Tap Away vs State Mapper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap Away
Rotate a 3D cube and tap blocks to make them fly away, clearing the screen. This engaging puzzle game tests your critical thinking and helps relieve stress. Progress through increasingly complex shapes and customize your experience with different skins.
- Tap blocks to clear the screen
- Rotate 3D shapes
- Progress through challenging levels
- Offline play
- Customize block skins and themes
- Relieve stress
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Tap the Blocks to make them fly away and clear the screen. Slide your finger around the screen to rotate the shape and attack the blocks from every angle! As you progress, the blocks form different and bigger shapes. Connect all your braincells and put your skills to the test! Tap Away all the blocks in this exciting puzzle. Relieve your stress. Practice your critical thinking! WITH TAP AWAY YOU CAN - PLAY the full 3D puzzle game experience offline and on the go. - SWIPE to rotate the shape and choose your next move. - TAP the blocks to clear the level. - CUSTOMIZE your blocks with different skins and themes. - REACH the top! What are you waiting for? Challenge your brain with this tricky game right now!
State Mapper
Test your knowledge of U.S. geography with this interactive game. Guess states based on directional clues and aim for the fewest attempts to identify the randomly selected state.
- U.S. geography testing
- Random state selection
- Directional guessing clues
- Minimize guess count
- Interactive gameplay
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State Mapper is an app that allows you to test your knowledge of United States geography. Each game a state is randomly selected. As you type in a State name, you're shown the direction from your guessed state to the randomly selected state. The goal is to use the arrows provided after each guess to figure out the randomly selected state in as few guesses as possible. Good Luck!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: State Mapper at 5.0 against Tap Away's 4.0. State Mapper also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Tap Away's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Tap Away sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. State Mapper asks for nothing beyond the download.
State Mapper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tap Away has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tap Away ships an update fortnightly, State Mapper daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tap Away | State Mapper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiren Gabani | Jonathan Hesler |
Customer experience
Tap Away
State Mapper
In-app purchases
Tap Away
- 2500 Coins2 variants$0.99
- 1000 Coins2 variants$0.99
- 6000 Coins2 variants$1.99
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- 10000 Coins2 variants$2.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
State Mapper
No in-app purchases
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