Comparison

Minimal Match Three vs Traffix 3D

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

Head to head
About

Minimal Match Three

A minimalist match-3 puzzle game focused on design and relaxation. It offers a distraction-free experience with unique stages and a single high score to challenge yourself. Designed to inspire creativity and calm the mind.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Unique stages
  • Distraction-free experience
  • Single high score
  • Creative inspiration
Features
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A relaxing match 3 puzzle game for people who don't mind good design. Designed to inspire your creativity and relax your mind. Forget spending thousands of hours matching bright colours and earning gold coins, Minimal Match Three is designed with one thing in mind, spotting matches. Sounds simple – but it gets increasingly difficult as the 24 stages progress. Designed to be modern and timeless, the unique graphic design compliments the sleek profiles of your phone. UNIQUENESS IS A VERTUE Each stage is unique in look and feel, designed to be timeless, playful and challenging find your favourite map and see how high you can score. ONE SCORE There is a single top score across all stages. No gold, stars or medals to collect, just your own simple high score, you are your best competition. GOOD DESIGN IS UNOBTRUSIVE Dieter Rams said it best – good design not only looks good but removes all that is not necessary, only type and tiles are on display at all times. DISTRACTION-FREE Designed for meditation as much as play, each stage offers a unique challenge for the brain and eyes to coordinate, free of distraction.

About

Traffix 3D

Manage traffic flow in a 3D simulation game. Tap and hold to guide cars through intersections, preventing accidents and ensuring safe passage for vehicles and pedestrians. Unlock a variety of cars and explore over 100 cities.

Highlights
  • 3D traffic simulation
  • Accident avoidance gameplay
  • Car collection mechanics
  • 100+ cities to explore
  • Unlockable vehicles
  • Tap and hold controls
Features
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If you are looking to escape from a traffic jam, what could be better than playing a traffic management simulation game? (not if you’re the driver of course: don’t play this game if you’re driving, actually!!!). Traffic can create stressful situations, but with Traffix 3D, the effect is the exact opposite: you will feel pleasure simply by tapping and holding your finger on the screen and letting the cars pass through the traffic lights. Traffix 3D is actually a game derived from a Premium title powered by Infinity Games: Traffix, but it provides new mechanics, 3D graphics, 100+ cities, dozens of new vehicles and a newly developed atmosphere inspired by the minimalism from the premium version. Unlike the Premium Version, Traffix 3D is 100% free! The goal of Traffix 3D is the same as the Premium Traffix game: Avoid accidents, but at all cost. If you let a single car crash, then you will need to restart the level. You pass the level after safely delivering to their destination a specific number of cars. In other words, you must keep both cars and pedestrians happy. Lastly, you should build your car collection! There are 3 ways to unlock cars: By getting in-app currency: You can win coins by passing the levels successfully. These coins allow you to unlock rare cars. By finding keys during the gameplay and unlocking classic cars from their garages By mysterious ways that will unlock you some Crazy Cars! You will be travelling between different cities from New York, Roma, Berlin, Palermo or Seoul. More cities will be added: Feel free to drop us an e-mail if you want your city to be featured in the game.

Screenshots

Minimal Match Three4 screens
Traffix 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Traffix 3D at 4.5 against Minimal Match Three's 3.0. Traffix 3D also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 3). Minimal Match Three's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Traffix 3D sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Minimal Match Three asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Traffix 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Traffix 3D has 1.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Minimal Match Three's written reviews are positive against 25% of Traffix 3D's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Minimal Match Three versus Traffix 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal Match ThreeTraffix 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.5 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews25.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31.3K — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB256 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZakary KinnairdINFINITY GAMES, LDA

Customer experience

Minimal Match Three

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral75.0%
Negative25.0%

Traffix 3D

All ratings1,349 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive25.4%
Neutral14.6%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Minimal Match Three

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Traffix 3D

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game resets progress to level 1
  • Ads still shown after paying to remove them
  • Game freezes or crashes due to ads
  • Incompatibility issues with updates
  • Levels not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to replay previous levels
  • Improve rewards system for watching ads
  • Implement cloud saving to prevent lost progress
  • Add more levels and increase difficulty
  • Allow selection of multiple car skins

In-app purchases

None

Minimal Match Three

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Traffix 3D

One-time9
  • Coin Offer 1$0.99
  • Coin Offer 2$1.99
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
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  • Coin Offer 3$4.99
  • Coin Pack 2$7.99
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Coin Pack 3$14.99
  • Coin Pack 4$29.99
  • Coin Pack 5$54.99

Questions

Is Minimal Match Three free?
Minimal Match Three is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Traffix 3D free?
Traffix 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Minimal Match Three or Traffix 3D?
Traffix 3D is rated higher. Minimal Match Three averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Traffix 3D averages 4.5 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Minimal Match Three or Traffix 3D have ads?
Traffix 3D shows ads; Minimal Match Three does not.

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