Comparison

Simon's Cat Match! vs NO_OP_

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

Head to head
About

Simon's Cat Match!

Embark on a relaxing match-3 puzzle adventure with adorable characters. Solve thousands of levels, design whimsical gardens and homes, and enjoy brain-boosting minigames. Play offline and collect cute friends in a cozy community.

Highlights
  • Thousands of match-3 levels
  • Area and home design
  • Hidden-object puzzles
  • Relaxing coloring gameplay
  • Collect cute characters
  • Offline play
  • Team events
Features
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Looking for a relaxing escape? Join Simon's Cat in the most delightful match-3 adventure! Solve thousands of fun match-3 levels, dive into hidden-object puzzles, and enjoy relaxing coloring gameplay. Whether you want to sharpen your brain or just unwind after a long day, Simon’s Cat Match! is your perfect daily retreat. WHY PLAY SIMON’S CAT MATCH? • RELAXING MATCH-3 PUZZLES: No timers, no stress. Just pure, satisfying tile-matching with adorable treats and boosters. • DECORATE & COLOR: Use your stars to design whimsical gardens and cozy homes. Bring Simon's world to life with your unique style! • BRAIN-BOOSTING MINIGAMES: Take a break from matching with tricky hidden-object scenes and creative coloring levels. • COLLECT CUTE FRIENDS: Meet the iconic characters from the Simon's Cat series and help them build the ideal home! • COZY COMMUNITY: Join a Team to chat, share free lives, and participate in weekly events. FEATURES YOU’LL LOVE: • Thousands of Levels: Fresh puzzle challenges added every week! • Play Offline: No Wi-Fi? No problem. Enjoy your cat adventure anywhere, anytime. • Super Boosters: Use powerful boosters to blast through even the trickiest levels. • Beautiful Graphics: High-quality areas, gardens, and houses that bring the world of Simon's Cat to life. Download Simon’s Cat Match! today for a cozy gaming experience.

About

NO_OP_

Features
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NO_OP_ is a quiet puzzle game about ones and zeroes. The screen is a field of digits. Drag across neighbouring cells that share the same digit to build a sled, then lift your finger and it clears. The cells above fall in to fill the gap. That is the whole game. There is no timer, no move limit, and no way to lose. Dragging onto a digit that doesn't match is simply ignored, never punished. Fingers are imprecise, and the game never treats that as a mistake. Put it down mid-run and it will be exactly where you left it. THREE WAYS TO PLAY ENDLESS is a minimum sled of two, and it never moves. No ending, no score to chase. Somewhere to put your hands. ASCENT starts the minimum sled at three and climbs by one every forty cells you clear. That is the entire difficulty system. At three you glance, at six you scan, at nine you plan a route before touching the screen. DAILY is a single board seeded from the date, so everyone plays the identical one. Nothing refills, so the board only shrinks. Clear as much as you can, share a picture of what you left behind, and come back tomorrow. TWO COLOURS, ALWAYS Every theme is exactly a background and an ink: light, dark, terminal green, amber, and DOS blue. A selected cell is a straight inversion with square corners and no gap, so a run merges into one solid shape. There is no third colour anywhere, including the icon. IT SHOULD FEEL LIKE SOMETHING A tick as each cell joins the sled, a heavier one when it clears, and nothing at all when a drag drifts onto a digit that doesn't match. The haptics are the point, not the polish. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE No accounts. No analytics. No ads. No crash reporting. No network calls of any kind. It works in airplane mode, permanently. The daily board isn't handed out by a server. It's arithmetic from the date that happens to agree across every device. A no-op is the instruction that does nothing. The trailing underscore is a terminal cursor.

Screenshots

Simon's Cat Match!4 screens
NO_OP_4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NO_OP_ at none against Simon's Cat Match!'s 26. Simon's Cat Match!'s advantage is chart position (#152 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Simon's Cat Match! sells 24 one-off in-app purchases. NO_OP_ asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Simon's Cat Match! versus NO_OP_: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimon's Cat Match!NO_OP_
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#152 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size454 MB33 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTactile Games LimitedMatthew Mills

Bugs and requests

Simon's Cat Match!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Progression and save data loss
  • Compatibility problems on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and new content
  • Improved stability and bug fixes
  • Better customer support
  • Ability to disable certain features

NO_OP_

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

24 purchases

Simon's Cat Match!

One-time24
  • Special Offer$0.99
  • Special Offer- Tier 2$1.99
  • Stack of Coins$1.99
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  • Special Offer$1.99
  • Tier 3- Endless Offer$2.99
  • Tier 4 - Endless Offer$2.99
  • Progress Pack$4.99
  • Tier 5 - Endless Offer$4.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
  • Tier 6 - Endless Offer$5.99
  • Pile of Coins$7.99
  • Season Pass$7.99
  • Season Pass$9.99
  • Kitten Bundle$9.99
  • Special Offer- Tier 10$9.99
  • Bag of Coins$14.99
  • Tier 15 - Endless Offer$14.99
  • Treat Bundle$19.99
  • Chest of Coins$29.99
  • Purrfect Bundle$39.99
  • Vault of Coins$54.99
  • Pawsome Bundle$79.99
  • Mountain of Coins$99.99
  • Cat's Meow Bundle$99.99
None

NO_OP_

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simon's Cat Match! free?
Simon's Cat Match! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NO_OP_ free?
NO_OP_ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simon's Cat Match! or NO_OP_ have ads?
Neither Simon's Cat Match! nor NO_OP_ shows ads.

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