaddle?
Sumaddle is rated higher. Ticket to Earth averages 4.7 out of 5 from 707 ratings, while Sumaddle averages 4.9 from 769 ratings.
Do Ticket to Earth or Sumaddle have ads?
Neither Ticket to Earth nor Sumaddle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ticket to Earth or Sumaddle?
Ticket to Earth ships an update monthly, and Sumaddle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ticket to Earth was updated on November 1, 2026 and Sumaddle on October 24, 2026.

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