Comparison

Pipes vs MatchMint

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

Head to head
About

Pipes

Connect pipe segments by rotating them to form a continuous flow. This addictive puzzle game offers a variety of board sizes and challenging options. Features like piece locking and auto-save enhance the gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated puzzles
  • Multiple board sizes
  • Wraparound option
  • Piece locking feature
  • Auto save and resume
  • Online leaderboard
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Rotate the pipe segments to connect all the pieces. Easy to learn and very addictive. Features: - Randomly generated puzzles - never the same game twice - Multiple board sizes ranging from "Training Wheels" (4x4) to "Mega Insane" (56x70) * - Introductory tutorial - Wraparound option (also known as "without walls" or "endless") * - "One color" option - when enabled, all pipes are blue, making it harder to tell which ones are connected * - Piece locking feature to help with large boards - Zoom and scroll using familiar pinch and drag gestures - Auto save and resume - never lose your place, even if someone calls in the middle of your game - Timer (can be disabled if you want a more relaxing game) - Online leaderboard - compare your best times to other players around the world * - Offline "personal best times" - try to beat your best times - Introductory tutorial - Piece locking feature to help with large boards - Every puzzle can be solved - Wraparound option (also known as "without walls" or "endless") - "One color" option - when enabled, all pipes are blue, making it harder to tell which ones are connected - Online leaderboard - compare your best times to other players around the world * Requires in-app purchase, or previous app purchase from 1.0 or 2.0 versions

About

MatchMint

Features
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Tap two or more touching tiles of the same colour and they clear. Tiles above fall into the gap, empty columns close up, and — the part that changes everything — nothing ever refills. Every clear is permanent. Take the biggest group on the board and you might orphan the tiles around it, and an orphaned tile is stuck there for the rest of the round. MatchMint isn't about tapping fast. It's about the order you clear in. THE BOARD DRAINS No falling blocks. No endless refill. No timer counting down at you. The board you start with is the board you have, and your job is to empty it. SEE THE COST BEFORE YOU COMMIT Press and hold any group. You'll see what it scores and, more usefully, how many tiles it would strand. The obvious move and the right move are often not the same one. WIN, THEN PUSH FOR PERFECT Clear down to the round's goal and the win is banked — it can't be taken away. Everything after that is for stars. Leave a handful for two stars. Sweep the board completely for three and a bonus booster. EVERY BOARD IS BEATABLE A solver plays each board before you ever see it, and the round's goal is set from what it managed. You're never handed something impossible — and never handed something free. As you progress, the margin between the solver's line and yours narrows until you have to play nearly perfectly. WHEN YOU GET STUCK Undo takes back your last move, stranded tiles and all. Shuffle rearranges everything still on the board. Colour Blast clears an entire colour wherever it's stranded. Run out of moves and you'll be offered a way back in rather than a dead end. A NEW BOARD EVERY DAY The daily challenge hands everyone the same tiles. Build a streak, compare your sweep on Game Center leaderboards, and chase the achievements. BUILT PROPERLY • Full dark mode • Dynamic Type — the whole interface scales with your text size • Shapes on tiles for colour blind players, as a normal setting rather than something buried • VoiceOver labels on every tile, including what a move would strand • No timers. No lives. No waiting to play. MatchMint includes optional coin packs for players who want more boosters. You never need them to finish a level — every board can be cleared on its own terms.

Screenshots

Pipes3 screens
MatchMint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pipes at every 3 weeks against MatchMint's every 2 months. On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Pipes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MatchMint sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipes ships an update every 3 weeks, MatchMint every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pipes versus MatchMint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipesMatchMint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (184 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings184 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael KerleyDavid Margot

Bugs and requests

Pipes

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Not very responsive
  • Game crashes to Home Screen with recent updates
  • Newest version fails to complete correctly
  • No longer comes up with the “complete ok” prompt
  • No longer has the “new game prompt immediately available to start a new game with the same parameters as the last one
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  • Rotating animation is annoying and slows gameplay
  • Game won't launch anymore with latest iOS update
  • Game freezes on the outside tiles on bigger phones
  • Screen is too sensitive on larger phones, turning one tile accidentally turns more

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more levels for gameplay
  • Ability to change pipe color
  • Remove timer option
  • HD version
  • Support for Retina display
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  • Support for extra screen size of iPhone 5 and iPad
  • Option to change color from blue
  • Counter for remaining leaks
  • Different way of seeing leaks
  • Update with super insane levels

MatchMint

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipes

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$0.99
3 purchases

MatchMint

One-time3
  • Starter Vault 300$0.99
  • Pro Crate 800$2.99
  • Legend Stack 1800$5.99

Questions

Is Pipes free?
Pipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MatchMint free?
MatchMint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pipes or MatchMint have ads?
Neither Pipes nor MatchMint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipes or MatchMint?
Pipes ships an update every 3 weeks, and MatchMint every 2 months. Most recently, Pipes was updated on October 23, 2026 and MatchMint on October 25, 2026.

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