Comparison

Taba vs TR

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

Head to head
About

Taba

Features
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With an almost infinite* number of puzzles to solve, you'll never run out of brain-teasing challenges to tackle. But Taba isn't just about solving puzzles - it's also about friendly competition. Challenge your friends to beat your high scores and see who can complete the puzzles the fastest. With its intuitive gameplay and colorful graphics, Taba is the perfect mobile game for puzzle lovers of all ages. Download Taba today and start your puzzle-solving adventure! *) OK, the number of puzzles is far from infinite, there are only 19508235336152640 (over 19 quintillions) in the current version, but new features are coming...

About

TR

Uncover a WWII-era mystery by navigating a vast archive of obscure texts. Communicate with a handler through an interactive audio drama to find a stolen book and unravel the secrets of the machine's creators before it's too late.

Highlights
  • Narrative deduction gameplay
  • Interactive audio drama
  • Archive exploration
  • Link obscure texts
  • Uncover creator secrets
  • Dynamic dialogue system
Features
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A voice is saying your name. A WWII-era machine, long hidden in a church basement, whirs to life. Through a crackling speaker a man asks you to find a stolen book. He only knows the title. Time is running out. The machine, created by Bletchley Park engineers Cecil Caulderly and Beatrice Dooler, contains a vast archive of obscure books, letters, and journals fed in over the span of fifty years in an attempt to crack the code of reality. As their lives fell apart, the machine kept working. Navigate the computer’s archive. Link its obscure texts and uncover its creators’ secrets. Communicate with the man behind the speaker to figure out your role in this mystery. Destroy the book at the core of the machine — before it’s too late. NARRATIVE DEDUCTION - Deduce links through the archive to locate hidden sources. - Unravel the stories and unearth the secrets of the books’ authors and the machine's creators. - Map the archive and find the book that will rewrite the world. INTERACTIVE AUDIO DRAMA - Talk with your handler at any time, creating a dynamic audio drama that responds as you explore. - Featuring the voices of Rebekah McLoughlin (The SCP Archives, Eternal Threads), Paul Warren (A Highland Song, Viewfinder, The Séance of Blake Manor) and Phillipe Bosher (Baldur's Gate 3, Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). - Original soundtrack by Laurence Chapman (A Highland Song, Heaven's Vault, The Mask of the Rose). INSPIRATIONS TR-49 takes inspiration from narrative deduction games like The Roottrees are Dead and The Return of the Obra Dinn, and from audio dramas like The Magnus Archives and ars PARADOXICA. Written and created by the award-winning team behind 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, Overboard!, and A Highland Song.

Screenshots

Taba4 screens
TR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Taba at Free against TR's $6.99. Taba also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). TR's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 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

Taba is free to download; TR costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taba ships an update monthly, TR every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Taba versus TR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabaTR
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating—4.5 (37 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—37 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#87 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB527 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHappiHacking ABinkle

In-app purchases

None

Taba

No in-app purchases

None

TR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Taba free?
Taba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TR free?
TR costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Taba or TR have ads?
Taba shows ads; TR does not.
Which is updated more often, Taba or TR?
Taba ships an update monthly, and TR every 6 days. Most recently, Taba was updated on September 24, 2026 and TR on September 27, 2026.

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