Comparison

Smash Puck vs Tile Five

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

Head to head
About

Smash Puck

Experience a unique puzzle game blending elements of pool, pinball, and curling with dynamic physics. Navigate through 120 handcrafted levels across 10 distinct worlds, utilizing special mechanics like magnets and portals to achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • 120 handcrafted levels
  • 10 unique worlds
  • Pool, Pinball, Curling elements
  • Magnets, portals, moving platforms
  • iCloud progress sync
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Smash Puck is the game you get when you combine Pool, Pinball, Curling and add magnets, portals, moving platforms, force fields and more! FEATURES • 120 handcrafted levels in 10 unique worlds • Original soundtrack featuring 6 songs: Listen on YouTube for free • So colourful! • No ads, No in-app purchases • Play on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV • Very yummy! • Sync your progress using iCloud • Fully localized for English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, German, Italian, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese and Russian • Super cute!

About

Tile Five

Place numbered tiles on a grid, with each tile occupying a specific number of spaces based on its value and position. Master thousands of levels with increasing difficulty, daily challenges, and unique board shapes. Earn rewards and enjoy a visually pleasing and tactile puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Numbered tile placement logic
  • Thousands of campaign levels
  • Daily puzzles with leaderboards
  • Silhouette and free play modes
  • In-game rewards and hints
  • Smooth animations and haptics
Features
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Every tile has a rule. Every placement has consequences. Get it wrong and the whole board falls apart. Place numbered tiles on a grid — each one fills a specific number of spaces around it. Odd tiles claim the corners. Even tiles take the sides. Tile 5 does both. Every tile must be placed perfectly to win. One wrong move and the board stays unsolved. Simple to learn. Incredibly hard to master. CAMPAIGN MODE Take on thousands of levels across dozens of phases. Boards grow larger, tile counts climb higher, and the challenge deepens with every phase you unlock. Earn XP, climb reward tiers, and collect resource drops as you go. There's always a harder board ahead. DAILY PUZZLE A fresh puzzle every day. Race the clock, post your score, and see how you rank on the global leaderboard. The built-in calendar lets you replay any past puzzle whenever you want. SILHOUETTE MODE The board is shaped like an object. Your job is to fill it perfectly. Same rules, a completely different kind of challenge. FREE PLAY Your board, your rules. Pick your tile count, play as many rounds as you want, and track your wins across every configuration. EARN AS YOU PLAY Complete levels to earn hints, undos, and restarts. Hit milestones for bonus rewards. Play clean — no hints, no undos, no restarts — for extra XP. BUILT TO FEEL GREAT Smooth animations. Warm wood aesthetics. Satisfying sounds and haptics. Designed to feel as good as it plays. Tile Five. One more round always makes sense.

Screenshots

Smash Puck4 screens
Tile Five4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tile Five at Free against Smash Puck's $1.99. Tile Five also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Smash Puck's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (125 vs 7). On ads 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

Tile Five is free to download; Smash Puck costs $1.99 up front. Tile Five sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Smash Puck asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tile Five holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smash Puck has 125 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Smash Puck's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tile Five's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smash Puck ships an update monthly, Tile Five every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Smash Puck versus Tile Five: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmash PuckTile Five
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (125 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings125 — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSemidome Inc.Jonathan Tucker

Customer experience

Smash Puck

All ratings125 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%

Tile Five

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Smash Puck

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Tile Five

One-time10
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • 10 Undos$0.99
  • 10 Restarts$0.99
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  • 50 Hints$2.99
  • 50 Undos$2.99
  • 50 Restarts$2.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 100 Hints$4.99
  • 100 Undos$4.99
  • 100 Restarts$4.99

Questions

Is Smash Puck free?
Smash Puck costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tile Five free?
Tile Five is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smash Puck or Tile Five?
Tile Five is rated higher. Smash Puck averages 4.8 out of 5 from 125 ratings, while Tile Five averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Smash Puck or Tile Five have ads?
Neither Smash Puck nor Tile Five shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smash Puck or Tile Five?
Smash Puck ships an update monthly, and Tile Five every 10 days. Most recently, Smash Puck was updated on October 25, 2026 and Tile Five on October 24, 2026.

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