Comparison

Penanagrams vs Tandem Tile

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

Head to head
About

Penanagrams

A daily word puzzle game where you find near-anagrams of a five-letter starting word. Each day presents a new challenge to discover words by changing one letter and rearranging the remaining ones. Aim for three stars by finding a specific number of valid penanagrams.

Highlights
  • Daily five-letter starting word
  • Find near-anagrams (penanagrams)
  • Change exactly one letter
  • Rearrange remaining letters
  • Star system for progress
  • Three-star daily goal
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Penanagrams is a free daily anagram-style word puzzle. Each day there is a new five-letter starting word. Find as many penanagrams (near-anagrams) as you can: (a) change exactly one letter in the starting word, then (b) use this new letter and the remaining four letters of the starting word in any order to form a new word. For example START -> RANTS or START -> RATES. For RANTS, a T is changed to an N. Changing a T to any other letter and rearranging in the same way, e.g. T -> F to produce RAFTS, does not count as a new penanagram. To show this, the changed letter shows up as a blank green square in your list of penanagrams. You get a star when you have found 1/4, 2/4, and 3/4 of the possible penangrams. Try for three stars every day!

About

Tandem Tile

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TANDEM TILE transforms the classic memory matching genre into a mesmerizing journey through nature's most captivating patterns and physics' elegant symmetries. Journey across 20 distinct puzzle formations—from delicate fern fronds and neural pathways to atomic orbitals and spiral galaxies—each rendered as interactive tile arrangements that must be cleared through strategic pair matching. Unlike conventional memory games, your puzzle board becomes a living canvas where Mahjong-style tiles shift and breathe within organic structures like butterfly wing venation, Fibonacci sunflower spirals, and logarithmic seashell growth patterns. With difficulty tiers ranging from Gentle to Cosmic and time-limited challenges that test your cognitive agility, each level offers a distinct spatial puzzle where tile placement follows the mathematical principles of its inspiration—whether tracing lightning's jagged path or navigating the golden ratio's perfect spiral. The result is a meditative yet challenging experience that rewards pattern recognition, spatial memory, and calm focus across ever-evolving geometric landscapes.

Screenshots

Penanagrams4 screens
Tandem Tile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tandem Tile at daily against Penanagrams's every 4 days. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Penanagrams ships an update every 4 days, Tandem Tile daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Penanagrams versus Tandem Tile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenanagramsTandem Tile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.416 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoah Daniel SteinHatice CADDE

In-app purchases

None

Penanagrams

No in-app purchases

None

Tandem Tile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Penanagrams free?
Penanagrams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tandem Tile free?
Tandem Tile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Penanagrams or Tandem Tile have ads?
Neither Penanagrams nor Tandem Tile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Penanagrams or Tandem Tile?
Penanagrams ships an update every 4 days, and Tandem Tile daily. Most recently, Penanagrams was updated on November 4, 2026 and Tandem Tile on November 5, 2026.

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