Comparison

Golf Grids vs Taploom

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

Head to head
About

Golf Grids

A relaxing yet challenging puzzle game where you draw walls to guide a golf ball into the hole. Collect tokens to unlock hints and harder levels. Enjoy over 1,000 unique puzzles and daily challenges with no ads.

Highlights
  • 1,000+ unique puzzles
  • Daily grid challenges
  • Two game modes: Classic and Duo
  • Six difficulty levels
  • Hint system with collectible tokens
  • No ads
Features
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Golf Grids is a simple yet challenging puzzle game. Learn in minutes and play for hours! Draw walls and change the ball's direction to get it into the hole. Be careful not to let it fall into the water! Collect tokens along the way that can be used for hints and unlocking harder difficulties. Some grids have more than one solution, so don't be afraid to think outside of the box! *** Golf Grids Features *** - 1,000+ unique puzzles, plus fresh daily grids generated every day! - 2 exciting game modes: Classic and Duo - 6 separate difficulties ranging from Beginner to Expert - Simple, easy-to-learn controls with full tutorial - Clean and colorful UI with smooth animations - NO ADS and all content is free :) Enjoy!

About

Taploom

A minimalist puzzle game where you tap tiles to create color ripples that drain the board. Plan your moves to chain reactions and solve each level efficiently. Features hand-crafted levels, a daily puzzle, and an endless mode.

Highlights
  • Minimalist ripple puzzle gameplay
  • 55 hand-crafted levels
  • Daily and endless puzzle modes
  • Built-in level editor
  • Three-star scoring system
  • One-handed play
Features
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Tap a tile. Watch the color ripple outward. Drain every tile on the board. ColorDrain is a minimalist puzzle game built around one simple idea: every tap sends a wave through the grid. Plan your taps, chain the reactions, and clear each board in as few moves as possible. HOW IT PLAYS You have a board of empty tiles. Each tap fills the tapped tile and ripples outward through its neighbors. Tiles, walls, mirrors, and other obstacles shape where the color can go. Your goal is to fill the entire board, and your score depends on how cleanly you do it. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Most puzzle games ask you to match. ColorDrain asks you to plan. The same board can be solved in five taps or twenty, and finding the elegant solution feels like solving a tiny machine. FEATURES • 55 hand-crafted levels across 11 themed rows • A fresh daily puzzle, the same seed for every player worldwide • Endless mode with seeded levels you can replay • A built-in level editor for designing and saving your own puzzles • Three-star scoring rewards efficient solutions • Built one-handed for iPhone, fully portrait, no ads, no IAP A GROWING TOOLBOX Each row of levels introduces a new tile that changes how the ripple flows: • Amplifiers boost a tap into a long beam • Mirrors bend rays around corners • Bombs detonate when filled, taking neighbors with them • Teleporters warp the ripple to their partners on the same heading • Frozen barriers thaw under bomb blasts • Canals carry rays across long distances • Prisms burst light in all four directions • Locked tiles open only when surrounded • Infection tiles spread on their own once seeded • Heart tiles are the final puzzle: protect them, route around them, or finish them last BUILT FOR THE DEVICE Every action has a haptic. Every fill has a sound. Tap placement is precise enough to play with one thumb on the bus, and slow enough to think through on the couch. No accounts. No tracking. No internet required.

Screenshots

Golf Grids4 screens
Taploom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Taploom at every 3 weeks against Golf Grids's every 4 months. Golf Grids's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Golf Grids against 5.0 for Taploom. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Golf Grids ships an update every 4 months, Taploom every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Golf Grids versus Taploom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf GridsTaploom
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew HerrmannCylandea Systems LLC

Customer experience

Golf Grids

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Taploom

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Golf Grids

No in-app purchases

None

Taploom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf Grids free?
Golf Grids is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Taploom free?
Taploom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Golf Grids or Taploom?
Golf Grids and Taploom are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Golf Grids or Taploom have ads?
Neither Golf Grids nor Taploom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Golf Grids or Taploom?
Golf Grids ships an update every 4 months, and Taploom every 3 weeks. Most recently, Golf Grids was updated on October 9, 2026 and Taploom on September 30, 2026.

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