Comparison

Troll Patrol vs Permutopia

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

Head to head
About

Troll Patrol

Defend your troll den from invading villagers and heroes in this unique puzzle RPG. Match tiles to attack enemies, heal yourself with potions, and strengthen your defenses. Protect your home and family from relentless waves of attackers.

Highlights
  • Tile-matching combat
  • RPG progression
  • Enemy and weapon variety
  • Skill and powerup system
  • Cave upgrades
  • Quests and events
Features
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"A Troll's Tale - Troll Patrol" is a puzzle game which combines the tile-matching and RPG genres by offering a unique experience: Play as the last defender of the threatened troll den where vicious village people and heroes from far away castles and kingdoms knock down your door. Stand firm, take whatever weapon is close and fight them off to get your family and friends to safety. Protect what is rightfully yours, your home, your heritage. They come for blood, for revenge, to still their blood thirst. But you won't allow it. More and more enemies pour through the broken door and by connecting them to sword tiles you can fight them off. Once you get hit you can connect potions to heal your wounds or connect shields to improve your armor. Connecting gold might lead to new treasures that help you defend what is yours and keep their filthy hands of your stuff. Features: - Over 50 unlockable types of enemies - 6 unlockable weapon types - 7 unlockable playable classes - Endless waves of enemies - Over 50 active and passive skills and powerups - Over 40 event cards with multiple choices and outcomes - Over 15 quests to choose from - Improve your cave for permanent bonuses - Leaderboard and Achievements

About

Permutopia

Engage your mind with a variety of unique permutation puzzles. Solve challenges by rearranging pieces to restore order, featuring diverse mechanics like sliding, twisting, and rotating. Enjoy logic, pattern, and spatial reasoning tasks designed for both short bursts and extended play.

Highlights
  • Variety of permutation puzzles
  • Sliding, twisting, rotating mechanics
  • Logic and pattern challenges
  • Spatial reasoning tasks
  • Puzzles for quick or long sessions
  • Clean interface
Features
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Permutopia is a collection of permutation puzzles built around one idea: rearrange the pieces until everything is back in place. Some puzzles are inspired by classic sliding-tile games. Others use twisting, rotating, shifting, and cycling moves, with each puzzle introducing its own rules and patterns. Features: • A wide variety of permutation-style puzzles • Sliding, twisting, rotating, shifting, and cycling mechanics • Logic, pattern, and spatial reasoning challenges • Puzzles for both quick sessions and longer solves • A clean, focused interface Turn disorder into order, one move at a time.

Screenshots

Troll Patrol4 screens
Permutopia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Troll Patrol at none against Permutopia's shown. Troll Patrol also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Permutopia's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Troll Patrol sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Permutopia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Permutopia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Troll Patrol has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Troll Patrol's written reviews are positive against 100% of Permutopia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Troll Patrol ships an update every 2 weeks, Permutopia every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Troll Patrol versus Permutopia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTroll PatrolPermutopia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (48 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB12 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPhilippe SchoberGeorge Hauser

Customer experience

Troll Patrol

All ratings46 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative23.3%

Permutopia

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Troll Patrol

One-time1
  • Unlock Game$4.99
1 purchases

Permutopia

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$5.99

Questions

Is Troll Patrol free?
Troll Patrol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Permutopia free?
Permutopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Troll Patrol or Permutopia?
Permutopia is rated higher. Troll Patrol averages 4.6 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Permutopia averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Troll Patrol or Permutopia have ads?
Permutopia shows ads; Troll Patrol does not.
Which is updated more often, Troll Patrol or Permutopia?
Troll Patrol ships an update every 2 weeks, and Permutopia every 10 days. Most recently, Troll Patrol was updated on October 23, 2026 and Permutopia on October 14, 2026.

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