Comparison

fade! vs Number Match Grid

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

Head to head
About

fade!

A relaxing yet challenging puzzle game where tapping rings clears fog and saves fish. It offers a Zen-like experience designed to engage both your eyes and brain.

Highlights
  • Simple tap-to-score gameplay
  • Clear fog
  • Save fishes
  • Relaxing puzzle
  • Challenging gameplay
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A relaxing puzzle from Ell Tee! The game play is so simple: Tap any ring to score! Let's push back the fog & save the fishes in this Zen Game! fade! is a puzzle for relaxing, while extremely challenging at the same time! (both eyes & brain) Thanks for playing fade!, Ell Tee

About

Number Match Grid

A relaxing number puzzle game with adjustable grid sizes and an easier diagonal pattern option. Features an undo function for mistakes and fewer advertisements for an uninterrupted experience.

Highlights
  • Varying grid sizes
  • Diagonal pattern option
  • Undo functionality
  • Fewer ads
Features
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Fewer Ads Varying grid sizes. Easy on the eye diagonal pattern. Undo!

Screenshots

fade!3 screens
Number Match Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: fade! at 83% against Number Match Grid's 0%. fade! also leads on ratings volume (107 vs 28) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 12.0). Number Match Grid's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. fade! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Number Match Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Number Match Grid holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 107 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of fade!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Number Match Grid's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
fade! versus Number Match Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterfade!Number Match Grid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (107 ratings)4.5 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings107 — better28
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTopebox Company LimitedPartyOnGames

Customer experience

fade!

All ratings107 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative12.2%

Number Match Grid

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

fade!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or returns to home screen
  • Touch input not registering correctly on iPhone XR
  • Lagging issues

Requested features

7 requests
  • Expand color options (yellow, cyan, orange)
  • Add an endless mode
  • Different themes or color palettes
  • Dark mode and light mode options
  • Adjustable time limit
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  • More sound variety
  • German language description

Number Match Grid

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

fade!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads!$1.99
None

Number Match Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is fade! free?
fade! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Number Match Grid free?
Number Match Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, fade! or Number Match Grid?
Number Match Grid is rated higher. fade! averages 4.3 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while Number Match Grid averages 4.5 from 28 ratings.
Do fade! or Number Match Grid have ads?
Neither fade! nor Number Match Grid shows ads.

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