Passage 4 S vs Ishido
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Passage 4 S
A tile-matching puzzle game where players create 'passages' by matching colors or symbols of adjacent tiles. Completed passages disappear, offering a challenging yet accessible experience.
- Tile matching by color or symbol
- Create passages from edge to edge
- More than 30 levels
- 3 game modes: Clear, Continue, Classic
- 3 difficulty levels
- Local and global high score lists
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Forget all about those match-3, mahjong, dominoes, and memory games, Passage 4 beats them all! Place tiles on the board to match the color or symbol of adjacent tiles to create 'passages' from edge to edge. Completed rows and columns ('passages') disappear from the board. Passage 4 is an easy to learn but challenging game that incorporates the best elements of several classic games. It will keep you fascinated for hours. Give it a try! Features - More than 30 levels - 3 different game modes: Clear, Continue, and Classic - 3 levels of difficulty - Beautiful graphics in comic style - Local and global high score lists - Great sound effects and background music - Spoken tutorial and a detailed manual - Playable horizontally and vertically Now the granddaddy of casual games - Passage 3 - finally has a worthy successor.
Ishido
A meditative puzzle game where players match stones based on color and symbol to clear a board. It offers both strategic point-scoring and a relaxing, mindful experience.
- Match stones by color and symbol
- Strategic point scoring
- Meditative gameplay mode
- 72 unique stones
- 8x12 game board
- Next stone preview
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WELCOME TO ISHIDO An ancient puzzle that will test your meditative and strategic powers. Balance the yin & yang of patience vs. the quick score. Your goal is to empty the pouch, but plan ahead to find the elusive 4-way. You must match 72 stones on a board of 96 squares. You can play for points or relax and meditate over each move. OVERVIEW Ishido is a board game where you attempt to match stones according to their colors and patterns. THE GAME BOARD * The Game Board is eight squares high by 12 squares wide. * Stones come in sets of 72 stones. Each stone has two attributes: A color and a symbol. There are six symbols and six colors in each stoneset, thus creating 36 unique stones. Each stone comes in a pair, hence 72 stones in each stoneset. * The Within consists of the interior squares. * The Beyond consists of the squares at the outer edges of the board. * The Touchstone displays the next stone to be played. * The Scoreboard shows both the number of points scored, and the number of combination matches achieved. * The Pouch shows the number of stones remaining to play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Passage 4 S at 4.6 against Ishido's 3.1. Passage 4 S also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 43%) and device support (4 vs 1). Ishido's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 18 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Passage 4 S holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Passage 4 S's written reviews are positive against 43% of Ishido's.
Passage 4 S ships an update every 18 months, Ishido every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Passage 4 S | Ishido |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | 3.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Schreiber | Darin Koenig |
Customer experience
Passage 4 S
Ishido
In-app purchases
Passage 4 S
No in-app purchases
Ishido
No in-app purchases









