Comparison

MadAdd vs Tile Five

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Tile Five

Solve logic puzzles by placing numbered tiles onto a grid. Each tile covers a number of adjacent squares indicated by its number. Deduce tile placement through clever reasoning, not math or luck.

Highlights
  • Grid-based number tile placement
  • Deductive logic gameplay
  • 1,000 puzzles across five difficulty levels
  • Daily Challenge
  • In-game hints and walkthroughs
  • Offline play support
Features
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Fill the grid with number tiles, one clever deduction at a time. Every square belongs to exactly one tile, and each tile's number tells you how many neighboring squares it covers. Find the spot where a tile fits only one way, place it, and watch the board fall into place. No math. No luck. Just pure logic. HOW IT WORKS • A tile covers its own square plus as many neighbors as its number. • 1s and 3s reach diagonally, 2s and 4s reach to the sides, and a 5 can do both. • Printed numbers are clues: each one shows the number of the tile that covers it. • Every puzzle has exactly one answer. WHAT'S INSIDE • 1,000 puzzles across five levels, from Beginner to Impossible • A fresh Daily Challenge every day, with spoiler-free sharing • Hints that explain the next step in plain words • Walkthroughs that teach the techniques for every level • Three lives, pencil notes, undo and pause • Dark mode, left-handed keys and offline play on iPhone and iPad Love Sudoku, kakuro or nonograms? Tile Five gives you the same "aha!" moment with a twist! Learn it in a minute, enjoy it for years.

Screenshots

MadAdd4 screens
Tile Five4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tile Five at every 3 days against MadAdd's every 3 months. Tile Five also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. MadAdd sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tile Five sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MadAdd against 5.0 for Tile Five. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tile Five has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MadAdd ships an update every 3 months, Tile Five every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MadAdd versus Tile Five: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMadAddTile Five
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam PietrafesaJonathan Tucker

Customer experience

MadAdd

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tile Five

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MadAdd

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Tile Five

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is MadAdd free?
MadAdd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tile Five free?
Tile Five is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MadAdd or Tile Five?
MadAdd and Tile Five are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do MadAdd or Tile Five have ads?
Both MadAdd and Tile Five show ads.
Which is updated more often, MadAdd or Tile Five?
MadAdd ships an update every 3 months, and Tile Five every 3 days. Most recently, MadAdd was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tile Five on November 13, 2026.

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