Comparison

partikles vs Tessera

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

Head to head
About

partikles

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

partikles4 screens
Tessera4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. partikles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tessera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
partikles versus Tessera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpartiklesTessera
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGarage Imagina SLAshray Chowdhry

In-app purchases

1 purchases

partikles

One-time1
  • buy partikles$2.99
None

Tessera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is partikles free?
partikles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tessera free?
Tessera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do partikles or Tessera have ads?
Neither partikles nor Tessera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, partikles or Tessera?
partikles ships an update every 12 months, and Tessera every 2 weeks. Most recently, partikles was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tessera on October 31, 2026.

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