Paintiles vs link cubes terminal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paintiles
Match and clear tiles by painting them with given colors. Progress through increasingly challenging puzzles with new mechanics like dissolving ground and bombs. Offers a zen mode for endless, stress-free play.
- Tile painting and matching
- New puzzle mechanics
- 60 handcrafted levels
- Color-blind friendly design
- Zen mode for endless play
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Paint the tiles to make matches and clear the board. The game starts simple, you are given three colors to paint tiles with. As you gain the skills necessary to solve increasingly challenging puzzles you're faced with new mechanics - dissolving ground, bombs, rainbow tiles, all of which make you think in new and interesting ways. Paintiles is a must for puzzle lovers! ● Easy to learn, hard to master ● Color-blind friendly ● 60 handcrafted levels ● Zen mode for an endless amount of stress-free puzzles I hope you enjoy playing!
link cubes terminal
Connect same-colored cubes with straight lines to solve puzzles. Use gray cubes as waypoints to navigate obstacles and avoid crossing lines. Enjoy endless random levels with score tracking and satisfying sound effects.
- Connect same-colored cubes
- Use gray cubes as waypoints
- Avoid crossing lines
- Endless random levels
- Score tracking
- Sound effects and haptics
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Link cubes terminal is a clean, satisfying connection puzzle. • Connect cubes of the same color with a straight line • Use gray cubes as waypoints to route around obstacles • Avoid crossing lines or mixing colors (score drops on mistakes) • Endless random levels that keep every round fresh • Score tracking so you can chase your best run • Sound effects + haptics with a mute toggle • Optional on screen console that shows live game events and moves Fast to learn, fun to master, and perfect for quick brain breaks. No ads, no in app-purchases, enjoy full game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Paintiles at Free against link cubes terminal's $1.99. Paintiles also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (41 vs 3). link cubes terminal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On in-app purchases 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
Paintiles is free to download; link cubes terminal costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
link cubes terminal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paintiles has 41 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Paintiles's written reviews are positive against 100% of link cubes terminal's.
Paintiles ships an update every 4 months, link cubes terminal every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paintiles | link cubes terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrey Spencer | Laurand Osmeni |
Customer experience
Paintiles
link cubes terminal
In-app purchases
Paintiles
No in-app purchases
link cubes terminal
No in-app purchases
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