Comparison

Connect Jewels™ vs MatchMint

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

Head to head
About

Connect Jewels™

A relaxing tile-matching puzzle game where you connect identical pairs with up to three lines. Enjoy beautiful graphics and simple touch controls without any time pressure. Your progress is automatically saved, allowing you to pause and resume play at any time.

Highlights
  • Connect matching tiles
  • Up to 3 lines connection
  • No timers
  • Simple touch controls
  • Automatic progress saving
  • Disable sounds
  • Listen to own music
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100% FREE! No Timers, Just Relax and Have Fun! Find matching tiles that connect with 3 or fewer lines! DOWNLOAD NOW! Easy and fun! • Simple touch controls! • Beautiful graphics! • No timers at all! Just relax and have fun! • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Download today! It's 100% FREE! Thanks for playing! Come see us at http://boyhowdytechnology.com

About

MatchMint

Features
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Tap two or more touching tiles of the same colour and they clear. Tiles above fall into the gap, empty columns close up, and — the part that changes everything — nothing ever refills. Every clear is permanent. Take the biggest group on the board and you might orphan the tiles around it, and an orphaned tile is stuck there for the rest of the round. MatchMint isn't about tapping fast. It's about the order you clear in. THE BOARD DRAINS No falling blocks. No endless refill. No timer counting down at you. The board you start with is the board you have, and your job is to empty it. SEE THE COST BEFORE YOU COMMIT Press and hold any group. You'll see what it scores and, more usefully, how many tiles it would strand. The obvious move and the right move are often not the same one. WIN, THEN PUSH FOR PERFECT Clear down to the round's goal and the win is banked — it can't be taken away. Everything after that is for stars. Leave a handful for two stars. Sweep the board completely for three and a bonus booster. EVERY BOARD IS BEATABLE A solver plays each board before you ever see it, and the round's goal is set from what it managed. You're never handed something impossible — and never handed something free. As you progress, the margin between the solver's line and yours narrows until you have to play nearly perfectly. WHEN YOU GET STUCK Undo takes back your last move, stranded tiles and all. Shuffle rearranges everything still on the board. Colour Blast clears an entire colour wherever it's stranded. Run out of moves and you'll be offered a way back in rather than a dead end. A NEW BOARD EVERY DAY The daily challenge hands everyone the same tiles. Build a streak, compare your sweep on Game Center leaderboards, and chase the achievements. BUILT PROPERLY • Full dark mode • Dynamic Type — the whole interface scales with your text size • Shapes on tiles for colour blind players, as a normal setting rather than something buried • VoiceOver labels on every tile, including what a move would strand • No timers. No lives. No waiting to play. MatchMint includes optional coin packs for players who want more boosters. You never need them to finish a level — every board can be cleared on its own terms.

Screenshots

Connect Jewels™2 screens
MatchMint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Connect Jewels™ at none against MatchMint's 3. Connect Jewels™ also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). MatchMint's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. MatchMint sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Connect Jewels™ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Connect Jewels™ ships an update every 6 weeks, MatchMint every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Connect Jewels™ versus MatchMint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnect Jewels™MatchMint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoy Howdy Technology LLCDavid Margot

Bugs and requests

Connect Jewels™

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset when switching difficulty levels
  • Hint highlight feature change is difficult to see
  • Invalid selection causes annoying popup message

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add an undo button
  • Introduce goals/targets to reach for each game
  • Use different emojis (less scary/nasty faces)
  • Improve graphics and visuals

MatchMint

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Connect Jewels™

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MatchMint

One-time3
  • Starter Vault 300$0.99
  • Pro Crate 800$2.99
  • Legend Stack 1800$5.99

Questions

Is Connect Jewels™ free?
Connect Jewels™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MatchMint free?
MatchMint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Connect Jewels™ or MatchMint have ads?
Connect Jewels™ shows ads; MatchMint does not.
Which is updated more often, Connect Jewels™ or MatchMint?
Connect Jewels™ ships an update every 6 weeks, and MatchMint every 2 months. Most recently, Connect Jewels™ was updated on November 8, 2026 and MatchMint on October 31, 2026.

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