Comparison

GEAR vs CatchTheTide

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

Head to head
About

GEAR

Features
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A simple and refreshing gear puzzle game! Match three gears of the same color to clear the puzzle! Also, match falling gears to create combos!

About

CatchTheTide

Features
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Dive into CatchTheTide, a bright underwater arcade where quick reflexes, smart timing, and bold combos decide every voyage. Spin the Magic Wheel, lock onto a target color, then tap matching fish as they swim across the reef. Drop them into your basket, clear each round, and spin again before the clock runs out. Misses can break your streak, but a Combo Shield may save you when it matters most. Build momentum and watch your catch evolve from Quick Catch to Fish Frenzy, Ocean Rush, and Legendary Catch, with higher combos bringing bigger scores and glowing reef energy. Clear fish schools for bonus points and trigger School Fever, and hunt rare fish for powerful perks—Lucky Fish boosts your combo, Golden Fish packs extra points, and Ice Fish buys you more time under the waves. Every session is a race against the tide as you chase a higher score, improve your accuracy, and see how far one great run can take you. Enjoy fast addictive color-match arcade gameplay, Magic Wheel rounds that keep every voyage fresh, combo systems with escalating multipliers, sudden fish schools and rare reef encounters, Daily Challenges with bonus score rewards, a Reef Bestiary to collect luminous fish species, achievements for combos, schools, accuracy, and milestones, plus a Hall of Fame leaderboard for your best voyages. Whether you have one minute or a full dive, CatchTheTide is ready when you are. Spin. Catch. Combo. Ride the tide and make every catch count.

Screenshots

GEAR3 screens
CatchTheTide3 screens

Verdict

The call

GEAR and CatchTheTide are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GEAR versus CatchTheTide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGEARCatchTheTide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.5
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTOGETOGE DESIGNTrinh Cuc Thu Thi

In-app purchases

None

GEAR

No in-app purchases

None

CatchTheTide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GEAR free?
GEAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CatchTheTide free?
CatchTheTide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GEAR or CatchTheTide have ads?
Neither GEAR nor CatchTheTide shows ads.

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