Circular Tic Tac Toe vs Paintiles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circular Tic Tac Toe
Experience a unique twist on a classic game with a circular board and multiple winning conditions. Enjoy tactical gameplay against AI or friends, with adjustable difficulty and immersive modes. Includes puzzles and customizable options.
- Circular board with 32 squares
- Multiple winning conditions
- Play against AI or human
- Five difficulty levels
- 50 puzzles
- Portrait and landscape modes
- Customizable piece appearance
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A classic game – but far beyond the standard 3x3 game. Games are quick tactical slugfests! Featured in Apple's New and Noteworthy in Strategy Games, and also in What's Hot in both Board Games and Strategy Games The game consists of a circular board divided by a grid into 32 squares. The players place pieces in consecutive turns with the objective being to get four pieces in a row around the circle, four in a line out from the center, or four in a spiral. Features: • Play another human or the computer. • Choose among five levels of difficulty from easy to expert. • All settings are preserved - resume exactly where you left off. • Option to hide the user interface so just the board shows for a fully immersive experience. • 50 puzzles at three levels of difficulty. • At the top level, the computer can find wins 12 moves ahead. • Supports both portrait and landscape modes. • Two choices for the pieces appearance. • Complete documentation. • Fully animated, fluid, and smooth functioning interface. • Very small - only 2.1MB in size. • Loads almost instantly.
Paintiles
Match and clear tiles by painting them with given colors. Progress through increasingly challenging puzzles with new mechanics like dissolving ground and bombs. Offers a zen mode for endless, stress-free play.
- Tile painting and matching
- New puzzle mechanics
- 60 handcrafted levels
- Color-blind friendly design
- Zen mode for endless play
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Paint the tiles to make matches and clear the board. The game starts simple, you are given three colors to paint tiles with. As you gain the skills necessary to solve increasingly challenging puzzles you're faced with new mechanics - dissolving ground, bombs, rainbow tiles, all of which make you think in new and interesting ways. Paintiles is a must for puzzle lovers! ● Easy to learn, hard to master ● Color-blind friendly ● 60 handcrafted levels ● Zen mode for an endless amount of stress-free puzzles I hope you enjoy playing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Circular Tic Tac Toe at none against Paintiles's shown. Circular Tic Tac Toe also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (86% vs 67%). Paintiles's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 16 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Circular Tic Tac Toe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Circular Tic Tac Toe's written reviews are positive against 67% of Paintiles's.
Circular Tic Tac Toe ships an update every 16 months, Paintiles every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circular Tic Tac Toe | Paintiles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better | 4.7 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David P. Sumner | Andrey Spencer |
Customer experience
Circular Tic Tac Toe
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In-app purchases
Circular Tic Tac Toe
No in-app purchases
Paintiles
No in-app purchases
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