tamaoto vs Monte Puzzles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tamaoto
A straightforward ball-dropping game designed for young children. It offers a simple and engaging experience focused on basic mechanics.
- Simple ball drop gameplay
- Designed for children
- Easy to understand mechanics
- Engaging experience
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A simple ball drop game for children.
Monte Puzzles
Engage in a variety of color and shape-based mini-games with no strict rules or goals. As you play, a virtual tree grows, and you can revisit saved moments. Designed for all ages, it offers a relaxing and creative experience.
- Color sorting puzzles
- Color arrangement activities
- Shapes fitting puzzles
- Matching pair games
- Sticker placement
- Color clip fastening
- Growing virtual tree
- Photo and time saving
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Since you can freely play in any stage, there are no particular rules nor goals to attain. When you feel satisfied, press the "End" button to go to the next activity. Monte-chan characters looking like plant seeds will be your guides. The more you play, the bigger Monte-chan's tree will grow. Recommendations for Playing 1. Color sorting Sort the many colorful candy-like balls into boxes according to their color: yellow, blue, green, and pink. People who like to be organized will enjoy putting the same-color balls into one box. 2. Color arrangement Put 100 balls into 100 lattice spaces. There are 20 balls in each of the five colors. Use the balls to create a picture or arrange them into a regular pattern. Arrange the balls any way you want. 3. Shapes Puzzle Fit the pieces into the simple, matching shapes. After finishing, press the "Again" button to see more different shapes. You can keep playing for a long time. 4. Matching pair Fit two shapes into each hole. Feels good when it snaps into place. You can keep playing this for a long time. 5. Sticking stickers Stick on stickers that keep appearing. There are also gold and silver stickers. You can use it on special spots, or stick on all gold and silver. 6. Fastening color clip There is a piece of paper and one clothespin in the same color. Feels good to pin paper in the same color. Or create your own color combinations. App Features *App for all ages. Six virtual homes to play in for free. *The longer you play, the bigger Monte-chan's tree grows. (Grows after 12 minutes.) *With "Looking Back" on the title screen, you can see the photos and time randomly saved for that day. *The "Looking Back" activity record and growth of Monte-chan's tree will be reset once a day. *On the Settings screen, you can set the background music and sound effects.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: tamaoto at 57% against Monte Puzzles's 21%. tamaoto also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Monte Puzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. tamaoto asks for nothing beyond the download.
tamaoto ships an update every 5 weeks, Monte Puzzles every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tamaoto | Monte Puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 21.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHIGEYUKI TAKAHASHI | monois Inc. |
Customer experience
tamaoto
Monte Puzzles
In-app purchases
tamaoto
No in-app purchases
Monte Puzzles
- Ad-free Pack$0.99
Questions
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