Pixel Out vs Grid Tide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Out
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Pixel Out is a captivating puzzle game that challenges your strategic thinking and color-matching skills. Your ultimate goal is to clear all colorful blocks from the platform to complete each level. How to Play: Each level presents a unique puzzle, generated by converting intricate images into a grid of up to 900 vibrant, color-quantized blocks. You'll command a sophisticated shooting system featuring four rows of shooters, each containing multiple units. These shooters are color-coded and have a limited number of shots (15, 20, or 30), strategically grouped by color and randomly distributed across the rows. The gameplay is intuitive yet deeply strategic: Pick Up: Tap a shooter to pick it up from its row. It will then travel along a conveyor belt. Place & Shoot: Once a shooter reaches the end of the conveyor belt, it automatically places itself onto an available slot on the platform. Upon placement, it will immediately detect and fire at all matching colored blocks within its range, destroying them as the bullets precisely trace their path. Strategic Resource Management is Key: Limited Shots: Each shooter has a finite number of shots. Once depleted, it's automatically discarded. Conveyor Belt Capacity: The conveyor belt can only hold up to 5 shooters at a time, requiring careful planning of your pick-up sequence. Platform Space: The platform has limited placement spots, making efficient placement crucial to avoid blockages. Victory & Defeat: Win: Clear all blocks from the platform to successfully complete a level. Lose: Fail if a shooter reaches the end of the conveyor belt but there are no available slots on the platform. In-Game Systems: Coin System: Earn 10 coins for every destroyed shooter. Use coins to skip challenging levels or to reshuffle your shooters. Shuffle Feature: Spend 100 coins to randomly rearrange the shooters in all four rows, offering a chance to reset your strategy. Spin Wheel: Try your luck with the spin wheel, available every 24 hours or by spending coins, to win exciting rewards. Progress & Persistence: Extensive Content: Conquer 492 unique levels, with your progress automatically saved. Flexibility: Retry levels as many times as you need or skip ahead if you're stuck.
Grid Tide
Experience a unique puzzle game where you roll a 3D cube across a grid to reveal safe tiles. Deduce hidden craters based on adjacent numbers and clear the board to win. Enjoy procedural layouts and a fresh, tactile gameplay experience.
- Roll a 3D cube to explore the grid
- Deduce hidden craters using number clues
- Chain rolls for fluid movement
- Colored flood waves for visual tracing
- Procedural board generation
- Adjustable difficulty and board size
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Minesweeper logic. You explore by rolling. GridTide is a fresh take on classic neighbor-count puzzles: instead of tapping cells from above, you hold and drag to roll a 3D cube across the board. Where you land opens new ground — movement feels like exploration, while the deduction stays deep. HOW YOU PLAY • Roll across the grid — Steer with one continuous gesture; chain rolls to sweep the board in a fluid motion. • Read the numbers — Each value counts hidden “craters” on adjacent tiles. Zeros expand automatically, flood-clearing safe zones. • Flag suspected craters — Tap a hidden tile to plant a flag. You can’t roll onto a flagged tile — use that to block paths while you think ahead. • Clear every safe tile — Reveal the whole safe zone to win. Land on a crater and the run ends — then try again with a new layout. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • 3D cube control — Familiar rules, a new physical feel on iPhone. • Colored flood waves — The bottom face of the cube tints the next batch of revealed tiles, so your last move leaves a visible trace. • Procedural boards — New layout every run; adjust difficulty and board size on the title screen. • No account required — Start in seconds. No ads. Best scores stay on your device. Whether you grew up on classic grid puzzles or you’re new to the genre, GridTide is built for quick sessions and readable, satisfying clears.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grid Tide at none against Pixel Out's 5. Pixel Out's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pixel Out sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Grid Tide asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Pixel Out | Grid Tide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChainJoy Limited | Dear Friend Digital GmbH |
In-app purchases
Pixel Out
- 20 Coins$0.99
- 50 Coins$1.99
- 200 Coins$4.99
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- 500 Coins$9.99
- 1000 Coins$19.99
Grid Tide
No in-app purchases









