Comparison

Tessel vs Roliup

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

Head to head
About

Tessel

Features
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Tessel is a colorful tile placement game. Place tiles with matching colors to make shapes and fill the board. The larger the shape, the higher the points. Features: • Play an easy square game, or choose a more challenging pattern. • Customize your game settings to change the rules. • Create your own tiling patterns in the drawing tool. Choose from a wide range of tiling patterns to form endlessly varied tesselations: • Square • Triangular • Rhombille • Cairo pentagonal • Hexagonal • Deltoidal-trihexagonal • Penrose P3 • Snub square • Ammann-Beenker

About

Roliup

Features
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Steer a marble through two separate worlds. In 2D you tilt your phone; in 3D you drag to carve the turns. Each world keeps its own progress, its own records and its own replays — your coins carry across both. Every run is recorded. Replay your best line, or export it as a video to share. FREE • 136 levels in 2D, including the first night expeditions • 76 levels in 3D • No ads. No subscription. No account. No sign-in. ROLIUP DELUXE — one optional purchase • Unlocks every level group in both worlds: 374 levels in all • The full night chains and the hardest groups in the game • Yours forever, on every device signed in to your Apple Account Plays fully offline, start to finish.

Screenshots

Tessel4 screens
Roliup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tessel at none against Roliup's 1. Tessel also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Roliup's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Roliup sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tessel asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tessel ships an update every 5 days, Roliup daily. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
Tessel versus Roliup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTesselRoliup
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGijs van TulderKarl Kegel

In-app purchases

None

Tessel

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Roliup

One-time1
  • Roliup Deluxe$2.99

Questions

Is Tessel free?
Tessel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roliup free?
Roliup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tessel or Roliup have ads?
Neither Tessel nor Roliup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tessel or Roliup?
Tessel ships an update every 5 days, and Roliup daily. Most recently, Tessel was updated on September 22, 2026 and Roliup on September 10, 2026.

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