MadAdd vs The Mad Adder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MadAdd
This is a fast-paced number puzzle game where players stack colored, numbered tiles into columns to reach a target sum or fill a column with a single color. Achieve chain eliminations and multipliers to score points, with increasing speed and new levels every 2.5 minutes. Power-ups are available to help manage the board.
- Falling numbered tiles
- Stacking and elimination mechanics
- Target sum and color fill objectives
- Chain eliminations and multipliers
- Increasing difficulty and speed
- Power-ups for tile manipulation
- Color-blind mode and VoiceOver support
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MadAdd is a fast-thinking number puzzle that's easy to learn and impossible to put down. Colored tiles numbered 1–3 fall from the top. Stack them into 7 columns, hit the target sum — or fill a column with a single color — and watch it explode. Chain eliminations. Rack up multipliers. Clear the whole board for a 500-point bonus. The deeper you go, the faster it gets. Every 2.5 minutes a new level kicks in, tightening the pace just enough to keep you on edge. Use power-ups to delete tiles, swap colors, or change numbers when the board turns against you. Features • Satisfying jelly-glass visuals and tactile sound design • 7 power-ups to pull you back from the brink • Color-blind mode with high-contrast tile symbols • Game Center leaderboard — beat your best, then beat everyone else's • Full VoiceOver support One more game. You almost had it.
The Mad Adder
A fast-paced math game where players add falling numbers to match a target total before they hit the bottom. It challenges your mental arithmetic skills in a fun and engaging way.
- Falling number puzzles
- Mental math challenges
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Addition practice
- Score tracking
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In this game, you will be thrown totals wrapped in triangles falling from the top of the screen. You will be given a set of random numbers you use to add up to that total before the triangle reaches the bottom. Think fast! The math is all in your head!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Mad Adder at none against MadAdd's 1. The Mad Adder also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. MadAdd sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Mad Adder asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MadAdd against 5.0 for The Mad Adder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
MadAdd ships an update every 3 months, The Mad Adder every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MadAdd | The Mad Adder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Pietrafesa | Varzim Applications, LLC |
Customer experience
MadAdd
The Mad Adder
In-app purchases
MadAdd
- Remove Ads$1.99
The Mad Adder
No in-app purchases
