Comparison

Pattern Shape Brain Teaser vs Tessera

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

Head to head
About

Pattern Shape Brain Teaser

Features
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Challenge your mind with Pattern Shape Brain Teaser! Fit colorful hexagonal pieces perfectly into the grid to complete unique patterns. This relaxing yet addictive puzzle game sharpens your spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. With hundreds of levels ranging from easy to brain-busting, it’s the perfect way to unwind while giving your brain a workout. Dive into the world of shapes and patterns and see how far your puzzle skills can go!

About

Tessera

A fast-paced, offline hex board strategy game where players gather resources, trade, and build settlements to race for victory. Enjoy local multiplayer or solo play against AI with adjustable difficulty and timers.

Highlights
  • Offline local multiplayer
  • Resource gathering and trading
  • Road and settlement building
  • Cities & Knights expansion mode
  • AI bots for solo play
  • Adjustable game timers
  • Friendly robber option
Features
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Tessera is a fast, friendly game of building a frontier one hexagon at a time. Gather resources, trade shrewdly, build roads and settlements, and race your friends to victory — all on a beautifully rendered, freshly shuffled hex board every game. PLAY ANYWHERE — NO INTERNET Tessera connects players phone-to-phone over local Wi-Fi, a personal hotspot, or direct nearby connections. No accounts, no servers, no signal required — perfect for road trips, flights, and the kitchen table. EASY TO LEARN, RICH TO MASTER • Roll the dice each turn and harvest the resources your settlements touch • Trade with rivals — or the bank — to get exactly what you need • Build roads, settlements, and cities; buy development cards • Claim the Longest Road and Largest Army for bonus points • Move the robber to slow down a runaway leader • First to 10 points wins NEW: CITIES & KNIGHTS MODE A full expansion-style variant for veterans, selectable when you create any game: • Cities produce commodities — cloth, coin, and paper • Develop trade, politics, and science; claim metropolises for big points • Recruit, activate, and promote knights to defend the island • Barbarians raid the coast — the least-defended players lose a city • 54 progress cards, city walls, the merchant, and a race to 13 points SMART BOTS, ANY TIME Play solo or fill empty seats with bots at three difficulty levels. If a friend drops out mid-game, a difficulty-matched bot takes over instantly — and hands the seat right back the moment they reconnect. BUILT FOR REAL TABLES • Intelligently balanced random boards — no runaway number clusters • Adjustable turn, roll, robber, discard, and opening-placement timers • Friendly-robber option to protect newer players • End-of-game stats with a dice-roll histogram • Smooth card animations and always-clear turn prompts Tessera is a love letter to classic hex-and-resource tabletop strategy, reimagined for your pocket. Gather your friends and start building.

Screenshots

Pattern Shape Brain Teaser1 screens
Tessera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pattern Shape Brain Teaser at 12.0 against Tessera's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pattern Shape Brain Teaser ships an update fortnightly, Tessera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pattern Shape Brain Teaser versus Tessera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPattern Shape Brain TeaserTessera
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamama MursudluAshray Chowdhry

In-app purchases

None

Pattern Shape Brain Teaser

No in-app purchases

None

Tessera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pattern Shape Brain Teaser free?
Pattern Shape Brain Teaser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tessera free?
Tessera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pattern Shape Brain Teaser or Tessera have ads?
Neither Pattern Shape Brain Teaser nor Tessera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pattern Shape Brain Teaser or Tessera?
Pattern Shape Brain Teaser ships an update fortnightly, and Tessera every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pattern Shape Brain Teaser was updated on October 30, 2026 and Tessera on November 5, 2026.

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