Arimaa Puzzles vs Tempire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arimaa Puzzles
Engage your creativity, logic, and intuition with thousands of unique puzzles. This app offers a fun and intriguing game experience that teaches its rules as you play, suitable for friends and family.
- Thousands of puzzles
- Creative problem-solving
- Logic and intuition challenges
- Teaches rules while playing
- Suitable for friends and family
- Bonus puzzle pack
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If you like solving puzzles you will love the Arimaa Puzzles app. With thousands of possible choices you will have to use your creativity, logic and intuition to find the right solution to each puzzle. The puzzles range from simple to challenging and teach the rules while you are playing. After completing the packs you will have discovered a fun and intriguing game that you can enjoy with your friends and family. (In app version 2.0 a bonus puzzle pack will appear if all in-app puzzles are installed)
Tempire
Experience a unique blend of chess and real-time strategy. Compete against friends or AI in fast-paced matches. This game offers an ad-free, free-to-play experience.
- Chess variation
- Real-time action
- Online multiplayer
- AI opponent
- Ad-free gameplay
- Free to play
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Tempire is a variation on chess that brings tense real-time action to the classic turn-based board game. Play online with friends or against challenging AI, all for free and without ads. Tempire was made by Greg March and Matthew Jee, with music by Jacob Rhein.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tempire at 5.0 against Arimaa Puzzles's 3.0. Tempire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). Arimaa Puzzles's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Arimaa Puzzles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Tempire asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tempire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Arimaa Puzzles ships an update every 21 months, Tempire every 23 months. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Arimaa Puzzles | Tempire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martti Juotasniemi | Matthew Jee |
Customer experience
Arimaa Puzzles
Tempire
In-app purchases
Arimaa Puzzles
- The Dogs$0.99
- The Horses$0.99
- The Camel$0.99
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- The Elephant$0.99
- The Rocket Rabbits$0.99
- Special Wins$0.99
Tempire
No in-app purchases
