Sliding Seas vs Molecano
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sliding Seas
Build and decorate your own tropical island paradise by matching and merging land. Collect VIP characters, complete puzzles, and enjoy a relaxing match-3 experience with daily missions and events. Escape to a world of fun with over 1000 levels.
- Match and merge land to create islands
- Decorate and grow your home island
- Collect cute VIP characters
- Multiple game modes
- Daily missions and weekend events
- Offline play support
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Be the mayor of your own tropical world! Pick cute buildings to decorate your island and hang out with cool VIP characters that you collect. Sliding Seas is the cutest and most relaxing match-3 puzzle game on mobile! SO MUCH FUN: • Easy to play, hard to master - endlessly fun and addictive! • Unique gameplay - match and merge land to make islands • Lots of game modes - ocean rescue, penguins, turtles, pirates and treasure • A world of your own - grow and decorate your home island • Earn rewards and prizes with daily missions and weekend events • Unlock cute VIP characters as you play • Awesome power-ups and spectacular combos • Supports offline play • Over 1000 levels, with more added all the time Sliding Seas is free to play, though some in-game items can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this option, simply turn it off in your device settings. Need to get away and relax? Escape to paradise with Sliding Seas!
Molecano
Embark on a word-based adventure to help a mole navigate volcanic landscapes. String words together to create bridges and collect food across challenging lava-filled levels. This unique puzzle game offers a relaxing experience with a cool soundtrack and unlockable characters.
- Unique word puzzle gameplay
- 500+ levels
- Unlockable characters
- Chill soundtrack
- Word-based bridge creation
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Molecano is an all-new word puzzle game from the creator of Dadish! Help Molene the mole explore volcanoes using words as a bridge. String words together so Molene can cross safely and collect all the delicious food strewn across the lava loaded levels. • A unique and challenging word puzzle game • 500 levels, with more to come • From the creator of Dadish and Super Fowlst • Cool characters to unlock • Playing this game will make you smart, probably • A good game for people who know some words • A chill soundtrack • Relax and unwind... in a volcano!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sliding Seas at 4.8 against Molecano's 4.3. Sliding Seas also leads on ratings volume (3.6K vs 109). Molecano's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and 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
Both are free to download. Sliding Seas sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Molecano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sliding Seas holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sliding Seas has 3.6K ratings behind it against 109, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Sliding Seas's written reviews are positive against 85% of Molecano's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sliding Seas | Molecano |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.6K ratings) — better | 4.3 (109 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better | 85.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 109 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 575 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mugshot Games Pty Ltd | Thomas Young |
Customer experience
Sliding Seas
Molecano
User reviews
Sliding Seas
From 3.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🚀 No forced ads
- 💡 Unique twist on match-3 mechanics
- 👍 Cute graphics and animations
- 👍 Relaxing and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes at certain levels
- 💡 Lack of customization options for island
- 💡 Repetitive gameplay after a while
- 🐛 Hints/tutorials can be intrusive
- 💡 Desire for more game modes/endless play
Molecano
From 109 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Unique and innovative word puzzle concept
- 🎨 Charming art style and visual design
- 🎵 Calming, relaxing lo-fi music
- 😌 Relaxing and stress-relieving gameplay
- 👥 Collectible characters from other games
Room to improve
- 📺 Too many ads despite being fewer than competitors
- 💰 Expensive ad removal cost
- 🐢 Slow character movement animation
- 📱 Game map too small on phone screens
- 🎮 Becomes repetitive after extended play
Bugs and requests
Sliding Seas
Reported bugs
2 issues- Some levels feel impossible without using boosters
- Occasional crashes or loss of progress after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more levels and content updates
- Implement an endless/survival mode
- Allow replaying of completed levels
- Improve contrast between ocean tile colors
- Add option to skip survivor arrival animation
Molecano
Reported bugs
8 issues- Level 137 - character won't move after placing letters
- Level 311 - multiple reports of unsolvable/broken level
- Level 339 - reported as extremely difficult/possibly broken
- Level 480 - appears to have no solution
- Level 464 - reported as impossible to pass
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- Early levels (around level 5) - unresponsive words
- Word extension not working consistently
- Hint system not helpful for difficult levels
Requested features
15 requests- More levels beyond level 500
- Larger game map for mobile devices
- Ability to rotate words 360 degrees
- Replay previous completed levels
- Game Center/cloud save compatibility
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- Star rating system for level performance
- Coin rewards based on performance stars
- Cheaper character options (50-100 coins)
- Faster character movement speed
- In-game dictionary function
- Expanded word dictionary validation
- Ability to make intersecting words like Scrabble
- Hint system improvements
- Support for multiple languages
- Special interactive elements (fruits/vegetables)
In-app purchases
Sliding Seas
- Handful of Diamonds$1.99
- 2 Hours Unlimited Lives$2.99
- Beginner's Bundle$3.99
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- Moonflower Bundle$3.99
- Unlimited Event Tickets$3.99
- Pile of Diamonds$5.99
- Modern Mayor's Bundle$5.99
- Luxury Rescue Boat$5.99
- Rescuer's Bundle$6.99
- Large Power-Up Bundle$7.99
- Diamond Trader Bundle$9.99
- Mayor's Mansion Bundle$9.99
- Penguin Lodge$9.99
- Bucket of Diamonds$9.99
- Super Bundle$14.99
- Mega Bundle$29.99
Molecano
- Remove Ads$5.99
