Carticulate vs Match Attack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carticulate
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Your favorite MS-DOS license plate word-finding game from the 1980s is back and better than ever, remade for iOS! The rules are as simple as you remember: • The letters on the RIGHT MUST be used, and in the order they appear. • The letters on the LEFT are OPTIONAL, but using them will give you a major bonus based on the number. • "O" is always a letter. • Everyone sees the same plates every day. Puzzle through 12 license plates per day on your Daily Commute, or choose Endless Drive for a nonstop experience where each success increases your remaining time. Now with score-sharing so you can challenge your friends to beat your run! Visit the Archive to play any previous days' commutes in case you missed any. Wait… why does the archive go back to 1974? Didn't this game originally come out in 1985?
Match Attack
Engage in roguelike match-3 combat where tile swaps trigger attacks, defense, and healing. Collect powerful relics and build game-breaking synergies across multiple chapters. Enjoy single-player, offline gameplay with no timers or energy systems.
- Match tiles to attack, defend, and heal
- Create powerful tile cascades
- Collect over 280 synergistic relics
- Progress through three distinct chapters
- Unlock permanent relics through runs
- Ascension tiers for increased difficulty
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Match Attack is a match-3 roguelike game where the board is your weapon! Swap tiles to make matches and watch satisfying cascades. Set up the perfect board, collect upgrades and create gamebreaking builds! - Match tiles to attack, defend, recharge and heal - Get rewarded for bigger matches with clears, empowered tiles, wildcards, and bombs - 280+ relics with synergizing mechanics - Three chapters, each with fights, elites, events, shops, rest sites, and a boss finale - Earn experience from every run to permanently unlock new relics - Ascension tiers add difficulty for uncapped replayability Single-player, fully offline. No timers, no energy. One optional in-app purchase to removes ads and support the solo developer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Carticulate at none against Match Attack's 1. Carticulate also leads on ads (none vs shown). Match Attack's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Match Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Carticulate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Carticulate ships an update every 5 days, Match Attack every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Carticulate | Match Attack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | J Crowley | Michael Ip |
In-app purchases
Carticulate
No in-app purchases
Match Attack
- Match Attack Remove Ads$1.99
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