Comparison

Tatami ∞ vs Puzzmo

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

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About

Tatami ∞

A casual logic puzzle game where players fill a board with boxes of a specified size. It offers procedurally generated and handcrafted levels with no timers or scores, allowing for relaxed, pick-up-and-play sessions. The game provides a lifetime of content and customization options.

Highlights
  • Board filling puzzles
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Handcrafted levels
  • No timers or scores
  • Level skipping
  • Customization options
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Tatami is a casual puzzle game where you fill the board with boxes of the specified size. If you like thinky games like Shikaku, Picross, or Sudoku, but wish for shorter pick-up-and-play levels, you’ll love Tatami. Things start simple, but as soon as you get comfortable the game gets a little trickier and a little weirder. And then some more! But it stays a kind game: there are no timers or scores, and you can skip any level with no penalty. And the levels never end! There are enough high quality, procedurally generated boards to last you a lifetime. On the road to infinity, there are over 100 special handcrafted levels full of surprises. And maybe there’s a super secret, super tricky challenge hidden somewhere; I’m not at liberty to say. The first two hundred levels are free, and the rest can be unlocked with a single in-app purchase. The same purchase allows you to customize the game with themes and cute alternative icons. Your progress is synced and dark mode is supported, so you can play anywhere, anytime, on the most convenient device. And obviously: no ads, no tracking, no data collection, no account required, no dark patterns. Just a honestly fun game to keep you company when you need a little break. This game was made with love and patience. I hope you’ll enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed designing and building it. – Kaylee Terms & Conditions: https://kaylees.site/terms-and-conditions.html

About

Puzzmo

Discover a universe of daily puzzles with original games and modern classics. Enjoy word puzzles, strategy games, and crosswords with helpful hints. It's a free and engaging way to challenge your mind.

Highlights
  • Daily original puzzles
  • Classic puzzle games
  • Word puzzles
  • Strategy games
  • Crosswords with hints
  • Memory and matching games
Features
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Hello! If you're reading this you either really love Puzzmo or you are somehow undecided about our app. Let's be clear: you should download the app. We made it for you and it's free and it's really good! What do you have to lose? Puzzmo is the center of the puzzle universe. You'll find fresh original games by brilliant designers like Zach Gage and new daily puzzles for modern classics like Cross|word, SpellTower, Flipart, Typeshift, Pile-Up Poker, Memoku, and more. You'll also find a little puzzle at the bottom of this AppStore description. Go on, scroll to the bottom. NEW: MEMOKU Inspired by the classic memory game, Memoku invites you to match pairs of numbers, but there's a twist – like Sudoku, no number can appear in the same row, column, or box twice. BONGO Bongo challenges you to build a better board out of twenty five tiles, often picked on a theme by Puzzmo's friends, community members, and celebrity guests. There’s always a better board. PILE-UP POKER Pile-Up Poker is a twist on traditional poker where players build rows and columns of poker hands. The objective is to create the highest overall score by adding cards one by one to the gird, making strategic decisions along the way. FLIPART Flipart is a modern twist on digital jigsaw puzzles. This free daily puzzle challenges you to rearrange Tetris-like shapes by tapping the pivot points so that none of the shapes overlap and they all fit within the border. Flipart puzzles are enjoyable for kids and adults alike! TYPESHIFT Typeshift is our free, daily captivating word puzzle game that challenges your vocabulary, spatial reasoning, and wit. Solve puzzles by shifting columns of letters like a combination lock to form words. Each puzzle is a fun brain-teaser chock full of both word search and strategy. CROSS|WORD Puzzmo crossword puzzles are for everyone. Some of the world’s top solvers compete daily for the fastest solve on Puzzmo, but that doesn’t mean we’re here to stump you. In fact if you’re new to crosswords or struggling complete a grid, we’re here to help. Only Puzzmo crosswords offer an optional, easier hint with every single clue. CUBECLEAR Cube Clear is a word puzzle game where players spell words in a grid whose letters then disappear. Longer words score higher points, and adjacent tiles disappear after use, causing remaining tiles to tumble to the bottom of the grid. With only 36 letters, the challenge of Cube Clear is two-fold. Can you clear the board, and in how few words? WORDBIND Wordbind is a directional anagram game that challenges you to discover new words hidden within the chosen words of the day. You can only key in letters from left to right, you’re allowed to skip letters, and you can use the same letter twice to find the perfect word. With each word you find, you rise the ranks on your way to Luminary status. REALLY BAD CHESS Aside from the small advantage white gains by making the first move, chess is a battle of wits between two competitors with the same pieces in the same positions. Puzzmo’s free daily Really Bad Chess game turns all of that “fairness” on its head. For example, you might have a huge material advantage with three queens while your computer opponent might have no queens and five rooks. The pieces may look random, but your advantage is carefully calculated! SPELLTOWER SpellTower is a two-dimensional grid of letters that looks like your typical word search puzzle. But unlike a traditional word search, you can change directions, cross your own path, go diagonal, and even spell backwards! This freedom of movement allows you to find more complex and challenging words, but this isn’t the only twist with SpellTower. As you use letters, they disappear from the grid, with the ultimate goal being a perfect, total clear of the entire board. You found it! If you can solve this classic riddle, enter the answer at puzzmo.com/code "Forward I’m heavy, backwards I’m not. What word am I?" Happy puzzling!

Screenshots

Tatami ∞4 screens
Puzzmo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tatami ∞ at 93% against Puzzmo's 43%. Tatami ∞ also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). Puzzmo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#158 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tatami ∞ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Puzzmo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tatami ∞ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 176 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Tatami ∞'s written reviews are positive against 43% of Puzzmo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tatami ∞ ships an update every 6 weeks, Puzzmo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tatami ∞ versus Puzzmo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTatami ∞Puzzmo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (79 ratings) — better3.7 (176 ratings)
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings79176 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#158 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKaylee CalderollaPuzzmo Inc.

Customer experience

Tatami ∞

All ratings78 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative0.0%

Puzzmo

All ratings177 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative28.8%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral16.9%
Negative40.3%

User reviews

Tatami ∞

From 79 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good game
  • 👍 Clean design
  • 👍 Simple mechanics
  • 👍 Perfectly challenging
  • 👍 Intuitive

Puzzmo

From 176 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth app experience
  • 🎮 Variety of classic games
  • 👍 High-quality puzzles

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Suboptimal UI/UX
  • 📱 Lacks iPad optimization
  • 💰 Subscription model concerns

Bugs and requests

Tatami ∞

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add music like Tetris or another puzzle game
  • Add audio/haptic feedback

Puzzmo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crossword clues not locking in correctly
  • Transitions between games could be smoother

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to resume games from where left off
  • Numerical order for crossword clues
  • Remove subscription, keep account option

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tatami ∞

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$4.99
2 purchases

Puzzmo

Subscriptions2
  • Puzzmo Plus (monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Puzzmo Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Tatami ∞ free?
Tatami ∞ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Puzzmo free?
Puzzmo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tatami ∞ or Puzzmo?
Tatami ∞ is rated higher. Tatami ∞ averages 4.9 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Puzzmo averages 3.7 from 176 ratings.
Do Tatami ∞ or Puzzmo have ads?
Puzzmo shows ads; Tatami ∞ does not.
Which is updated more often, Tatami ∞ or Puzzmo?
Tatami ∞ ships an update every 6 weeks, and Puzzmo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tatami ∞ was updated on October 24, 2026 and Puzzmo on October 25, 2026.

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