Tic Tac Toe vs Tic Tac Toe*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tic Tac Toe
Experience the classic Tic Tac Toe game with over 10 themes and multiple game modes. Play against AI or a friend offline, track your statistics, and earn in-game candy prizes for wins, draws, and losses. Save your progress and themes via iCloud.
- Multiple game modes
- AI opponent with difficulty levels
- Over 10 themes
- In-game candy prizes
- End game animations
- Cloud save with iCloud
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*TIC TAC TOE now with OVER 10+ THEMES* Play Tic Tac Toe XOXO with friends and family! Enjoy the childhood game with different game modes, colorful themes and key statistics. Play with AI or with your friend in this turn-based offline tic tac toe game. Features include: • Single Player and Multiplayer game modes • Easy, Medium and Hard difficulty levels • Lots of themes to choose from • Play games and earn candies • Cool end game animations Candy prizes: • 50 candies for winning • 20 candies for draw • 10 candy for losing Save your profile to the cloud with iCloud: • You can save your themes and stats with iCloud and restore them later if you happen to switch to a different device. Make sure you are logged into your iCloud account on your device. Also make sure that iCloud Drive is enabled in your iCloud settings on your device otherwise your themes and stats will not be saved. Make sure you are logged into Game Center (if you are not automatically logged in): • Click on the leaderboards button located in the Statistics window • If the game doesn't log you in or prompt a login window after a few seconds close the app • Go to your device's settings and login to Game Center from there • Open Tic Tac Toe and click on the leaderboards button again and it should log you in Enjoy!
Tic Tac Toe*
The classic game of strategy where players take turns marking spaces on a grid. The goal is to be the first to get three of your marks in a row, either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- Three in a row gameplay
- Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal wins
- Simple grid-based strategy
- Classic Noughts and Crosses experience
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Be the first to place three of your marks in a row — horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tic Tac Toe* at 5.0 against Tic Tac Toe's 4.4. Tic Tac Toe* also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). Tic Tac Toe's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (482 vs 2). 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. Tic Tac Toe sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Tic Tac Toe* asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tic Tac Toe* holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tic Tac Toe has 482 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Tic Tac Toe's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tic Tac Toe*'s.
Tic Tac Toe ships an update every 3 days, Tic Tac Toe* every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tic Tac Toe | Tic Tac Toe* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (482 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 482 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Still57 | Alexander Berson |
Customer experience
Tic Tac Toe
Tic Tac Toe*
Bugs and requests
Tic Tac Toe
Requested features
1 request- Online multiplayer challenge
Tic Tac Toe*
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tic Tac Toe
- 200 Candies$0.99
- 3x Candies$1.99
- 500 Candies$1.99
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- Tic Tac Toe XOXO Premium$1.99
- 1500 Candies$2.99
- 4000 Candies$3.99
Tic Tac Toe*
No in-app purchases
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