Tantrix.com vs Circuital
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.
Circuital
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Circuital is a minimalist circuit-routing puzzle. Slide and rotate path pieces to complete the current — every level has exactly one elegant solution waiting for you to find it. • 60 hand-crafted challenges across four difficulty tiers • A fresh Daily Challenge every day • A hint engine for when you're truly stuck • Achievements and stats to track your mastery • Clean, distraction-free design — no ads, no timers, just pure logic Whether you have two minutes or twenty, Circuital rewards careful thinking with the satisfying click of a completed circuit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tantrix.com at none against Circuital's 1. Tantrix.com also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Circuital sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tantrix.com asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tantrix.com ships an update every 2 weeks, Circuital every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tantrix.com | Circuital |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave Dyer | Mario Steenbergen |
In-app purchases
Tantrix.com
No in-app purchases
Circuital
- Circuital Pro$2.99
Questions
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