Comparison

Tesserae! vs SortVision

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

Head to head
About

Tesserae!

A minimalist puzzle game focused on calm, strategic tile-matching. Swipe, jump, and combine tiles across handcrafted boards to clear the grid. Offers a distraction-free experience with no ads or timers.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Handcrafted puzzle boards
  • Strategic tile combination
  • Multiple solution paths
  • Leaderboard scoring
  • iCloud sync
  • Game Center achievements
Features
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Tesserae is a minimalist, color-matching puzzle game designed for calm focus and strategic play. Swipe, jump, and combine tiles across handcrafted boards to clear the grid — one satisfying move at a time. Built with an minimalist-style design philosophy, Tesserae is clean, modern, and distraction-free: no ads, no timers, no noise. Just pure puzzle-solving. Features • Elegant Design – Modern, tactile, minimal-inspired interface. • Challenging Levels – Multiple handcrafted boards with increasing complexity. • Strategic Depth – Different tile types (primary, secondary, tertiary) each with unique move rules. • Replayability – Multiple solution paths and leaderboard scoring. • iCloud Sync (Tesserae+): Pick up where you left off across all devices. • Game Center (Tesserae+): Unlock achievements and compete on leaderboards. • No Ads. No Distractions. Just puzzles and you. Unlock the full experience with Tesserae+: • Access to all levels and difficulty tiers (Easy → Diabolical). • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad. • Game Center achievements and leaderboards. • A one-time purchase that supports continued development (no subscriptions, no ads). Whether you’re looking for a quick brain teaser or a deep puzzle challenge, Tesserae delivers a beautifully simple yet strategically rich experience.

About

SortVision

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Pour. Sort. Breathe. A rack of glass tubes, twelve colors jumbled between them, and one clean rule: pour a color onto its match until every tube holds one color and nothing else. No timers. No lives. No ads. Nothing at all between you and the puzzle. EVERY LEVEL HAS A PROVEN BEST ANSWER All 1,000 puzzles ship with a verified optimal solution, and your star rating is measured against it. Three stars is not a participation trophy — it means you found the shortest line that exists. That one decision changes how the whole game feels: there is always a reason to replay, and always something left to chase. TEN WORLDS, ONE LONG CLIMB Iron — The Forge. Five tubes, three colors. Learn the shape of it. Bronze — Age of Valor Silver — Moonlit Trials Gold — Crown Jewels. Mystery segments arrive: the bottom of a tube stays hidden until you pour it. Platinum — Ethereal Heights Emerald — Verdant Maze Diamond — Crystal Depths Master — The Crucible Grandmaster — Shadow Realm Legend — Hall of Fame. Fourteen tubes, twelve colors, and pars past thirty moves. One hundred levels per world. One thousand in total. The difficulty ramp is deliberate, and it never cheats you. BUILT THE WAY A PUZZLE SHOULD BE • No ads. Not banners, not interstitials, not a rewarded video hiding behind a hint. • No lives, no energy meter, no countdown. Play one level or a hundred. • Unlimited undo. Explore a line, back out, try another. • Stuck? Watch the verified solution play out move by move. • A twelve-color palette drawn from Apple's system colors, chosen to stay distinguishable for players with color vision differences. • Fully playable offline. No account, no sign-in, no connection required. AT HOME ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE Built in SwiftUI for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro — one app, native on each. Look at a tube on Vision Pro and tap to pour. Ask Siri to open a world. Your solution credits follow you across devices over iCloud. PRIVACY, PLAINLY SortVision collects nothing. No analytics, no advertising identifiers, no third-party SDKs, no tracking of any kind. There is no server to send anything to. Apple frameworks only. Sort Vision is free to play in full. Solution credits are an entirely optional purchase for the moments you would rather see the answer than sleep on it. Pour the first tube. See how far you get.

Screenshots

Tesserae!4 screens
SortVision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tesserae! at weekly against SortVision's every 5 months. Tesserae! also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). SortVision's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, 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. Tesserae! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SortVision sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tesserae! ships an update weekly, SortVision every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tesserae! versus SortVision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTesserae!SortVision
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTap Things, Inc.Ahmed DALHI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tesserae!

One-time1
  • Tesserae+ Upgrade$2.99
3 purchases

SortVision

One-time3
  • 1 Solution Credit$0.99
  • 5 Solution Credits$2.99
  • 10 Solution Credits$3.99

Questions

Is Tesserae! free?
Tesserae! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SortVision free?
SortVision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tesserae! or SortVision have ads?
Neither Tesserae! nor SortVision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tesserae! or SortVision?
Tesserae! ships an update weekly, and SortVision every 5 months. Most recently, Tesserae! was updated on October 7, 2026 and SortVision on October 30, 2026.

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