Comparison

Take It Easy vs Encore! Digital Edition

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

Encore! Digital Edition

Experience a popular dice game digitally. Strategically mark connected boxes to earn points and bonuses. Compete solo or with a friend on a single device, aiming to complete columns before your opponents for higher scores.

Highlights
  • Digital dice game
  • Mark connected boxes
  • Score points and bonuses
  • Solo and two-player modes
  • Digital scorepad and dice
  • Local leaderboard
Features
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Noch mal! is the digital version of the popular dice game. Players earn points by being the first to check off all boxes in a column, and all boxes of the same color. They must do so by only checking boxes which are connected to other boxes. Make sure to complete columns before other players do! The first to complete a column earns more points than those that complete them later. In addition to points for completed columns a player can receive a bonus if they checked all the boxes of the same color. • Official license • Easy start into the game • Game mode "Solo" for single players • Game mode "Duo" for two players on one device • Auto-Select Dice and Auto-Complete Turn • Using the app as a digital score pad or digital dice • Local leaderboard for solo mode • Supporting Game Center with leaderboard and achievements

Screenshots

Take It Easy4 screens
Encore! Digital Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Take It Easy at none against Encore! Digital Edition's 1. Take It Easy also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 70%) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 22). Encore! Digital Edition's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and chart position (#74 vs unranked). On rating, ads, 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

Take It Easy costs $2.99 and Encore! Digital Edition $3.99 up front. Encore! Digital Edition sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Take It Easy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Take It Easy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Take It Easy has 1.6K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Take It Easy's written reviews are positive against 70% of Encore! Digital Edition's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take It Easy ships an update every 12 months, Encore! Digital Edition every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Take It Easy versus Encore! Digital Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake It EasyEncore! Digital Edition
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better4.4 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better69.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better22
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#74 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRavensburger Verlag GmbHOutline Development

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%

Encore! Digital Edition

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral17.0%
Negative13.2%

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

Encore! Digital Edition

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Take It Easy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Encore! Digital Edition

One-time1
  • Extension Pad IV, V and VI$0.99

Questions

Is Take It Easy free?
Take It Easy costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Encore! Digital Edition free?
Encore! Digital Edition costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Take It Easy or Encore! Digital Edition?
Take It Easy is rated higher. Take It Easy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Encore! Digital Edition averages 4.4 from 22 ratings.
Do Take It Easy or Encore! Digital Edition have ads?
Neither Take It Easy nor Encore! Digital Edition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take It Easy or Encore! Digital Edition?
Take It Easy ships an update every 12 months, and Encore! Digital Edition every 2 months. Most recently, Take It Easy was updated on September 23, 2026 and Encore! Digital Edition on September 24, 2026.

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