Comparison

Artile vs Gartic Phone

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

Head to head
About

Artile

Features
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Artile -- A Calm & Beautiful Slide Puzzle Experience Artile is a thoughtfully crafted sliding puzzle game that blends beautiful artwork with smooth, satisfying gameplay. Designed to relax your mind while gently challenge it, each puzzle invites you to slow down, focus, and enjoy the art as it comes together piece by piece. Slide tiles with natural gestures, uncover stunning artworks, and experience fluid animations that make every move feel rewarding. How It Works Each puzzle begins with a scrambled artwork. Slide tiles into the empty space to restore the image. The fewer moves you make, the better the achievement - but there’s no rush. Take your time and enjoy the process. Features - Beautifully curated artwork puzzles - Smooth, natural swipe and touch controls - Elegant animations and haptic feedback - Clean, distraction-free design - Smart shuffle for always-solvable puzzles - Move counter and progress tracking - Calming visuals and ambient motion - Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Designed to Relax Artile is not about pressure or timers. It’s about focus, calm, and the quiet satisfaction of solving something beautiful. Whether you play for a minute or a longer session, the experience remains smooth and stress-free. Built for Apple Platforms Carefully optimized for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS with high-performance rendering, touch-first interaction, and a polished native feel. Perfect For - Puzzle lovers - Art enthusiasts - Casual and mindful gamers - Anyone looking for a relaxing mental challenge Slide. Solve. Enjoy the art - with Artile.

About

Gartic Phone

This is a hilarious online telephone game where players take turns drawing sentences and then guessing drawings. Watch the original idea get hilariously lost through the chain of interpretations. It's free, easy to learn, and perfect for parties and online hangouts.

Highlights
  • Sentence to drawing interpretation
  • Drawing to sentence guessing
  • Animated GIF sharing
  • Multiple game modes
  • Creative drawing tools
  • Online multiplayer
Features
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Gartic Phone is the hilarious online telephone game with drawings! Start with a sentence. The next player draws it. The player after that writes what they see. On it goes, sentence to drawing to sentence, until the original idea is gloriously, ridiculously lost. Then watch the whole chain play back and laugh together at how it all went wrong. Free, easy to learn, and impossible to play with a straight face. Perfect for friends, family, classrooms, parties and online hangouts, and no drawing skills required. The worse the art, the better the game! HOW TO PLAY • Create a room and invite friends with a link or QR code, or jump into a quick game. • Everyone writes a starting sentence. • Pass it on: take turns drawing the sentence above you, then guessing the drawing below. • When the round ends, flip through every album and relive the chaos. LOADS OF GAME MODES Keep every game fresh with a huge variety of modes, including: • Normal: the classic write-and-draw telephone • Knock-Off: everyone draws the same first sentence • Animation: build frame-by-frame animated chains • Background & Solo: draw over a shared scene or play on your own • Secret, Masterpiece, Compliment Sandwich and many more CREATIVE DRAWING TOOLS • Pencil, eraser, shapes, fill bucket, eyedropper and notes • Full color palette with adjustable thickness and opacity • Pinch to zoom, pan, and a dedicated landscape drawing mode for extra room • Undo, redo and an optional grid SHARE THE LAUGHS • Save and share your favorite albums as animated GIFs • Replay each drawing stroke by stroke PLAY YOUR WAY • 100% free and online — play with friends near or far • Available in 40+ languages • Custom avatars and rooms you control Gather your friends and start a round now. Chaos guaranteed!

Screenshots

Artile4 screens
Gartic Phone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Artile at none against Gartic Phone's shown. Gartic Phone's advantage is chart position (#86 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

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

Artile ships an update every 5 days, Gartic Phone weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Artile versus Gartic Phone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtileGartic Phone
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—85.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—1.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
Best chart rank—#86 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB67 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRajeev SinghGartic

In-app purchases

None

Artile

No in-app purchases

None

Gartic Phone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Artile free?
Artile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gartic Phone free?
Gartic Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Artile or Gartic Phone have ads?
Gartic Phone shows ads; Artile does not.
Which is updated more often, Artile or Gartic Phone?
Artile ships an update every 5 days, and Gartic Phone weekly. Most recently, Artile was updated on October 28, 2026 and Gartic Phone on November 1, 2026.

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