MadAdd vs Tile Five
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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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.
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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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | MadAdd | Tile Five |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Pietrafesa | Jonathan Tucker |
Customer experience
MadAdd
Tile Five
In-app purchases
MadAdd
- Remove Ads$1.99
Tile Five
- Remove Ads$2.99








