Comparison

Take It Easy vs Up Left Out

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

Head to head
About

Take It Easy

This is a strategic tile-placement puzzle game where players aim to form continuous rows of the same color. With multiple game modes, including classic, puzzle, and progressive challenges, it offers endless hours of addictive fun. Compete with friends locally or globally through Game Center integration.

Highlights
  • Strategic tile placement
  • Continuous row scoring
  • Classic, Puzzle, and Progressive modes
  • Local multiplayer for up to 4 players
  • Game Center integration
  • Over 40 achievements
  • High-resolution graphics
Features
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It’s a puzzle, it’s a brain teaser and it’s a game! It’s all three and much more! It is bingo with strategy! Place your pieces one at a time on the board. To score points, try to form continuous rows of the same color from edge to edge. But one wrong tile and the whole row is worthless. It gets harder as the number of empty spaces on your board, and your possible choices, diminish. Because once a tile is placed, it can’t be moved! Take It Easy is a simple, yet surprisingly addictive and thought-provoking game that will give you endless hours of fun. Features: • Three entertaining and visually beautiful game modes: - Classic Mode: introduces you to the game that started it all. - Puzzle Mode: test your puzzle solving skills with 140 fun and well-designed puzzles. This exciting new twist to the game will have you swapping pieces in your sleep. - Progressive Mode: Offers 30 stages of different challenges. Conquer all stages before time runs out! • Local multiplayer: Play head-to-head against a friend. Or up to four players on a single device! • Game Center integration lets you compare high scores with your friends and players around the world. Will you be Number 1 on the leaderboard? • Over 40 different achievements: Earn points to get that #1 rank! • Stunning high-resolution graphics! • Already over two million fans are enjoying the award winning board game! 148apps.com 4/5 – „Addictive puzzle mechanics and infectiously fun challenges make Take It Easy an unexpected runaway success.” Appadvice.com „If you are looking for a great puzzle game to pick up this week, then I highly recommend giving Take It Easy a try. You won’t be disappointed.” Boardgamegeek.com 4/5 – „A fun puzzle game” Touchgen.net 4/5 – „Take It Easy is a fun board puzzle game with a lot of content, and great

About

Up Left Out

Engage in a serene, minimalist puzzle experience focused on unlocking all board pieces. Enjoy ad-free, timed-free gameplay with a calming, ambient soundtrack. Perfect for unwinding and focused play.

Highlights
  • Unlock all puzzle pieces
  • Minimalistic design
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • No ads or time limits
  • Meditative ambient soundtrack
  • Playable offline
Features
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A relaxing, minimalistic puzzle game where your goal is to unlock all the pieces on the board. As always, the game has no ads, no time limits, no scoring and even no text. The peaceful gameplay is accompanied by a meditative soundtrack created by Wojciech Wasiak. - Relaxing - Minimal - Simple - No ads - Created by one person - Can be played without internet - Great meditative, ambient soundtrack Feel free to check out my other games at https://www.rainbowtrain.eu/

Screenshots

Take It Easy4 screens
Up Left Out4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Up Left Out at free against Take It Easy's paid. Up Left Out also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Take It Easy costs $2.99 and Up Left Out $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Up Left Out holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.6K and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Take It Easy's written reviews are positive against 88% of Up Left Out's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take It Easy ships an update every 12 months, Up Left Out weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Take It Easy versus Up Left Out: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake It EasyUp Left Out
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.6 (1.6K ratings)4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better87.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better1.2K
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRavensburger Verlag GmbHMaciej Targoni

Customer experience

Take It Easy

All ratings1,583 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews1,536 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.3%

Up Left Out

All ratings1,218 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive87.7%
Neutral8.2%
Negative4.1%

Bugs and requests

Take It Easy

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes and freezes
  • Tile movement issues
  • Unsolvable puzzle levels
  • Multiplayer mode connectivity problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and puzzles
  • Ability to undo moves
  • Option to customize the game board
  • Difficulty settings (easy, medium, hard)
  • Syncing progress across devices

Up Left Out

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Take It Easy

No in-app purchases

None

Up Left Out

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Take It Easy free?
Take It Easy costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Up Left Out free?
Up Left Out costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Take It Easy or Up Left Out?
Up Left Out is rated higher. Take It Easy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Up Left Out averages 4.9 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Take It Easy or Up Left Out have ads?
Neither Take It Easy nor Up Left Out shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take It Easy or Up Left Out?
Take It Easy ships an update every 12 months, and Up Left Out weekly. Most recently, Take It Easy was updated on September 23, 2026 and Up Left Out on September 24, 2026.

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