Comparison

Tantrix.com vs Point Salad | Combine Recipes

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

Head to head
About

Tantrix.com

A strategic puzzle game where players connect hexagonal tiles with colored paths. Compete against others online or a robot opponent, testing your spatial reasoning and planning skills.

Highlights
  • Hexagonal tile-based gameplay
  • Strategic path connection
  • Online multiplayer
  • Robot opponent
  • Develops strategic thinking
  • Enhances spatial ability
Features
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Welcome to Tantrix.com - a spatial game of colour and strategy - now available on iPad! This fascinating New Zealand game was invented in 1988 and has since won numerous awards worldwide for its quality, beauty and elegance. It consists of 56 unique hexagonal tiles connected by red, green, blue and yellow paths. Players must try to block or control their opponents path-colour while simultaneously growing their own. Online Tantrix has been available for nearly 20 years, and now with this app you can compete against the international Tantrix community on your mobile. Or challenge the resident robot opponent to a game anytime! Tantrix is simple enough to learn, yet with the possibility to be infinitely complex. Unlike conventional strategy games such as chess, in Tantrix the ratio of skill and luck varies from game to game. The best player usually wins, but not always! Great for training strategic thinking, spatial ability, problem solving, planning and also memory skills.

About

Point Salad | Combine Recipes

Engage in a fast-paced card-drafting game where you collect vegetables and recipes to score points. Strategize to create the ultimate salad based on unique recipe requirements. Enjoy online multiplayer, AI opponents, or local play.

Highlights
  • Card drafting gameplay
  • Vegetable and recipe collection
  • Unique recipe scoring
  • Cross-platform online multiplayer
  • AI opponents
  • Local multiplayer
  • Synced progress across devices
Features
Currently charting
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Turn your kitchen into a playground with Point Salad - the delightful digital take on a fast-paced, card-drafting, family board game! Craft the ultimate salad by snagging carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, cabbages, or peppers, and customize it to perfection based on unique recipe requirements. In the world of Point Salad, veggies and recipes are your key ingredients. Every recipe comes with its own scoring rules, so whether you're stockpiling tomatoes or aiming for a well-balanced mix, it's all about the recipes you snag. It's a lively, family-friendly game that's now available for fun battles against friends and family online, or even against salad-lovin’ AI opponents! On each turn, dive into the market and choose between 2 fresh veggies or a tempting recipe. The market refreshes, and your opponents join the veggie hunt. Multiple recipes can make use of the same veggie so strategize to collect the perfect combo. The game wraps up when all veggies and recipes are gathered, and the crowned champion is the one with the most points. Let the salad showdown begin! FEATURES: • Cross-platform online multiplayer! • Private online games with friends • Synced progress across all your devices. Play online game on one device, continue on another! • Play against AI (or multiple AIs!) • Local multiplayer with friends on the same device • Tutorial LANGUAGE: English AWARDS & HONORS: • 2023 Guldbrikken Best Family Game Nominee • 2021 Spiel des Jahres Recommended • 2020 Origins Awards Best Card Game Winner • 2020 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Family Game Winner • 2020 5 Seasons Best International Card Game Winner © 2026 Mipmap, under license from Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG). Point Salad © 2019 Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)

Screenshots

Tantrix.com1 screens
Point Salad | Combine Recipes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tantrix.com at Free against Point Salad | Combine Recipes's $5.99. Tantrix.com also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Point Salad | Combine Recipes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (86% vs 54%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Tantrix.com is free to download; Point Salad | Combine Recipes costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Point Salad | Combine Recipes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Point Salad | Combine Recipes has 70 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Tantrix.com's written reviews are positive against 86% of Point Salad | Combine Recipes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tantrix.com ships an update every 2 weeks, Point Salad | Combine Recipes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Tantrix.com versus Point Salad | Combine Recipes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTantrix.comPoint Salad | Combine Recipes
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)4.7 (70 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings570 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#144 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDave DyerMipmap

Customer experience

Tantrix.com

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative30.8%

Point Salad | Combine Recipes

All ratings66 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Tantrix.com

No in-app purchases

None

Point Salad | Combine Recipes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tantrix.com free?
Tantrix.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Point Salad | Combine Recipes free?
Point Salad | Combine Recipes costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tantrix.com or Point Salad | Combine Recipes?
Point Salad | Combine Recipes is rated higher. Tantrix.com averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Point Salad | Combine Recipes averages 4.7 from 70 ratings.
Do Tantrix.com or Point Salad | Combine Recipes have ads?
Neither Tantrix.com nor Point Salad | Combine Recipes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tantrix.com or Point Salad | Combine Recipes?
Tantrix.com ships an update every 2 weeks, and Point Salad | Combine Recipes every 3 months. Most recently, Tantrix.com was updated on November 2, 2026 and Point Salad | Combine Recipes on November 3, 2026.

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