Comparison

Tall Face Off 3D vs Abalone Game

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

Head to head
About

Tall Face Off 3D

Features
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In Tall Face Off size does matter! Merge and create the tallest fighters win fights and invade the enemy camp! Drag numbered blocks to merge and upgrade their level. Then push the stack into the gates to create and deploy a tall fighter will charge the enemy camp. Your main goal is to breach the enemy border and invade his camp! However, if one of your tall fighters is intercepted by an enemy's fighter, they will face off to see who is the tallest (and mightiest). Whoever wins continues charging down to invade the enemy. Strategize your merges to create the best tall fighters to defend your camp and invade the enemy. Beware of hazards along the way that may weaken your fighters. May the tallest fighter win!

About

Abalone Game

This is a two-player abstract strategy board game where players push their opponent's marbles off the edge of a hexagonal board. The first player to push six opponent marbles wins. It's designed for iPad, with players facing each other across the device.

Highlights
  • Two-player abstract strategy
  • Push opponent's marbles off board
  • Hexagonal game board
  • Designed for iPad
  • Intuitive drag-and-drop controls
  • Confirm or undo moves
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Abalone is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Players are represented by opposing black and white marbles on a hexagonal board with the objective of pushing six of the opponent's marbles off the edge of the board. The present version is made for iPad, and the players shoud stay on the opposite short sides of the iPad, in front of each other. One player gets the black marbles and the second the white ones. The board consists of 61 hexagonal cells. Each player has 14 marbles that rest in the spaces and are initially automatically arranged as the game begins. The players take turns with the black marbles moving first. For each move, a player moves a straight line of one, two or three marbles of one color one space in one of six directions. The move can be either broadside / arrow-like (parallel to the line of marbles) or in-line / in a line (serial in respect to the line of marbles). The marbles should be moved one at a time, dragging them with a finger, and dropping them on the destination cells. If the move of two or three is longitudinal, i.e. in the same direction of the marble sequence, the leading piece must be moved first, followed by the second one, and (eventually) the tird one. After the moves are made, the player shoud confirm them, hitting the Confirm button, or cancel them, using the Undo button. A player can push their opponent's marbles (a "sumito") that are in a line to their own with an in-line move only. They can only push if the pushing line has more marbles than the pushed line (three can push one or two; two can push one). Marbles must be pushed to an empty space (i.e. not blocked by a marble) or off the board. The winner is the first player to push six of the opponent's marbles off of the edge of the board. The dynamics of the basic game may have one serious flaw: it seems that a good but conservative player can set up their marbles in a defensive wedge and ward off all attacks indefinitely. An attacker may try to outflank this wedge or lure it into traps, but such advances are often more dangerous to the attacker than the defender. Thus, from the starting position, it takes little skill and no imagination to avoid losing, and nothing in the rules prevents games from being interminable. The first player who succedes pushing six opponent's mables off the edge of the board wins the game.

Screenshots

Tall Face Off 3D4 screens
Abalone Game1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tall Face Off 3D at Free against Abalone Game's $1.99. Tall Face Off 3D also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.5). Abalone Game's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tall Face Off 3D is free to download; Abalone Game costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tall Face Off 3D ships an update monthly, Abalone Game every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tall Face Off 3D versus Abalone Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTall Face Off 3DAbalone Game
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—2.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.5
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPandora Educacao Ludica LtdaLuigi Fonti

In-app purchases

None

Tall Face Off 3D

No in-app purchases

None

Abalone Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tall Face Off 3D free?
Tall Face Off 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Abalone Game free?
Abalone Game costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tall Face Off 3D or Abalone Game have ads?
Tall Face Off 3D shows ads; Abalone Game does not.
Which is updated more often, Tall Face Off 3D or Abalone Game?
Tall Face Off 3D ships an update monthly, and Abalone Game every 4 days. Most recently, Tall Face Off 3D was updated on November 3, 2026 and Abalone Game on November 4, 2026.

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