Comparison

Screw Match® vs Toehold

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

Head to head
About

Screw Match®

Engage your brain with this casual strategy puzzle game. Sort screws into color-coded toolboxes, overcoming obstacles with strategic thinking. Explore thousands of unique levels, mini-games, and helpful props to progress.

Highlights
  • Brain-challenging strategy gameplay
  • Color-coded screw sorting puzzles
  • Thousands of unique levels
  • Plot mini-games
  • Variety of in-game props
  • ASMR experiences
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This is a casual brain-challenging strategy game. Unlock the screw puzzle game. Start challenging your brain now! How to play? The goal of the level is quite simple. You just need to put the screws into the toolbox of the corresponding color to complete the challenge. As the level increases, there will be various obstacles blocking you from passing the level. At this time, you need to show your unique strategy and use your brain to unlock the puzzle. The levels of the game are special and interesting. Each level is carefully designed, and each level will not be repeated, so you will not feel bored. As the level increases, different ways of playing will appear, making the level full of fun! There are thousands of levels here, and the game content is constantly updated. The rich game content and unique game activities are refreshing. There are also exquisite plot mini-games waiting for you to explore. Do you think the level is difficult? Don't worry, there are a variety of props for you to choose from to help you easily beat the level. Use props to smash obstacles, increase holes, and increase toolboxes. And there are a lot of activities in the game, you can get a lot of props from them, and it is not a dream to pass the level easily. This is a game that perfectly combines plot mini-games and puzzle levels. Here you can experience unforgettable and interesting levels, and explore rich plots. Challenge the screw level puzzles and dig out more happiness!

About

Toehold

Features
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Every other sudoku app has a hint button. You get stuck, you tap it, it fills in a square, and you have learned nothing. Toehold does the opposite. A panel sits beside your board and keeps a live inventory of the techniques that are available right now — "Hidden single ×2 · Pointing pair ×1 · X-Wing ×1" — updating on every digit and every pencil mark. It tells you what to look for. It does not tell you where. Tap a technique and it shows you the cells that make it true, and one plain sentence explaining why: "The only spots for 6 in box 2 — r1c5 and r3c5 — share column 5, so 6 leaves r4c5 and r6c5." Placing the digit is then a separate, deliberate tap. The toehold is yours; the climb is still yours too. DIFFICULTY THAT MEANS SOMETHING • Most apps grade by counting clues, which tells you nothing about how hard a puzzle is • Toehold grades by the hardest technique a puzzle actually requires • Gentle needs only singles. Steady adds locked candidates. Tricky adds pairs and triples. Tough needs X-Wing, Swordfish, or Y-Wing • Every puzzle is checked before you see it: exactly one solution, and solvable by named logic from start to finish. You will never be asked to guess ELEVEN TECHNIQUES, ALL EXPLAINED Naked and hidden singles · pointing pairs · box/line reduction · naked and hidden pairs and triples · X-Wing · Y-Wing · Swordfish. Each one names itself when it appears, so you learn the vocabulary by meeting it on your own board. BUILT FOR THE GRID • Pencil marks in a fixed 3x3 lattice, so a digit is always in the same spot • Fill all candidates in one tap, or place them yourself • Every key shows how many of that digit are left • Full undo • Optional mistake checking, off by default ON iPAD The technique panel stays open beside the board in a real two-column layout — not a stretched phone screen. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE Puzzles are generated on your device. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, no network access of any kind. Free. Toehold is for anyone who has finished a sudoku and still could not say how they did it.

Screenshots

Screw Match®4 screens
Toehold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Toehold at none against Screw Match®'s 10. Toehold also leads on ads (none vs shown). Screw Match®'s advantage is chart position (#80 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Screw Match® sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Toehold asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Screw Match® versus Toehold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrew Match®Toehold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#80 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB0 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBESTPLAY GAMES PTE. LTD.John Doan

Bugs and requests

Screw Match®

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing on certain screens
  • Inability to exit or close certain screens
  • Levels not loading properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to disable time limits
  • More free boosters and power-ups
  • Ability to use all 5 screw holes
  • Better difficulty balancing

Toehold

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Screw Match®

One-time10
  • Pack 01$0.99
  • Pack 02$1.99
  • coin1$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Pack 04$2.99
  • Pack 07$4.99
  • Pack 10$7.99
  • coin2$7.99
  • Pack 12$9.99
  • pack1$9.99
  • Pack 22$19.99
None

Toehold

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screw Match® free?
Screw Match® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Toehold free?
Toehold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Screw Match® or Toehold have ads?
Screw Match® shows ads; Toehold does not.

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