Combinations vs Puzzle Chips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Identify matching/differing block attributes
- Multiple game modes (27, 42, 81 blocks)
- Step-by-step tutorial
- High score tracking
- Hint button
- Game Center integration
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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
Puzzle Chips
Slide chips to combine them into stacks and clear them from the board. This addictive puzzle game offers quick, one-handed gameplay with a focus on achieving high scores and unlocking achievements.
- Swipe to slide chips
- Combine matching chips and stacks
- Tap large stacks to clear
- High score competition
- Game Center achievements
- One-handed gameplay
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Stack up your chips in this addictive puzzle game! Swipe your finger across the board to slide all the chips to one side. Matching chips combine into stacks. Matching stacks combine to make bigger stacks! Once a stack of chips is big enough, you can tap on it to remove it from the board, which can help get you unstuck when the board fills up. The game is over when you can't make any more moves! • Easy to learn, with a quick tutorial to get you started • Fast, bite-sized gameplay, easy to play with one hand • Compete for high scores and achievements on Game Center
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Combinations at none against Puzzle Chips's shown. Combinations also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 88%) and ratings volume (39 vs 6). Puzzle Chips's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Combinations sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Puzzle Chips sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Puzzle Chips holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Combinations has 39 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 98% of Combinations's written reviews are positive against 88% of Puzzle Chips's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Combinations ships an update every 2 months, Puzzle Chips monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Combinations | Puzzle Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (39 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 98.2% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Valcour Games | Curt Stein |
Customer experience
Combinations
Puzzle Chips
Bugs and requests
Combinations
Requested features
4 requests- Remove ads
- Landscape mode support
- Multiplayer mode
- Optional hide combination count
Puzzle Chips
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Combinations
- Remove Ads$1.99
Puzzle Chips
- Ad Removal$0.99
