Comparison

Control Ultimate Edition vs MadTide

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

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About

Control Ultimate Edition

Engage in a supernatural third-person action-adventure where you wield telekinetic powers and transforming weaponry to combat an ominous enemy. Explore a secretive government agency, uncover its dark secrets, and fight for control to save humanity.

Highlights
  • Supernatural combat
  • Transforming weaponry
  • Telekinetic powers
  • Uncover mysteries
  • Explore hidden world
  • Challenging boss fights
Features
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A corruptive presence has invaded the Federal Bureau of Control… Only you have the power to stop it. The world is now your weapon in an epic fight to annihilate an ominous enemy through deep and unpredictable environments. Containment has failed, humanity is at stake. Will you regain control? Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Blending open-ended environments with the signature world-building and storytelling of renowned developer, Remedy Entertainment, CONTROL presents an expansive and intensely gratifying gameplay experience. CONTROL Ultimate Edition has now been adapted to iOS. We have implemented touch controls and made changes to the in-game UI and game mechanics, like aiming and puzzles to provide a great experience for supported touch devices. The game renders beautifully through Metal and supports Ray Tracing on supported hardware. Key features UNCOVER THE MYSTERIES: Can you handle the bureau’s dark secrets? Unfold an epic supernatural struggle, filled with unexpected characters and bizarre events, as you search for your missing brother, and discover the truth that has brought you here. EVERYTHING IS YOUR WEAPON: Unleash destruction through transforming weaponry and telekinetic powers. Discover new ways to annihilate your enemies as you harness powerful abilities to turn everything around you into a lethal weapon. EXPLORE A HIDDEN WORLD: Delve deep into the ominous expanses of a secretive government agency. Explore the Bureau’s shifting environments only to discover that there is always more than meets the eye… FIGHT FOR CONTROL: Battle a relentless enemy through exciting missions and challenging boss fights to earn powerful upgrades that maximize abilities and customize your weaponry. CONTROL Ultimate Edition on iOS supports the following MetalFX features: MetalFX TAAU - Temporal Anti-Aliasing and upscaling MetalFX Frame Interpolation Ray-Tracing is supported on devices with M3+ or A19 Pro with 10Gb of memory.

About

MadTide

Embark on an underwater platform adventure across diverse environments, from flooded labs to starry passages. Explore a handcrafted world with multiple playable characters, daily challenges, and cooperative multiplayer modes. Designed for accessibility and privacy, this game offers a complete experience without ads or purchases.

Highlights
  • 20-level campaign
  • Daily Challenge mode
  • Abyss Dive endless mode
  • Local and online multiplayer
  • Seven playable divers
  • Accessibility options
Features
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The tide is rising, the specimens are loose, and the reef is calling. MadTide is a handcrafted underwater platform adventure: swim free, dash through danger, and follow the Crimson Reefbloom from a flooded research lab, across ten dives of open reef, to nine passages among the stars. COMPLETELY FREE No ads. No purchases. No account. Your pearls are earned, never bought. A REAL ADVENTURE • 20-level campaign from the Sub-Lab to Neptune • The Leviathan — a five-zone descent to the story's heart • Six reef keepers and more to outwit: every boss has a rhythm to read • Seven playable divers, each with their own feel — plus ranged gadgets, the Tide Pulse, and a Pearl Shop of earned colours and trails EVERY DAY, A NEW TIDE • Daily Challenge with mutators, streak bonuses, and optional reminders • Abyss Dive: an endless one-life descent — how deep can you go? • Boss Rush, ghost racing against your own best runs, and Game Center leaderboards and achievements PLAY TOGETHER • Nearby play: up to eight divers in the same room, no account needed • Online matches through Game Center • Local co-op on one screen MADE TO BE PLAYED BY EVERYONE • Captions, colourblind-friendly markers, high contrast, reduced motion and flashing, adjustable screen shake and impact pause • Forgiving mode and full-exploration assists — nothing locked behind difficulty • A built-in Journal: every level, boss, character and setting, searchable PRIVATE BY DESIGN No analytics, no tracking, no servers. Saves stay on your device and in your own iCloud.

Screenshots

Control Ultimate Edition4 screens
MadTide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MadTide at Free against Control Ultimate Edition's $4.99. MadTide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). Control Ultimate Edition's advantage is ratings volume (358 vs 2) and chart position (#26 vs unranked). On 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

MadTide is free to download; Control Ultimate Edition costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MadTide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Control Ultimate Edition has 358 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Control Ultimate Edition versus MadTide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControl Ultimate EditionMadTide
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (358 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings358 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#26 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size570 MB8 MB
Age rating+1712+
DeveloperRemedy Entertainment PLCCheryl Turner

Customer experience

Control Ultimate Edition

All ratings350 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews319 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral11.0%
Negative26.3%

MadTide

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Control Ultimate Edition

No in-app purchases

None

MadTide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control Ultimate Edition free?
Control Ultimate Edition costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MadTide free?
MadTide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Control Ultimate Edition or MadTide?
MadTide is rated higher. Control Ultimate Edition averages 4.1 out of 5 from 358 ratings, while MadTide averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Control Ultimate Edition or MadTide have ads?
Neither Control Ultimate Edition nor MadTide shows ads.

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