Charming Alice vs Zen Match
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charming Alice
Embark on a magical journey through Wonderland with Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Solve challenging match-3 puzzles by swapping iconic pieces to progress through wondrous lands and meet amusing characters. Experience a remarkable story brought to life with amazing graphics.
- Match-3 puzzle gameplay
- Wonderland adventure
- Meet iconic characters
- Amazing graphics
- Family-friendly levels
- Challenging puzzles
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Help Alice and the Cheshire Cat on their adventure through Wonderland. Follow the white rabbit through amazing lands visiting wondrous places and meeting amusing characters! Match and swap well known pieces from all over Wonderland to master this fun and challenging puzzle. See this remarkable story come to life like never before! - Amazing graphic! - Free and filled with adventure! - Easy and really hard level! - For the whole family! - Play this game and get ready to be transported to a new world!
Zen Match
A classic match-3 puzzle game with unique time management and quick thinking mechanics. Combine fruits to create boosters, clear the board, and compete on a worldwide leaderboard. Enjoy endless replayability with a randomly generated map system.
- Randomly generated maps
- Time management gameplay
- Map-clearing boosters
- Worldwide leaderboard
- Quick thinking rewards
- Spin button to refresh board
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A classic match-3 game with unique mechanics. Experience endless fun with the randomly asserted generator which guarantees that you shall never see the same map twice in your life. Unique gameplay based on time management and quick thinking brings freshness to an everlasting classic gameplay. Combine fruits in order to get incredible map-clearing boosters and increase the time limit! Features: — New World-Wide Leaderboard — Fascinating booster animations — Rewards for quick thinking — Refresh the board using the Spin button Zen Match is absolutely free to play, however it requires the user to log in (with Facebook or SignIn with Apple) and have internet connection in order to participate in the leaderboard. The option to continue a game is also present if the user decides to watch a short advertisement after running out of time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zen Match at none against Charming Alice's 10. Zen Match also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Charming Alice's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 9.0). 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. Charming Alice sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Zen Match asks for nothing beyond the download.
Charming Alice ships an update fortnightly, Zen Match every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charming Alice | Zen Match |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuri Barbashov | Wild Pluto |
Customer experience
Charming Alice
Zen Match
In-app purchases
Charming Alice
- Handful of coins$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Lots of coins$2.99
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- Stack of coins$4.99
- Wallet of coins$9.99
- Special Bundle 1$9.99
- Piggy bank of coins$19.99
- Chest of coins$39.99
- Mass of coins$49.99
- Pile of coins$79.99
Zen Match
No in-app purchases
Questions
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