Comparison

Fold Matches vs Updraft

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

Head to head
About

Fold Matches

Features
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Play engaging matchstick puzzles where you need to form shapes or solve equations. The game involves moving, adding, or removing matchsticks from the game board to create the required shape or the correct answer. You can arrive at the right answer in various ways. Initial levels are simplified to help you understand the game. What awaits you: Adapted for various phones and tablets. 15 colorful themes. Pleasant animations. Over 691 levels. Endless hints. Matchstick shapes: square, triangle, rhombus, pentagon, numbers from 0 to 9. You can also create your own level and send it to us. It will definitely appear in future updates. PS: All tasks are achievable if you apply the right effort. Good luck in the game!

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Updraft

Features
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One thumb. One cave. One question: how far? Hold to rise, let go to fall, and thread your panicking little blob through an endless neon cave that gets tighter and faster the longer you survive. Crash and you'll die in increasingly ridiculous ways — then you'll tap to fly again before you've finished groaning. • Dead-simple one-thumb controls • An endless, ever-tightening neon cave • Campaign mode - 60 handcrafted caves across 6 unique regions • Ridiculous death animations you'll want to collect • Skins with personality + cave themes to unlock • A new Daily Cave for everyone, every day • Plays offline, anywhere Mash your thumb. Skim the walls. Blame gravity.

Screenshots

Fold Matches4 screens
Updraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fold Matches at none against Updraft's 4. Fold Matches also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Updraft sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Fold Matches asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fold Matches ships an update daily, Updraft weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Fold Matches versus Updraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFold MatchesUpdraft
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr KarpenkoSeif Ibrahim

In-app purchases

None

Fold Matches

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Updraft

One-time4
  • Snack Pack$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Campaign Mode$2.99
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  • Mega Bundle$4.99

Questions

Is Fold Matches free?
Fold Matches is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Updraft free?
Updraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fold Matches or Updraft have ads?
Neither Fold Matches nor Updraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fold Matches or Updraft?
Fold Matches ships an update daily, and Updraft weekly. Most recently, Fold Matches was updated on September 16, 2026 and Updraft on September 18, 2026.

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