Comparison

Disc Pop! vs Tile Grove

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

Head to head
About

Disc Pop!

Launch balls to shatter matching colored disks on a board. Strategically manage cleared pieces in your slots to avoid a crowded grid. Experience satisfying chain reactions and flow-state puzzle-solving with one-tap controls.

Highlights
  • One-tap control for fast sessions
  • Color-matched disk destruction
  • Stacked and special disk types
  • Strategic slot management
  • Pipe-to-pipe ball momentum
  • Satisfying board-clearing moments
Features
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The board is set. The discs are waiting. Tap to launch a ball through the pipe. It tears across the board, shattering every disc that matches its color. Stack up enough hits and the whole group explodes off the grid. Miss your timing, mismanage your slots, and the board starts to feel very crowded very fast. Here's the loop: balls enter from one side, rip through the grid, and exit the other. Discs come in stacks — sometimes frozen, sometimes hidden, sometimes armored. Your slots hold the pieces you've already cleared. Fill them smart, clear them fast, and chain your hits for that rush of a perfectly cleaned board. It sounds simple. It isn't — but it never feels unfair. Highlights One-tap control: Fast sessions, no precision needed — just timing and instinct. Color-matched chaos: Balls only destroy their own color. No random hits, no guesswork — pure pattern reading. Stacked discs, real depth: Ice discs, hidden discs, multi-hit armor — the board throws new puzzles without breaking the flow. Slot management: Five slots between you and a failed run. Use them wisely. Pipe-to-pipe momentum: The ball never stops — neither does the rhythm. Board-clearing satisfaction: That moment the last disc shatters? Worth every tap. For anyone who loves flow-state puzzles, color-matching mechanics, and the quiet joy of a perfectly cleared grid. The pipe is loaded. The discs aren't ready for you.

About

Tile Grove

A relaxing puzzle strategy game where you place and merge tiles to grow an ever-expanding world. Plan your moves to build villages, capitals, and achieve high scores. Designed for both quick sessions and longer gameplay.

Highlights
  • Place and rotate puzzle pieces
  • Merge tiles to create settlements
  • Expand the game board
  • Build high score multipliers
  • Use refreshes for new pieces
  • Satisfying visual and sound effects
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Tile Grove is a relaxing puzzle strategy game about placing pieces, building thriving settlements, and growing an ever-expanding world. Place shapes onto the grid and plan ahead as simple grass tiles grow into forests, villages, capitals, and powerful legendary capitals. Every placement can create new opportunities—or make your next move more challenging. Build your score, increase your multiplier, and expand from a small grove into a massive board filled with forests and settlements. DAILY CHALLENGE Take on a fresh three-stage puzzle challenge every day. Everyone plays the same Daily Challenge, giving you a new puzzle to master and a new high score to chase. Climb the Daily leaderboard, choose your player name, add Friends, and compare scores as you find the best way through each day’s challenge. ENDLESS MODE Settle in for a longer run where your grove grows with you. Expand the board, build increasingly powerful settlements, push your multiplier higher, and see how far you can grow before you run out of moves. FEATURES • Easy to learn, strategic to master • Two ways to play: Main Mode and Daily Challenge • A fresh three-stage Daily Challenge every day • Daily leaderboards and Friends • Place and rotate puzzle pieces to find the perfect fit • Merge tiles into forests, villages, capitals, and legendary capitals • Expand the board as your Main Mode run progresses • Build higher multipliers and chase your best scores • Use refreshes when you need a new set of pieces • Relaxing presentation with satisfying effects, sounds, and haptics • Designed for quick daily puzzles or longer high-score runs Whether you’re building your largest grove yet or chasing today’s leaderboard, every run gives you a new puzzle to solve. How far can your grove grow?

Screenshots

Disc Pop!4 screens
Tile Grove4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tile Grove at 100% against Disc Pop!'s 18%. Tile Grove also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). Disc Pop!'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (166 vs 11). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Disc Pop! sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Tile Grove asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tile Grove holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Disc Pop! has 166 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Disc Pop!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Tile Grove's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Disc Pop! ships an update weekly, Tile Grove every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Disc Pop! versus Tile Grove: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDisc Pop!Tile Grove
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (166 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings166 — better11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB413 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperEmirhan CakarJason Huskey

Customer experience

Disc Pop!

All ratings80 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative72.7%

Tile Grove

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Disc Pop!

One-time9
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
  • Fail Offer$5.99
  • No Ads$9.99
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  • Coin Pack 2$9.99
  • Small Bundle$9.99
  • Coin Pack 3$19.99
  • Coin Pack 4$39.99
  • Coin Pack 5$74.99
  • Coin Pack 6$99.99
None

Tile Grove

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Disc Pop! free?
Disc Pop! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tile Grove free?
Tile Grove is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Disc Pop! or Tile Grove?
Tile Grove is rated higher. Disc Pop! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 166 ratings, while Tile Grove averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Disc Pop! or Tile Grove have ads?
Both Disc Pop! and Tile Grove show ads.
Which is updated more often, Disc Pop! or Tile Grove?
Disc Pop! ships an update weekly, and Tile Grove every 5 weeks. Most recently, Disc Pop! was updated on November 5, 2026 and Tile Grove on October 31, 2026.

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