Tic Tac Toe vs Tic Tac Toe*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tic Tac Toe
Enjoy a classic game of Tic Tac Toe with various difficulty levels and multiplayer options. Play locally or online, track your progress with statistics, and experience accessible gameplay with VoiceOver support.
- Two-player mode
- Local and online multiplayer
- Three AI difficulty levels
- Game Center integration
- Statistics tracking
- VoiceOver support
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The Tic Tac Toe game! Simple, quick, funny! - Two players - Local or online multiplayer - Three difficulty levels: * easy: the game plays (almost) randomly; * medium: the game knows some strategy; * hard: the game knows almost all best strategies (but you can win with some tricks, and sometime it makes mistakes). - Game center - Statistics This game supports VoiceOver for better accessibility.
Tic Tac Toe*
The classic game of strategy where players take turns marking spaces on a grid. The goal is to be the first to get three of your marks in a row, either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- Three in a row gameplay
- Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal wins
- Simple grid-based strategy
- Classic Noughts and Crosses experience
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Be the first to place three of your marks in a row — horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tic Tac Toe* at 5.0 against Tic Tac Toe's 4.5. Tic Tac Toe* also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Tic Tac Toe's advantage is ratings volume (797 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Tic Tac Toe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tic Tac Toe* asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tic Tac Toe* holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tic Tac Toe has 797 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Tic Tac Toe's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tic Tac Toe*'s.
Tic Tac Toe ships an update every 4 months, Tic Tac Toe* every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tic Tac Toe | Tic Tac Toe* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (797 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 797 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonya Marcarelli | Alexander Berson |
Customer experience
Tic Tac Toe
Tic Tac Toe*
In-app purchases
Tic Tac Toe
- Upgrade$1.99
Tic Tac Toe*
No in-app purchases
Questions
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