Comparison

tamaoto vs Monte Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

tamaoto

A straightforward ball-dropping game designed for young children. It offers a simple and engaging experience focused on basic mechanics.

Highlights
  • Simple ball drop gameplay
  • Designed for children
  • Easy to understand mechanics
  • Engaging experience
Features
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A simple ball drop game for children.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Color sorting puzzles
  • Color arrangement activities
  • Shapes fitting puzzles
  • Matching pair games
  • Sticker placement
  • Color clip fastening
  • Growing virtual tree
  • Photo and time saving
Features
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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.

Screenshots

tamaoto1 screens
Monte Puzzles3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Monte Puzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. tamaoto asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
tamaoto versus Monte Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertamaotoMonte Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better21.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHIGEYUKI TAKAHASHImonois Inc.

Customer experience

tamaoto

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

Monte Puzzles

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative78.6%

In-app purchases

None

tamaoto

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Monte Puzzles

One-time1
  • Ad-free Pack$0.99

Questions

Is tamaoto free?
tamaoto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monte Puzzles free?
Monte Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do tamaoto or Monte Puzzles have ads?
Monte Puzzles shows ads; tamaoto does not.
Which is updated more often, tamaoto or Monte Puzzles?
tamaoto ships an update every 5 weeks, and Monte Puzzles every 4 months. Most recently, tamaoto was updated on October 26, 2026 and Monte Puzzles on October 24, 2026.

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