Comparison

PuzzleTiles vs Tile Shift Pro

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

Head to head
About

PuzzleTiles

Engage in a classic tile-sliding challenge with multiple difficulty levels and customizable tile sets. Create puzzles from your own photos or camera, and compete for high scores. The game automatically saves progress and offers achievements.

Highlights
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Customizable tile sets
  • Create puzzles from photos
  • Achievements and leaderboards
  • Tap or slide controls
  • Automatic save function
Features
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The BEST tile sliding puzzle game on the App Store. Simple yet addictive. Slide the tiles to put them in order, and try to beat your best time! Reviews: "Super. Simple format. So addictive." "This is the 15 game I was waiting for." "This is definitely the best slide puzzle in the app store." "This would be worth buying... For free it's a steal!!" Features: • Multiple difficulty levels, from Easy (3x3) to Expert (6x6) - and up to 8x8 for iPad via in-app purchase • Achievements! Can you earn them all? • High-score lists • Game Center support for online leaderboards and achievements • 4 beautiful built-in tile sets • Make a puzzle from any picture in your photo library • Make a puzzle directly from your camera • Slide to move tiles, or enable tap mode for extra speed - beat your friends' high scores! • Automatic pause/save when taking a phone call or quitting the app - never lose your progress! • High-resolution artwork, updated for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus • Newly revamped clean user interface inspired by iOS 8 • Sound effects • Fully updated for iPhone X and iOS 11! PuzzleTiles is ad-supported (via iAd), and offers in-app purchase for additional features. PuzzleTiles is actively updated by a developer who listens to customer feedback, and is passionate about making quality apps. Get it now! App Preview music: "Zero", by Steve Combs; licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

About

Tile Shift Pro

Features
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Tile Shift Pro is a clean, modern take on the classic sliding puzzle, with two new puzzles every day: one with a picture and one with numbers. DAILY PICTURE Every day brings a new picture to put back together: masterpieces by painters such as Van Gogh, Monet and Hokusai, plus nature, animals and places. Slide the pieces of the 3x3 picture into place and see how your time compares. Everyone in the world gets the same picture, and every day's puzzle is exactly 20 moves from solved, so it is always a fair race. Stuck? Hold to Peek shows the whole picture. Every picture you solve is kept in your gallery. DAILY LOCKED CHALLENGE Prefer numbers? The Daily Locked Challenge is a 4x4 puzzle in which some tiles are locked and cannot move. You get one attempt a day and a place on the global leaderboard. Both puzzles change at midnight, and solving either one keeps your daily streak going. FEATURES • Daily Picture: a new 3x3 picture puzzle every day, the same for everyone • Daily Locked Challenge: a new locked-tile number puzzle every day • Global daily leaderboards with nicknames • Weekly Mastery: your best 3 games each week against players worldwide • Skill Score that shows how efficiently you solve • Daily streaks with milestones • Classic sliding puzzles on 3x3 and 4x4 boards • Photo Puzzle: turn your own photo into a puzzle • Challenge a Friend: send a puzzle and compare results • 4 color themes and 17 languages • Pro Pack (one-time purchase): 5x5 to 8x8 boards, multi-tile swipe, Streak Freeze, iCloud sync, 20 saved photos and replays of pictures you missed No ads and no subscriptions. Solve today's puzzle, beat your best time, and come back tomorrow for a new one.

Screenshots

PuzzleTiles4 screens
Tile Shift Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tile Shift Pro at fortnightly against PuzzleTiles's every 6 months. PuzzleTiles's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). 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. PuzzleTiles sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Tile Shift Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PuzzleTiles ships an update every 6 months, Tile Shift Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PuzzleTiles versus Tile Shift Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzleTilesTile Shift Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBradley LindauerPETER ZOLTAN ISZAK

Bugs and requests

PuzzleTiles

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Pop up ads trick users
  • Cheating in leaderboards
  • Buttons not working on iPhone 6
  • Can't access settings or leaderboards
  • Hint button not working
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  • Cannot enter name for high scores
  • In-app purchases not working (initially)
  • Slight lag when sliding tiles
  • Cannot make picture on tiles
  • Cannot access achievements

Requested features

9 requests
  • Fix cheating in leaderboards
  • Implement random-state scrambles
  • Add 15 puzzle configuration by default
  • Score based on difficulty of random setup
  • Add more levels
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  • Update graphics
  • Allow saving custom images
  • Add music
  • Upgrade to pro version with Game Center support

Tile Shift Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PuzzleTiles

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Add more difficulty levels$1.99
1 purchases

Tile Shift Pro

One-time1
  • Pro Pack$2.99

Questions

Is PuzzleTiles free?
PuzzleTiles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tile Shift Pro free?
Tile Shift Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PuzzleTiles or Tile Shift Pro have ads?
Neither PuzzleTiles nor Tile Shift Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PuzzleTiles or Tile Shift Pro?
PuzzleTiles ships an update every 6 months, and Tile Shift Pro fortnightly. Most recently, PuzzleTiles was updated on October 18, 2026 and Tile Shift Pro on October 12, 2026.

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