Comparison

Touch the あいうえお vs Grid

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

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About

Touch the あいうえお

This simple game trains reflexes and peripheral vision while teaching Japanese Hiragana characters. Players must quickly touch randomly selected Hiragana from a pool of 40. It's designed for rapid recognition and learning.

Highlights
  • Reflex training
  • Peripheral vision enhancement
  • Japanese Hiragana learning
  • Fast-paced character recognition
  • Simple touch-based gameplay
Features
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"Touch the あいうえお" is a very simple game for training your reflexes and peripheral vision. And also really good for learning Japanese letters. You have to touch "Hiragana." Hiragana is a Japanese syllabary. Hiragana: あいうえお, かきくけこ, さしすせそ, たちつてと, なにぬねの, はひふへほ, まみむめも, らりるれろ, やゆよ, わおん Touch the characters of Hiragana from "あ" to "ろ" as soon as possible. 25 characters of Hiragana that you have to touch are randomly chosen from 40 characters. Let's touch Hiragana!

About

Grid

Features
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One small pattern. Nine circles. Your next best score. Match the pattern on the large board: tap circles to turn them on or off. Get a point and a fresh pattern when they match. Easy to learn — hard to put down. THREE FREE GAMES A DAY Play three Classic or Daily Challenge games per UTC day on this device. Both modes share the same allowance. New games arrive at midnight UTC; the reset time is shown in your local time. Pausing and continuing never uses another game. BEAT THE CLOCK Classic starts with 18 seconds. Correct matches add time. Follow the reference ring when the pattern rotates, and beat your best. A FRESH DAILY CHALLENGE Everyone gets the same daily sequence of patterns. The challenge changes at midnight UTC. LEARN AND PRACTICE FREE Untimed Practice and the interactive guide are always free and never use a daily game. The guide lights up your next tap and helps when you make a mistake. GRID PRO — ONE PERMANENT PURCHASE Unlock more with an optional one-time purchase: • Unlimited Classic and Daily Challenge games. • A fixed 60-second sprint and a Rotation challenge with rotated patterns from the start. • Custom training: choose the timer, lit-circle count and rotations. • Statistics by game mode and your recent game history. • Ocean, Violet and Mint color themes. Pro is not a subscription. The App Store price is shown before purchase. Restore your purchase on the Pro screen on devices using the same Apple Account. Play in Danish or English. Gameplay works offline and needs no app account. Game Center is optional for the Classic leaderboard. Purchase and restore require a connection. No ads. Scores, daily games, history and themes stay on this device; game data does not sync between devices. Have an idea or found a bug? Send optional feedback from the guide, a paused game or your result. Messages stay on your device while offline and send when you reconnect.

Screenshots

Touch the あいうえお4 screens
Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Grid at none against Touch the あいうえお's shown. Touch the あいうえお's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 12 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touch the あいうえお ships an update every 10 days, Grid every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Touch the あいうえお versus Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch the あいうえおGrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 12 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB4 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperEXILIAS.NETEmil Starup

In-app purchases

None

Touch the あいうえお

No in-app purchases

None

Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touch the あいうえお free?
Touch the あいうえお is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grid free?
Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Touch the あいうえお or Grid have ads?
Touch the あいうえお shows ads; Grid does not.
Which is updated more often, Touch the あいうえお or Grid?
Touch the あいうえお ships an update every 10 days, and Grid every 12 months. Most recently, Touch the あいうえお was updated on October 25, 2026 and Grid on October 24, 2026.

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