Comparison

Tap Away 3D vs kerf

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

Head to head
About

Tap Away 3D

This 3D puzzle game challenges your logic and critical thinking. Tap blocks to make them fly away, but be strategic as they only move in one direction. Rotate the shape to find the best angle and clear increasingly complex puzzles.

Highlights
  • 3D block-tapping gameplay
  • Strategic block removal
  • Shape rotation for optimal angles
  • Increasingly complex puzzles
  • Unlockable skins and themes
  • Offline play
Features
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Tap Away 3D is brought to you by Popcore, makers of hit puzzle games with more than 250 million combined installs! Tap Away 3D is a fun and addictive 3D puzzle game, but it’s more than just that - it’s a brain teaser that will take you to the next level! Tap the blocks to make them fly away and clear the screen. But the blocks will only fly in one direction, so you’ve got to approach this brain teaser carefully! Slide your finger around the screen to rotate the shape and attack the blocks from every angle! As you progress, the blocks form bigger and bigger shapes, and the blocks themselves change form, so you’ll need to get your thinking hat on to solve the puzzles in this 3D puzzle game. And that’s not it! There are skins and themes you can unlock as you get further, as well as challenges to keep you on your toes. In this fun and colorful game, you challenge your logic, critical thinking, and precision. Do you have what it takes? WITH TAP AWAY 3D YOU CAN ▶ PLAY the full 3D puzzle game experience offline and on the go. ▶ SWIPE to rotate the shape and choose your next move. ▶ TAP the blocks to clear the level. ▶ CUSTOMIZE your blocks with different skins and themes. ▶ REACH the top! WHY PLAY TAP AWAY 3D? ▶ RELIEVE your stress. ▶ TEASE your brain with the satisfying taps. ▶ PRACTICE your critical thinking! ▶ LEARN the tricks to ensure Tap Away glory! ▶ ENJOY cool skins and themes to customize your journey! What are you waiting for? Challenge your brain with this tricky game right now! TALK TO US Join your TAP AWAY 3D crew on ▶ Web: https://popcore.com/ ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/popcore ▶ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@popcore ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PopcoreOfficial ▶ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq1BDUD72Rv7dXov7WtR9Og DOWNLOAD AND PLAY NOW - Join this fun and satisfying puzzle game and tap away the blocks!

About

kerf

Features
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kerf is a stacking game stripped to one decision: when to let go. A block slides across the screen. You tap. Whatever hangs over the edge is cut away and falls, and the tower gets that much narrower. Land it dead center and you get the width back, the combo climbs, and the score multiplies. There is nothing else to learn, and no way to blame anything but your own timing. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY Classic — endless. One miss ends the run. Daily — one seeded attempt a day, the same tower for everyone, a fresh leaderboard every midnight UTC. Zen — a miss costs you width, not the run. Stack until the block is a sliver. Precision — the first imperfect landing ends it. Four points of tolerance, nothing more. Sprint — sixty seconds, starting fast and getting faster. BUILT TO BE QUIET No ads. No energy meters, no coins, no wheel to spin, no notification asking where you have been. Nothing in the game is for sale that touches how it plays. The whole thing is drawn, not downloaded: flat ink on paper, one accent color, no rounded corners anywhere. Sound is synthesized live from a pentatonic scale, so every landing is a note in key and a broken combo is the one note that isn't. Light and dark themes both ship finished, not inverted as an afterthought. Plays entirely offline. No account required. GAME CENTER Five leaderboards — one per mode, with Daily resetting every day — and ten achievements worth 640 points. Sign in if you want them; the game never waits on it and never nags. MAKE IT YOURS Six accent tones, four app icons and a share card, free. Change the accent and the tower changes with it. KERF COMPLETE — ONE PURCHASE A single non-consumable unlock, no subscription: · 18 accent tones instead of 6 · 8 app icons instead of 4 · 4 synthesized sound packs instead of 1 · 4 block surface textures · 5 share card themes · Zen, Precision and Sprint, permanently · The full daily archive — every past day, playable for practice Every premium mode is playable once for free before you decide. Family Sharing is on. kerf is the sliver of wood a saw takes out of a cut. It is the part you lose to be precise, which is the entire game.

Screenshots

Tap Away 3D4 screens
kerf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: kerf at none against Tap Away 3D's shown. Tap Away 3D's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Tap Away 3D sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and kerf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tap Away 3D versus kerf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTap Away 3Dkerf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (228K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings228K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size448 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPopcore GmbHYakup Arslan

Bugs and requests

Tap Away 3D

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing when clicking on gold blocks
  • Levels getting stuck with no way to progress
  • Inconsistent performance and overheating on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to disable gold blocks and level-up notifications
  • More control over zoom and puzzle view
  • Increased difficulty progression
  • Additional ways to spend accumulated coins

kerf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Tap Away 3D

One-time13
  • Bunch of cash$0.99
  • Skip Tickets$1.99
  • 30 Days of Cash$3.99
Show 10 more
  • Permanent Worker$3.99
  • Stack of Cash$3.99
  • Double Permanent Worker$3.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
  • Easter Battle Pass Unlock all$8.99
  • Pile of Cash$8.99
  • Halloween Battle Pass$9.99
  • Summer Battle Pass Unlock all$9.99
  • Bag of Cash$17.99
  • Suitcase of Cash$59.99
1 purchases

kerf

One-time1
  • kerf Complete$4.99

Questions

Is Tap Away 3D free?
Tap Away 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is kerf free?
kerf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tap Away 3D or kerf have ads?
Tap Away 3D shows ads; kerf does not.

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