partikles vs Tessera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
partikles
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Separate the particles from each other as much as possible. The shortest distance will be indicated by a line. The higher the better. A positive score means you're above par (better than our Artificial Intelligence). But try to beat the other player's scores, too! With Partikles you can: - Play a new challenge every day. - Access the previous daily challenges to improve your scores. - Share your scores on social networks. - Access the hall of fame website. This game is free for challenges of 9 particles and you will have access only to the challenges of the current month. By making a single small payment you will have access to: - Challenges with 10, 11 and 12 particles. - Possibility to change the colors of the game. - Access to all boards from January 1, 2022 at any moment. Partikles is a puzzle designed by NestorGames and implemented by Garaje Imagina that adds up to our series of fun mental challenges.
Tessera
A fast-paced, offline hex board strategy game where players gather resources, trade, and build settlements to race for victory. Enjoy local multiplayer or solo play against AI with adjustable difficulty and timers.
- Offline local multiplayer
- Resource gathering and trading
- Road and settlement building
- Cities & Knights expansion mode
- AI bots for solo play
- Adjustable game timers
- Friendly robber option
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Tessera is a fast, friendly game of building a frontier one hexagon at a time. Gather resources, trade shrewdly, build roads and settlements, and race your friends to victory — all on a beautifully rendered, freshly shuffled hex board every game. PLAY ANYWHERE — NO INTERNET Tessera connects players phone-to-phone over local Wi-Fi, a personal hotspot, or direct nearby connections. No accounts, no servers, no signal required — perfect for road trips, flights, and the kitchen table. EASY TO LEARN, RICH TO MASTER • Roll the dice each turn and harvest the resources your settlements touch • Trade with rivals — or the bank — to get exactly what you need • Build roads, settlements, and cities; buy development cards • Claim the Longest Road and Largest Army for bonus points • Move the robber to slow down a runaway leader • First to 10 points wins NEW: CITIES & KNIGHTS MODE A full expansion-style variant for veterans, selectable when you create any game: • Cities produce commodities — cloth, coin, and paper • Develop trade, politics, and science; claim metropolises for big points • Recruit, activate, and promote knights to defend the island • Barbarians raid the coast — the least-defended players lose a city • 54 progress cards, city walls, the merchant, and a race to 13 points SMART BOTS, ANY TIME Play solo or fill empty seats with bots at three difficulty levels. If a friend drops out mid-game, a difficulty-matched bot takes over instantly — and hands the seat right back the moment they reconnect. BUILT FOR REAL TABLES • Intelligently balanced random boards — no runaway number clusters • Adjustable turn, roll, robber, discard, and opening-placement timers • Friendly-robber option to protect newer players • End-of-game stats with a dice-roll histogram • Smooth card animations and always-clear turn prompts Tessera is a love letter to classic hex-and-resource tabletop strategy, reimagined for your pocket. Gather your friends and start building.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tessera at none against partikles's 1. Tessera also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. partikles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tessera asks for nothing beyond the download.
partikles ships an update every 12 months, Tessera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | partikles | Tessera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Garage Imagina SL | Ashray Chowdhry |
In-app purchases
partikles
- buy partikles$2.99
Tessera
No in-app purchases









