Puzzle Patchwork vs Sandtris
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puzzle Patchwork
Transform your personal photos into engaging jigsaw puzzles. Offers customizable difficulty levels and a visually appealing interface for a relaxing and fun experience. Rediscover your favorite memories one tile at a time.
- Custom photo puzzles
- Dynamic difficulty levels
- Endless replayability
- Interactive tutorial
- Visually appealing interface
- Accessibility features
- Gallery integration
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Puzzle Patchwork turns your favorite memories into delightful challenges. Whether you're a seasoned puzzler or just looking for a fun, relaxing pastime, this app offers hours of personalized entertainment with a sleek, engaging experience. Features: Custom Puzzles – Instantly transform personal photos into playable puzzles, sliced into vibrant tiles for you to reassemble. Dynamic Difficulty – Choose your level: from easy 4-piece layouts to intricate 120+ tile challenges. Endless Replayability – Tap Scramble to reshuffle tiles and tackle puzzles anew. Interactive Tutorial – New to puzzles? Learn the ropes with a helpful step-by-step guide. Visuals – Bold fonts, colorful themes, and a clean interface make puzzling a joy. Accessibility-First – Designed with hints, color contrast, and support for all users. Celebratory Alerts – Enjoy cheerful popups when you complete a level—because every win deserves recognition. Gallery Integration – Import your own images to create one-of-a-kind puzzles. Zoom & Scale – Zoom and explore every detail of your puzzle canvas. Intuitive Design – Navigate easily between puzzles and features with a smooth, user-friendly layout. Puzzle Patchwork blends creativity, relaxation, and challenge in one beautifully crafted experience. Turn your photo library into a playful gallery of puzzles and rediscover your favorite moments—one tile at a time.
Sandtris
Experience a unique puzzle game where blocks crumble into falling sand. Grow large color blobs to ignite and clear the board. Master special powers and navigate through pixel-art stages with distinct mechanics.
- Falling sand physics simulation
- Color blob growth and ignition
- Four board-flipping powers
- Eight pixel-art stages with unique mechanics
- One-hand gesture controls
- Daily rewards and achievements
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Blocks crumble into falling sand! Grow a big blob of one color and watch it ignite. Master 4 board-flipping powers, clear 8 pixel-art stages, and defeat the Sand Golem. Blocks don't just stack. They crumble into sand. SANDTRIS is a falling-block puzzle fused with a real falling-sand physics sim. Land a tetromino and it dissolves into thousands of tumbling grains. Grow a big blob of a single color and it bursts into flame and clears the board. Simple to learn, satisfying to master. ■ One-hand gesture controls Tap to rotate, drag to move, flick down to hard-drop, tap HOLD to save a piece. Pure pick-up-and-play in portrait — no fiddly buttons. ■ 4 board-flipping powers - HOLE — a black hole swallows the sand, then implodes - FLIP — gravity inverts and the sand rises to the ceiling - MAGNET — rip one color into a single giant blob - FLOOD — pour water to wash your clutter away Save a run or spark a huge chain — your call. ■ Journey Mode: 8 stages Green Dunes, Gem Cavern, Frost Peak, Steam Factory, Quake Mine, Magma Core, Ghost Night… and a final boss, the Sand Golem. Lava, freeze, conveyors, quakes and fog — every stage rewrites the rules. ■ Retro 8-bit soul Chunky pixel art, CRT scanlines and a chiptune soundtrack. Old-school looks, brand-new feel. ■ Built for daily play Lives/hearts energy, a 7-day daily reward, achievements, high scores and color combos to chase. Crumble the blocks. Paint the sand. Play offline, anywhere — SANDTRIS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Puzzle Patchwork at none against Sandtris's shown. Puzzle Patchwork also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Sandtris's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Puzzle Patchwork ships an update every 11 months, Sandtris every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puzzle Patchwork | Sandtris |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Floyd Thatcher | Makino Shii |
Customer experience
Puzzle Patchwork
Sandtris
In-app purchases
Puzzle Patchwork
No in-app purchases
Sandtris
No in-app purchases









