Comparison

Slotile vs Noddle

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

Head to head
About

Slotile

Engage your spatial reasoning with a challenging sliding tile puzzle. Solve increasingly difficult levels by guiding colored tiles to their matching exits before time runs out. Enjoy a pure, ad-free gaming experience with no in-app purchases or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • 75 levels of increasing difficulty
  • 8 irregular piece shapes
  • 3-star scoring system
  • Daily Challenge with streak tracking
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Colorblind mode
  • Offline play
Features
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No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. Ever. Just the game. A sliding tile puzzle with real bite - 75 levels that start gentle and get genuinely hard. Each level is a grid of colored pieces. Slide them across the board and guide every piece out through its matching exit before the timer runs out - or switch the timer off and take your time. 8 piece shapes mean every puzzle is a spatial reasoning problem, not just pattern matching. What you get: - 75 levels of increasing difficulty, from Easy to Master, each with a proven fewest-moves solution - 3-star scoring. Can you find the optimal solution? - Watch the Solution: stuck, or short of 3 stars? See the best solution play out step by step - Countdown timer, or play without one - 3 undos per level - Daily Challenge with streaks - Daily hints, earn more by 3-starring levels - Game Center leaderboard and 15 achievements - Colorblind mode - 6 background themes - Haptics and sound designed to feel good - iCloud sync for progress No accounts. Works fully offline. Built by one indie developer who wanted to make the kind of puzzle game that respects your time and your attention. If that sounds rare, it is. Help us keep it that way :)

About

Noddle

Engage in a relaxing bead puzzle game where you fill the board with connected molecule-style pieces. Enjoy handcrafted puzzles, daily challenges with leaderboards, and fast-paced modes. Unlock additional content for a complete puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • 250 Classic puzzles
  • Daily puzzle with global leaderboard
  • Blitz mode
  • Freeform sandbox mode
  • 24 color skins
  • Extra puzzle packs
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Noddle is a satisfying bead puzzle game. Place connected molecule-style pieces onto the board to fill it completely. No ads. No subscriptions. Ever. 250 handcrafted Classic puzzles across four difficulty levels - Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. A fresh Daily puzzle every day with a global leaderboard. Lightning-fast Blitz mode. Freeform sandbox play. FEATURES - 250 Classic puzzles - Daily puzzle with global leaderboard - Blitz mode — solve as many as you can in 2 minutes - Freeform sandbox mode - 24 color skins - Extra packs with exclusive puzzles and themes - No ads. No subscriptions. Just puzzles. Noddle Pro unlocks all 250 Classic puzzles and Blitz mode for a one-time $2.99 purchase.

Screenshots

Slotile4 screens
Noddle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slotile at none against Noddle's 10. Slotile also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Noddle's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Noddle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Slotile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slotile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slotile ships an update every 2 weeks, Noddle every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slotile versus Noddle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlotileNoddle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better4.7 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1013 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFaiz AbidiKYLE GREGORY HOLT

Customer experience

Slotile

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Noddle

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Slotile

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Noddle

One-time10
  • Neon Dreams$0.99
  • Ocean Deep$0.99
  • Arctic$0.99
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  • Ember$0.99
  • Rose Gold$0.99
  • Earthy$0.99
  • Crimson$0.99
  • Desert Sand$0.99
  • Cotton Candy$0.99
  • Noddle Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Slotile free?
Slotile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noddle free?
Noddle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slotile or Noddle?
Slotile is rated higher. Slotile averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Noddle averages 4.7 from 13 ratings.
Do Slotile or Noddle have ads?
Neither Slotile nor Noddle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slotile or Noddle?
Slotile ships an update every 2 weeks, and Noddle every 4 days. Most recently, Slotile was updated on November 5, 2026 and Noddle on November 5, 2026.

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