Tilefold vs Bubble Drop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tilefold
Merge matching numbers by swiping to reach the 2048 tile in this relaxing puzzle game. Enjoy smooth gameplay, custom board sizes, and unique themes at your own pace without time limits.
- Classic 2048 gameplay
- Custom board sizes
- Unique visual themes
- Smooth animations and controls
- Track best scores
- No time limits
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Merge matching tiles and reach the target. The rules are clear in a second; the depth shows up later, when the board stops forgiving a careless move. THREE MODES Powers of 2 – the classic. Powers of 3: three tiles merge into one, more room, costlier mistakes. Fibonacci: neighbours in the sequence merge, not identical tiles, and habit works against you. FIVE BOARD SIZES From 3×3 to 7×7. The smaller the board, the harder the game: every combination of mode and size keeps its own best score and its own leaderboard. DAILY PUZZLE One board for everyone, a single attempt. Share the result as a card, and keep the streak – it is the only thing that carries from one day to the next. ETUDES A set position, a goal and a few moves: make 128 in four moves or leave just five tiles on the board. No new tiles appear, and every etude has an exact solution. Two chapters are free, five more come with Tilefold Plus. And every day brings a new free etude of the day. DUELS Send a friend a link to your own deal. They play the same board and see the score to beat – even without the game installed. HINTS AND REVIEW Stuck? The game suggests a move, three times per game. When the game is over, it shows the move where things went wrong and what to play instead. NOTHING EXTRA No ads, no subscription, no sign-up. The app collects no name, email, or address. Records live in your iCloud, and we have no access to them. TILEFOLD PLUS A one-time purchase: every chapter of etudes, three palettes beyond the five free ones, game statistics, the archive of past daily puzzles, and game review.
Bubble Drop
Tap to drop numbered bubbles from a pipe, merging same-colored and numbered bubbles to create larger numbers and score points. Strategically pop sticky bubbles on boss levels by making matches. Achieve massive scores with combos and chain reactions.
- Tap to drop bubbles
- Merge same number and color
- Beat sticky boss levels
- Create combo matches
- Score massive points
- Chain reaction gameplay
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Tap to drip a Bubble Drop off the pipe! Bubbles of the same number and colour will merge together to create new bubbles! Be careful! If you drop a Bubble Drop outside of the game circle, you lose! Beat boss levels by making a bubble match with one inside of a sticky bubbles. The bubbles will merge into the sticky bubble and pop! Pop all of the sticky bubbles to complete the boss level! Sticky bubble from higher boss levels will take more than one merge to completely pop; make multiple matches to burst them all! Merging bubbles will fuse together to create bubbles with a bigger number. Fuse bigger numbered bubbles together to score more points! You can also fuse multiple bubbles of the same number together if they are all connected, do a combo fuse to score massive points! If a bubble merge causes a bubble to get disconnected from the center, it pops off! Use this to your advantage to pop off undesirable bubbles depending on the situation! Get a huge score by creating combo matches! Make a chain reaction of bubble matches to beat all your friends with a massive high score! Do you have what it takes to drip and drop your way to the 2048 bubble?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Tilefold at free against Bubble Drop's free with in-app purchases. Tilefold also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 80%). Bubble Drop's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Tilefold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bubble Drop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Tilefold against 4.2 for Bubble Drop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Tilefold's written reviews are positive against 80% of Bubble Drop's.
Tilefold ships an update monthly, Bubble Drop every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tilefold | Bubble Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 4.2 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ramiz Kichibekov | TippyTap |
Customer experience
Tilefold
Bubble Drop
In-app purchases
Tilefold
- Tilefold Plus$0.99
Bubble Drop
- No Ads$2.99









