Comparison

Match Puzzles! vs Glowgrid

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

Head to head
About

Match Puzzles!

Features
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Exercise your brain and become a tile matching master. No Limit. Enjoy the puzzle collections of lovely animals, yummy fruits, household things, sea livings, English letters and numbers. Rules: - Find the matching tiles, connect the pairs by drag and drop or select two pairs - Remove all tile pairs on the board

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Glowgrid

Features
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A dark grid. A single spark. A little logic to light it all up. 1,000 levels. No ads. No in-app purchases. Every level plays offline. Glowgrid is a connection puzzle game about finding the path to that final, satisfying glow. Tap tiles to rotate their paths, connect them to the source, and bring the board to life. 1,000 PUZZLES TO UNTANGLE Start with simple connections and build your way into more intricate boards. The campaign introduces new ideas as you go, then combines them into fresh challenges. FOUR WORLDS OF LIGHT Discover Deepglow's luminous greens, Livewire's electric cyan, Lanternfall's warm amber, and Kintsugi's golden seams. The campaign changes worlds every 20 levels. ONE SIMPLE TAP. MORE TO THINK ABOUT. Work around sealed tiles, turn linked pairs, open powered locks, and follow paths across wrapping edges. Later puzzles add tunnels and two colors of light to route. CHALLENGE A FRIEND Play head to head over iCloud. Race through the same set of boards and see who lights them all first, or play rounds on one shared board, best of three or five. Send a code, add friends with a link, or find players sitting right next to you โ€” then hit Rematch and go again. GAME CENTER Climb the Highest Level leaderboard, and earn achievements for reaching levels 100, 500 and 1,000 โ€” and for your first, tenth and fiftieth challenge win. FIND YOUR OWN RHYTHM Take your time tracing a connection, or replay a level to chase three stars. Your time, moves, and hints shape your rating. Built-in hints help when you need a nudge. Made for iPhone and iPad. Every one of the 1,000 levels plays offline. No ads. No in-app purchases. Rotate. Connect. Let it glow.

Screenshots

Match Puzzles!4 screens
Glowgrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Glowgrid at none against Match Puzzles!'s shown. Glowgrid also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Match Puzzles!'s advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Match Puzzles! ships an update every 2 months, Glowgrid weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Match Puzzles! versus Glowgrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatch Puzzles!Glowgrid
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNandha Kumar RaviCalTech Web, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Match Puzzles!

No in-app purchases

None

Glowgrid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Match Puzzles! free?
Match Puzzles! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glowgrid free?
Glowgrid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Match Puzzles! or Glowgrid have ads?
Match Puzzles! shows ads; Glowgrid does not.
Which is updated more often, Match Puzzles! or Glowgrid?
Match Puzzles! ships an update every 2 months, and Glowgrid weekly. Most recently, Match Puzzles! was updated on October 30, 2026 and Glowgrid on October 29, 2026.

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