Basic Buddies vs Tile Five
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Buddies
Experience a fast-paced arcade game focused on vertical descent and precision movement. Navigate a continuously generating world with unique challenges and unlockable content. Master timing and control to survive longer and achieve higher scores.
- Four unique game modes
- Endless vertically scrolling gameplay
- Responsive mobile controls
- Unlockable characters and customization
- Coin-based progression
- Designed for quick sessions
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Descend fast. Survive longer. Master the descent. This is a fast-paced arcade-style game built around vertical descent, precision movement, and split-second decision making. Each run drops you into a continuously generating world filled with platforms, hazards, and opportunities to push just a little farther. The game features four distinct game modes, each offering a different way to play — from endless, score-chasing runs to survival-style challenges that test how long you can last under pressure. Whether you’re aiming for a clean, focused descent or pushing yourself through increasingly intense encounters, every mode rewards timing, control, and momentum. Features: - Four unique game modes with different rules and challenges - Endless, vertically scrolling gameplay - Smooth, responsive controls built for mobile - Unlockable characters and visual customization - Coin-based progression and optional rewards - Designed for quick sessions and high replay value Easy to learn but difficult to master, this game is all about control, rhythm, and surviving the descent.
Tile Five
Fill a grid with numbered tiles based on logical deductions. Each tile covers a number of adjacent squares indicated by its number. Solve puzzles with no math or luck, just pure reasoning.
- Grid-based number tile placement
- Deductive reasoning gameplay
- 1,000 puzzles across five difficulty levels
- Daily Challenge with spoiler-free sharing
- In-game hints and technique walkthroughs
- Offline play and dark mode
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Fill the grid with number tiles, one clever deduction at a time. Every square belongs to exactly one tile, and each tile's number tells you how many neighboring squares it covers. Find the spot where a tile fits only one way, place it, and watch the board fall into place. No math. No luck. Just pure logic. HOW IT WORKS • A tile covers its own square plus as many neighbors as its number. • 1s and 3s reach diagonally, 2s and 4s reach to the sides, and a 5 can do both. • Printed numbers are clues: each one shows the number of the tile that covers it. • Every puzzle has exactly one answer. WHAT'S INSIDE • 1,000 puzzles across five levels, from Beginner to Impossible • A fresh Daily Challenge every day, with spoiler-free sharing • Hints that explain the next step in plain words • Walkthroughs that teach the techniques for every level • Three lives, pencil notes, undo and pause • Dark mode, left-handed keys and offline play on iPhone and iPad Love Sudoku, kakuro or nonograms? Tile Five gives you the same "aha!" moment with a twist! Learn it in a minute, enjoy it for years.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tile Five at 8 against Basic Buddies's 1. Tile Five also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Basic Buddies sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Tile Five sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Basic Buddies against 5.0 for Tile Five. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tile Five has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Basic Buddies ships an update weekly, Tile Five every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Buddies | Tile Five |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Hoffart | Jonathan Tucker |
Customer experience
Basic Buddies
Tile Five
In-app purchases
Basic Buddies
- Small Coin Pack (100 Coins)$0.99
- Medium Coin Pack (500 Coins)$2.99
- Premium Upgrade (No Ads)$3.99
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- Large Coin Pack (1,500 Coins)$4.99
- Epic Coin Pack (5,000 Coins)$9.99
Tile Five
- Remove Ads$2.99
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