Minimal Match Three vs Broken Grounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Minimalist design
- Relaxing gameplay
- Unique stages
- Distraction-free experience
- Single high score
- Creative inspiration
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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.
Broken Grounds
Explore 80 hand-crafted levels across 9 unique worlds, uncovering paths, avoiding traps, and rescuing lost critters. This adventure features a minimalist art style and a relaxing soundscape, with each world introducing new gameplay mechanics.
- Explore 80 hand-crafted levels
- Discover 9 unique worlds
- Uncover hidden paths
- Avoid dangerous traps
- Rescue lost critters
- Minimalist art style
- Relaxing soundscape
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In Broken Grounds, traverse through the mysterious and beautiful worlds, uncovering the path, unlocking the way, avoiding traps and rescuing lost critters. Explore 80 hand-crafted levels across 9 worlds in a beautifully designed, minimalist art style and a calming, relaxing soundscape, with each new world adding new ways to play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Broken Grounds at 100% against Minimal Match Three's 0%. Broken Grounds also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Minimal Match Three's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) 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
Both are free to download. Broken Grounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minimal Match Three asks for nothing beyond the download.
Broken Grounds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Minimal Match Three's written reviews are positive against 100% of Broken Grounds's.
| Parameter | Minimal Match Three | Broken Grounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zakary Kinnaird | Motionlab |
Customer experience
Minimal Match Three
Broken Grounds
In-app purchases
Minimal Match Three
No in-app purchases
Broken Grounds
- Remove Ads$2.99
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