Comparison

Matchimals.fun vs Ordinary Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

Matchimals.fun

A turn-based card game where players connect animal-themed cards based on patterns. Designed for young children, it enhances pattern recognition skills with engaging visuals of animals, colors, and numbers.

Highlights
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Animal matching puzzles
  • Pattern recognition skills
  • Fun visuals
  • Suitable for 1-4 players
  • Offline play
Features
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Matchimals is an animal matching card game for 1–4 players, made for kids (ages 2–10 love it) and the grown-ups who play with them. Connect cards so the animals on their edges match, rack up points, and see who builds the best board. HOW TO PLAY • Take turns placing the top card from the deck next to the cards already on the table. • Every edge that matches its neighbor's animal scores points — some animals are worth more than others. • Find a spot that matches on two or three sides for a big turn. • When the deck runs out, the highest score wins. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Easy mode — there's always a match to make, so little ones are never stuck. • Classic — match if you can, pass if you can't. The original rules, with a bit more bite. MADE FOR SHARING ONE SCREEN • Pass-and-play for up to 4 players on one iPhone or iPad — no accounts, no internet needed. • Play solo for a quiet round, too. • Choose your animal: 28 to pick from, each with its own color — and a matching app icon. • Pinch and drag around a board that grows with every card. GOOD TO KNOW • No ads. No in-app purchases. Nothing to unlock. • Based on Busy Bee, a card game from 1959. • Open source — the whole game is on GitHub. Matchimals aims to provide entertainment and improve pattern recognition skills through fun visuals of animals, colors, and numbers.

About

Ordinary Puzzles

A minimalistic puzzle game where you extend numbers into lines to cover all dots. Each puzzle is solvable through logic alone, with no trial and error required. It's a free, open-source experience.

Highlights
  • Extend numbers into lines
  • Cover all dots
  • Logical deduction
  • Single solution puzzles
  • Minimalistic design
  • Open-source
Features
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The rules of Ordinary Puzzles are simple: - Extend each number into a line of that length. - Cover all the dots of the puzzle with lines. And that's it! Each puzzle has a single solution and can be solved trough logical deduction alone: no trial and error is needed. Ordinary Puzzles is free, open-source, with no in-app purchases. Forever.

Screenshots

Matchimals.fun4 screens
Ordinary Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

Matchimals.fun and Ordinary Puzzles are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Matchimals.fun against 4.8 for Ordinary Puzzles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 30 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Matchimals.fun versus Ordinary Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatchimals.funOrdinary Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (63 ratings)4.8 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings63 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher HeningerMatteo Mazzarolo

Customer experience

Matchimals.fun

All ratings63 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ordinary Puzzles

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Matchimals.fun

No in-app purchases

None

Ordinary Puzzles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matchimals.fun free?
Matchimals.fun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ordinary Puzzles free?
Ordinary Puzzles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matchimals.fun or Ordinary Puzzles?
Ordinary Puzzles is rated higher. Matchimals.fun averages 4.8 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Ordinary Puzzles averages 4.8 from 30 ratings.
Do Matchimals.fun or Ordinary Puzzles have ads?
Neither Matchimals.fun nor Ordinary Puzzles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matchimals.fun or Ordinary Puzzles?
Matchimals.fun ships an update every 8 months, and Ordinary Puzzles every 8 months. Most recently, Matchimals.fun was updated on September 15, 2026 and Ordinary Puzzles on August 10, 2026.

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