Tidy Tower vs Gradient Sort
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tidy Tower
Construct the highest possible tower by strategically placing blocks. Test your reflexes and precision as you aim for the sky, but be careful – one wrong move could send it all tumbling down!
- Physics-based gameplay
- Strategic block placement
- Endless tower building
- High score challenges
- Intuitive controls
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Build the tallest tower before it all comes crashing down!
Gradient Sort
Engage in a visually pleasing color sorting puzzle game. Arrange shades of colors in the correct order to achieve perfect color harmony and a relaxing, meditative experience. This game offers a unique take on coloring and shade sorting mechanics.
- Color sorting puzzle mechanic
- Visually pleasing gradients
- Relaxing gameplay
- Achieve color harmony
- Meditative experience
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Welcome to Gradient Sort! It’s a new color sorting game that is so visually pleasing, it will have you coming back for more. Coloring games have been one-upped with the shade sorting puzzle mechanic. Gradient Sort is quiet and simple. We invite you to play it while listening to your favorite music. Kick back, relax and see if you can solve the enigma that is achieving perfect color harmony with so many gradients. Meditate over a game play so smooth and satisfying. Arrange the shades of colors in the right order, achieve harmony and relax. We are visual creatures after all.
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Verdict
Tidy Tower and Gradient Sort both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Tidy Tower's written reviews are positive against 42% of Gradient Sort's. Tidy Tower also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Gradient Sort's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 149). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Tidy Tower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gradient Sort sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Tidy Tower against 4.5 for Gradient Sort. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gradient Sort has 4.6K ratings behind it against 149, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Tidy Tower's written reviews are positive against 42% of Gradient Sort's.
Tidy Tower ships an update every 3 days, Gradient Sort weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tidy Tower | Gradient Sort |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (149 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 41.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 149 | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 10.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 350 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Branching Factor LTD | Popcore GmbH |
Customer experience
Tidy Tower
Gradient Sort
Bugs and requests
Tidy Tower
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Gradient Sort
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzle screen becomes zoomed in and unresponsive
- Hints not working as expected
- Puzzle pieces not registering correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Zoom in/out functionality
- Option to remove ads
- Ability to save progress and resume levels
In-app purchases
Tidy Tower
- No Ads$1.99
Gradient Sort
- Bunch of cash$0.99
- Pack for Hint Booster$1.99
- Skip Tickets$1.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99
- 30 Days of Cash$3.99
- Permanent Worker$3.99
- Stack of Cash$3.99
- Pile of Cash$8.99
- Bag of Cash$17.99
- Regular pack of Hint Booster$19.99
- Big pack for Hint Booster$59.99
