Ishido vs TapTapFreeCell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ishido
A meditative puzzle game where players match stones based on color and symbol to clear a board. It offers both strategic point-scoring and a relaxing, mindful experience.
- Match stones by color and symbol
- Strategic point scoring
- Meditative gameplay mode
- 72 unique stones
- 8x12 game board
- Next stone preview
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WELCOME TO ISHIDO An ancient puzzle that will test your meditative and strategic powers. Balance the yin & yang of patience vs. the quick score. Your goal is to empty the pouch, but plan ahead to find the elusive 4-way. You must match 72 stones on a board of 96 squares. You can play for points or relax and meditate over each move. OVERVIEW Ishido is a board game where you attempt to match stones according to their colors and patterns. THE GAME BOARD * The Game Board is eight squares high by 12 squares wide. * Stones come in sets of 72 stones. Each stone has two attributes: A color and a symbol. There are six symbols and six colors in each stoneset, thus creating 36 unique stones. Each stone comes in a pair, hence 72 stones in each stoneset. * The Within consists of the interior squares. * The Beyond consists of the squares at the outer edges of the board. * The Touchstone displays the next stone to be played. * The Scoreboard shows both the number of points scored, and the number of combination matches achieved. * The Pouch shows the number of stones remaining to play.
TapTapFreeCell
This card game offers an ultra-fast and easy FreeCell experience with smart features for experts and beginners alike. It automates moves, highlights options, and provides helpful tools to enhance gameplay.
- Tap-to-move gameplay
- Highlights legal moves
- Automatic card movement
- Intelligent automove to foundations
- Fast automatic endgame
- Hints and card finding
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Are you a FreeCell expert? An addict? TapTapFreeCell is for you! Play is ultra-fast and super-easy, because you never drag: just tap twice (once if only one move is possible) and it moves for you! Loaded with smart power-user features. Shows all possible moves. Understands supermoves. Moves unneeded cards to foundations automatically. Knows when the game is over and finishes for you. Great for beginners too. Power features can be toggled individually. Set animation speed. Hide the timer. Play it your way! Power features include: * Card sequences are outlined * Legal moves are highlighted * Sequence moves and supermoves work automatically * Intelligent safe automove-to-foundations * Fast automatic endgame * Hints * Card finding Other features: * Numbered Microsoft deals * Game export and import * Statistics listing played games, times, number of moves * Replay lost games
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TapTapFreeCell at 100% against Ishido's 43%. TapTapFreeCell also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.9). Ishido's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, monetization model 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. TapTapFreeCell sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ishido asks for nothing beyond the download.
TapTapFreeCell holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Ishido's written reviews are positive against 100% of TapTapFreeCell's.
Ishido ships an update every 2 weeks, TapTapFreeCell monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ishido | TapTapFreeCell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (12 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darin Koenig | Matt Neuburg |
Customer experience
Ishido
TapTapFreeCell
In-app purchases
Ishido
No in-app purchases
TapTapFreeCell
- Power Pack$0.99
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