Comparison

Primrows+ vs 9 Tiles Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Primrows+

A logic puzzle game where you grow and prune flowers in a whimsical garden. It combines sudoku-like rules with elements of chance and pattern recognition. Enjoy weekly challenges, seasonal artwork, and an ambient soundscape.

Highlights
  • Sudoku-inspired logic puzzles
  • Whimsical garden theme
  • Weekly challenges with special mechanics
  • Ambient nature soundscape
  • Seasonal artwork
  • Quick Play and Journal Play modes
  • Color blindness and low vision accessibility
Features
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A challenging game of logic, luck, and pattern recognition that adds a twist of chance to sudoku mechanics. Tend to a whimsical garden with organic sounds and visuals while you unearth new weekly challenges that introduce special mechanics. Test your skills in a game of logic, luck, and pattern recognition. After flowers grow at random, prune them away to ensure there are no two of the same flower in any row, column, or quadrant. Harvest at the end of each round to collect points and grow your high score. Master new challenges presented in each round as you watch your gardens flourish! Harvest as many points as you can in Quick Play or enjoy the more advanced Journal Play that rewards you for meeting certain criteria. Can’t get enough? Anticipate each Weekly Challenge that introduces special flowers and tiles that change the gameplay. Celebrate holidays and other milestones with themed challenges and festive artwork to get you in the spirit of the season. Primrows combines elements from sudoku and board games into an approachable and novel puzzle challenge that invites you to play at your own pace. With a high skill ceiling and plenty of depth, gameplay offers a challenging and versatile experience. Immerse yourself in ambient music and hand-painted backgrounds that change with each season. Primrows features award-winning visuals that invite you to settle in and strategize. Features: • Scratch that puzzle itch with Quick Play or enjoy deep strategy with Journal Play • Weekly challenges to expand your gardening expertise • Balance strategy, chance, and pattern recognition with no time pressure • Immersive ambient soundscape inspired by nature • Cheerful artwork that changes with the seasons • Infinitely replayable with a high skill ceiling • Digestible for players of all skill levels • Accessibility for color blindness and low vision -------AWARDS------- • Indie Game Dev Best Visuals Award at Cleveland Gaming Classic 2025 • Featured in Moonlite Madness Showcase 2025 • Featured in Rainbow Tech Fest 2025 • Featured in the Queer Games Bundle 2025 on Itch Rated 3+ by the Indonesia Game Rating System (IGRS)

About

9 Tiles Puzzle

Features
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Turn any photo into a puzzle, then put it back together — your way. 9 Tiles Puzzle slices a picture into a grid and scrambles it. Fetch a fresh photo from the internet, snap one with your camera, dig into your own Photos library, or generate an abstract Numbers grid — then race, relax, or outsmart the fog to solve it. SEVEN WAYS TO PLAY • Slide — classic sliding-puzzle movement • Swap — trade any two tiles, lock each one in as it lands • Time Trial — beat the clock, or climb the 10-stage Gauntlet Ladder • Limited Moves — solve within a strict move budget • Zen — no timer, no streak pressure, just the puzzle • Haze — tiles hide behind drifting fog; shake to peek • Chaos — the source photo gets recolored, mirrored, or flipped before you even see it DAILY CHALLENGE One seeded puzzle every day, the same for everyone. A calendar tracks your streak and lets you replay any past day. TRACK EVERY RECORD • Stats — personal bests and games played, by grid size and mode • Achievements — dozens of unlockable badges across six categories • Wall of Fame — a cork board of your best moves, times, and streaks, each card with its own swing physics • Game Center — leaderboards and your player profile ALWAYS WITH YOU A Live Activity tracks your in-progress puzzle on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Three home-screen widgets — Daily Challenge, Streaks & Records, and Resume Game — get you back into the game in one tap. FREE TO PLAY Slide mode and the Daily Challenge are free, forever — no account, no ads, no tracking. Unlock all seven modes, your own photos as puzzles, and full Stats, Achievements, and Wall of Fame with 9 Tiles Premium: • $6.99 one-time purchase — Lifetime access • $1.99/month — Premium Pass Monthly, an auto-renewing subscription that renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://cilippofilia.github.io/NineTilesPuzzle/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or feedback? Reach out any time — see Support below.

Screenshots

Primrows+4 screens
9 Tiles Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 9 Tiles Puzzle at every 2 days against Primrows+'s every 2 months. Primrows+'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Primrows+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 9 Tiles Puzzle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Primrows+ ships an update every 2 months, 9 Tiles Puzzle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Primrows+ versus 9 Tiles Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrimrows+9 Tiles Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size394 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTursiops Truncatus StudiosFilippo Carlo Cilia

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Primrows+

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
2 purchases

9 Tiles Puzzle

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Pass (Monthly)$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP Access$6.99

Questions

Is Primrows+ free?
Primrows+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 9 Tiles Puzzle free?
9 Tiles Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Primrows+ or 9 Tiles Puzzle have ads?
Neither Primrows+ nor 9 Tiles Puzzle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Primrows+ or 9 Tiles Puzzle?
Primrows+ ships an update every 2 months, and 9 Tiles Puzzle every 2 days. Most recently, Primrows+ was updated on October 24, 2026 and 9 Tiles Puzzle on October 25, 2026.

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