Comparison

Combinations vs Happy Friends Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Combinations

Engage your mind with a logic puzzle game where you identify sets of three blocks that share or differ in all four attributes: color, shape, fill, and count. Choose from various game modes and utilize helpful features like hints and tutorials to improve your cognitive skills.

Highlights
  • Identify matching/differing block attributes
  • Multiple game modes (27, 42, 81 blocks)
  • Step-by-step tutorial
  • High score tracking
  • Hint button
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Find 3 blocks that make up a Combination. These 3 block Combinations must have each of their 4 attributes (Color, Shape, Fill, Count) all the same or all different. Get ready to have fun while helping your brain at the same time. Features: - 27 Blocks, 42 Blocks, and 81 Blocks game modes - Step by step tutorial on How To Play - High Scores tables with top 25 scores - High Score Reset - Game Center enabled - Compatible with iPhone and iPad - Hint button if you ever get stuck - Sound Effects

About

Happy Friends Puzzle

Features
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Welcome to the world of connections and joy in Happy Friends, an engaging puzzle game that challenges your spatial reasoning and creativity! On a grid-based puzzle area, you'll encounter circular characters with varying numbers of hands. Your mission is to arrange the characters so that all their hands hold another hand, creating happy connections. Through intuitive drag-and-drop mechanics, explore a delightful journey of linking friends together. Can you master the art of connection and fill the grid with happy bonds?

Screenshots

Combinations4 screens
Happy Friends Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Happy Friends Puzzle at none against Combinations's 1. Happy Friends Puzzle also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Combinations's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). 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. Combinations sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Happy Friends Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Combinations ships an update every 2 months, Happy Friends Puzzle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Combinations versus Happy Friends Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCombinationsHappy Friends Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB204 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValcour GamesGAMETATOR YAZILIM DANISMANLIK TICARET VE SANAYI ANONIM SIRKETI

Bugs and requests

Combinations

Requested features

4 requests
  • Remove ads
  • Landscape mode support
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Optional hide combination count

Happy Friends Puzzle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Combinations

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Happy Friends Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Combinations free?
Combinations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Happy Friends Puzzle free?
Happy Friends Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Combinations or Happy Friends Puzzle have ads?
Happy Friends Puzzle shows ads; Combinations does not.
Which is updated more often, Combinations or Happy Friends Puzzle?
Combinations ships an update every 2 months, and Happy Friends Puzzle every 2 days. Most recently, Combinations was updated on October 22, 2026 and Happy Friends Puzzle on October 9, 2026.

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