Comparison

Embergram vs Drawer Tales

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

Head to head
About

Embergram

Solve logic puzzles by burning matches to meet row and column constraints. Mark un-burnable sections by painting from the tail. Navigate increasingly complex, hand-crafted levels that require pure logic.

Highlights
  • Burn matches to satisfy constraints
  • Paint to mark un-burnable sections
  • Hand-crafted levels
  • Pure logic, no guessing required
  • Additional level packs available
Features
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Burn matches from the head down to satisfy the row and column constraints. Paint from the tail to mark sections you want to remember as un-burnable. But when the matches start curving, don't let it tie your brain into a knot! - The first 144 levels are free to play and have been hand crafted by a human - no procedural generation! - All levels can be completed with pure logic and no guessing - Additional packs of levels are available as an in-app purchase

About

Drawer Tales

Features
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A tiny courier. A desk full of possibilities. Behind the wooden drawers, little doors lead to hidden mailboxes and neighbors with stories to share. Slide each drawer into place, connect the route and send your courier on a delivery through this warm miniature world. THINK SMALL. DISCOVER MORE. Explore 60 puzzles across six chapters. Line up doorways, work around wooden walls and fixed drawers, and reach every mailbox before the exit. A route that looks right may still leave a letter behind. FIND YOUR THREE-STAR ROUTE Try a different arrangement, undo a move or use a hint when you need a nudge. Earn stars for fewer moves. Replay completed hard levels with three stars to earn more stamps. MAKE THIS LITTLE WORLD YOURS Collect five couriers, each with a different look and story. Spend earned stamps on 15 decorations for the room and the puzzle drawers, from a trailing plant to a tiny wooden house. Open the letter journal to meet the neighbors along the way. A QUIET MOMENT, WHEREVER YOU ARE Play the puzzles offline, with no account required. Your progress is saved on your device. Enjoy a softly animated room, seasonal scenery, sound controls and a Reduce Motion option. Available in English, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Thai. Optional rewarded ads offer extra hint tickets or stamps and require an internet connection. You can continue playing without watching ads. Open a drawer. See where the next letter takes you. MORE LETTERS, NEW CHALLENGES Take on six resident orders and six self-solve challenges to earn extra stamps. Each challenge stage gives you three delivery attempts, with free restarts and unlimited drawer moves and undo. Hints are disabled in challenges; the regular campaign keeps unlimited delivery attempts. Every drawer in the 30 new levels can move.

Screenshots

Embergram4 screens
Drawer Tales4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drawer Tales at none against Embergram's 1. Drawer Tales also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 76 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Embergram sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drawer Tales asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Embergram ships an update every 76 months, Drawer Tales every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Embergram versus Drawer Tales: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmbergramDrawer Tales
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 76 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew GillespieDINH TAN HOANG

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Embergram

One-time1
  • Embergram$4.99
None

Drawer Tales

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Embergram free?
Embergram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drawer Tales free?
Drawer Tales is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Embergram or Drawer Tales have ads?
Neither Embergram nor Drawer Tales shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Embergram or Drawer Tales?
Embergram ships an update every 76 months, and Drawer Tales every 11 days. Most recently, Embergram was updated on November 3, 2026 and Drawer Tales on November 6, 2026.

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