Comparison

Solar Match vs Floodle

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

Head to head
About

Solar Match

Features
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A LITTLE SPACE FOR YOUR MIND Match colorful planets, collect stardust, and settle into a beautiful cosmic puzzle. Solar Match is a relaxing match-3 game with endless play, satisfying cascades, and powerful celestial combinations. ALWAYS FREE • Endless matching with no lives, energy limits, or timer • Unlimited hints and match-created power-ups • Saved games and personal high scores • Today’s Daily Discovery, with unlimited retries • A fresh playable board whenever no swaps remain MAKE A LITTLE MAGIC Match four planets for a row or column blast. Cross matching lines for a nova. Align five for a spectrum star that clears a whole color. Let falling planets create cascades and grow your stardust score. Swipe to swap, or tap two neighboring planets. EXPLORE WITH SOLAR PLUS An optional membership opens more ways to play: • Twelve fresh Star Expedition missions every week, with score and planet-collection goals • A rolling 28-day Daily Discovery archive • Meteor Rush: a 90-second score challenge • Custom endless boards in 6×6, 7×7 and 8×8, with five or six planet colors • Original Cosmos, Aurora Drift, Rose Nebula and Midnight Ink atmospheres • A personal journal with recent runs, score trends and mode records Daily challenges refresh at 00:00 UTC. Expeditions refresh each Monday at 00:00 UTC. Challenges are generated on your device and can be played offline. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up, advertising or tracking. Your saved game, scores, achievements and preferences stay on your device. Apple handles optional subscriptions. SOLAR PLUS MEMBERSHIP Monthly and yearly subscriptions include the same features. The price and billing period are shown before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel through your App Store account settings. Your existing endless game stays free. Privacy policy: https://oanarinaldi.com/solarmatchprivacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Floodle

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Floodle: a vibrant color-flood puzzle that's simple to pick up and deeply satisfying to master. Play anytime, anywhere - no internet required. Flood the board one color at a time and unify every tile in as few moves as you can. Plan your moves, spot patterns, and watch your region grow. Floodle is designed for short, focused sessions and longer strategy runs alike: perfect for a quick break or a thoughtful puzzle streak. The interface keeps visuals bold and distraction-free so the colors and your decisions stay front and center. KEY FEATURES • Three difficulty tiers: ◦ Easy: 10×10 grid (100 tiles) • 4 colors • 24 moves ◦ Medium: 14×14 grid (196 tiles) • 5 colors • 35 moves ◦ Hard: 18×18 grid (324 tiles) • 6 colors • 46 moves • Infinite levels with seeded generation so challenges are repeatable and shareable • Play offline - no WiFi or data needed • Daily streak tracking to keep you coming back and build your best run • Reset so you can retry levels without penalty • Track your best with saved move counts for every completed level • Dark theme for comfortable play • Haptic feedback and smooth animations for a satisfying tactile experience HOW TO PLAY Start at the top-left tile. Tap a color from the palette to flood your current region. Each tap recolors and expands the connected area—choose colors that let you engulf larger groups and avoid wasting moves. Complete the board before you run out of moves. WHY YOU'LL ENJOY FLOODLE Floodle blends minimal rules with emergent strategy. Every board feels new because small choices compound into big results. The seeded grids let you measure progress and retry puzzles under the same conditions, while the reset mechanic encourages experimentation. Clean visuals, tactile feedback, and carefully tuned difficulty make each level satisfying whether you aim for completion or for beating your best move count. Floodle is an addictive color puzzle game you can play offline, anytime. No distractions, just colors and strategy. See the board? Ready to flood it with colors? Try Floodle and start filling - one colorful move at a time.

Screenshots

Solar Match4 screens
Floodle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Floodle at none against Solar Match's 2. Floodle also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 34 months). Solar Match's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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. Solar Match sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Floodle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solar Match ships an update every 34 months, Floodle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Solar Match versus Floodle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolar MatchFloodle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 34 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOANA RINALDIJonas Boserup

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Solar Match

Subscriptions2
  • Solar Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Solar Plus Yearly$19.991 Year
None

Floodle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solar Match free?
Solar Match is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Floodle free?
Floodle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Solar Match or Floodle have ads?
Floodle shows ads; Solar Match does not.
Which is updated more often, Solar Match or Floodle?
Solar Match ships an update every 34 months, and Floodle every 2 days. Most recently, Solar Match was updated on October 24, 2026 and Floodle on October 7, 2026.

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