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.
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.
- Hexagonal tile-based gameplay
- Strategic path connection
- Online multiplayer
- Robot opponent
- Develops strategic thinking
- Enhances spatial ability
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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.
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.
- Card drafting gameplay
- Vegetable and recipe collection
- Unique recipe scoring
- Cross-platform online multiplayer
- AI opponents
- Local multiplayer
- Synced progress across devices
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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)
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Tantrix.com | Point Salad | Combine Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (70 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #144 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave Dyer | Mipmap |
Customer experience
Tantrix.com
Point Salad | Combine Recipes
In-app purchases
Tantrix.com
No in-app purchases
Point Salad | Combine Recipes
No in-app purchases
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