Comparison

Topic Master vs NAGARE

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

Head to head
About

Topic Master

A relaxing puzzle game where you tap items to discover hidden topics and group them. Challenge your logic and observation skills by finding four items that share the same category to clear the board. Enjoy hundreds of topic combinations for quick, brain-training sessions.

Highlights
  • Category-based brain puzzles
  • Simple tap controls
  • Smart challenges
  • Hundreds of topic combinations
  • Quick relaxing sessions
  • Train your brain
Features
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Welcome to Topic Master, a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game that tests your logic and observation skills. Your mission is simple: tap items and discover the hidden topic connecting them. Find four items that belong to the same category and group them together to clear the board. From food and gifts to shapes, objects, and everyday themes, each level introduces new combinations that will challenge how you think and recognize patterns. Easy to start, but tricky to master — every choice matters! How to Play Tap items to select them Find 4 items sharing the same topic Create correct groups to clear the level Complete all topics to win Features - Fun category-based brain puzzles - Simple tap controls, smart challenges - Colorful and satisfying visuals - Hundreds of topic combinations - Perfect for quick relaxing sessions Train your brain, spot connections, and become the Topic Master! Download now and start solving topics!

About

NAGARE

Features
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NAGARE is a Japanese word for flow, and it describes what happens on the screen: a grid of tiles, each carrying one piece of a line, with a single task ahead of it — connect every line into a closed loop, with no end left open. Tapping a tile turns it ninety degrees. That is the whole rule. When a loop closes, it lights up in gold leaf and a single note from a pentatonic scale sounds. Once the whole board is closed, every note you heard along the way plays back as a short melody — each level quietly composes its own music as you solve it. There is no timer and no way to lose. A puzzle waits for as long as you need, and stays open until it is solved. That is not a side effect — it is the whole point. NAGARE is built to unwind you, not to test you against a clock. The boards are generated, not hand made, and there is no end to them. Level one is a two tile introduction to the rule. From there the grid grows slowly, tile by tile, until it reaches large boards with junctions and crossings to plan around. Every level has a fixed number, and that number always builds the same board, on any device. Once a day, a grove of its own opens: one fixed puzzle, identical for everyone on earth, that turns over at midnight UTC. Solve it daily and a streak builds behind you. Solved levels earn coins. They unlock looks, never advantages: five colour palettes, from Sumi's ink black and gold leaf to Aizome's indigo, Beni's red, Matcha's green and Suishō's crystal white, three instrument tones for the melody, and four line styles for the tiles themselves. Every one of them can be reached by playing alone. The look stays quiet on purpose: very dark ink black, thin lines, gold leaf for what is solved, a fine paper grain underneath it all. The sound is never a recording — it is synthesised fresh each time you play, so no two sessions ring quite the same. NAGARE is fully playable without spending anything. It is funded by an occasional full screen ad after every fifth solved level, and by optional rewarded videos for a hint or doubled coins. There are no banners while you play, and the ads can be removed for good.

Screenshots

Topic Master4 screens
NAGARE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NAGARE at daily against Topic Master's every 3 days. Topic Master's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Topic Master sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and NAGARE sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Topic Master ships an update every 3 days, NAGARE daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Topic Master versus NAGARE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTopic MasterNAGARE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer5CHAU MEDIA COMPANY LIMITEDCan Ahmet Yuzer

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Topic Master

One-time10
  • Coin1$1.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
  • Coin2$7.49
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  • StarterPack$14.99
  • Coin3$17.99
  • Coin4$35.99
  • GreatPack$39.99
  • Coin5$69.99
  • Coin6$135.99
  • GiantPack$159.99
5 purchases

NAGARE

One-time5
  • 100 Coins$0.99
  • All Palettes$2.99
  • Ad Free$3.99
Show 2 more
  • 550 Coins$3.99
  • 1500 Coins$8.99

Questions

Is Topic Master free?
Topic Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NAGARE free?
NAGARE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Topic Master or NAGARE have ads?
Both Topic Master and NAGARE show ads.
Which is updated more often, Topic Master or NAGARE?
Topic Master ships an update every 3 days, and NAGARE daily. Most recently, Topic Master was updated on October 24, 2026 and NAGARE on October 24, 2026.

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