Comparison

AlphaTubes vs Three Moves

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

Head to head
About

AlphaTubes

Engage in a quick and satisfying word puzzle game where you sort letters into tubes to uncover hidden category words. Aim to solve all three words with the fewest moves possible, with options for daily challenges and varying difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Letter sorting word puzzles
  • Hidden category words
  • Daily challenges
  • Easy and Hard modes
  • Optional hints
  • Best-score tracking
  • iCloud progress sync
Features
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AlphaTubes is a quick and satisfying word puzzle where you sort letters into the correct tubes to reveal three hidden category words. Each puzzle starts with the letters mixed across four tubes. Move the top letter from tube to tube, line them up in the right order, and solve all three words in as few moves as possible. Features: - Short, polished word puzzles built around fun categories - Daily challenges for a fresh puzzle every day - Easy and Hard difficulty modes - Optional hints when you need a nudge - Best-score tracking so you can replay puzzles and improve - iCloud-backed progress and Apple-native purchase support AlphaTubes is easy to pick up, fast to play, and made for those “just one more puzzle” moments.

About

Three Moves

Guide a ceramic fox through handcrafted puzzles by making three strategic moves. Solve 48 unique challenges across four chapters, utilizing garden elements like hedges and planters to reach the fountain. Enjoy a relaxing, ad-supported experience with optional hints and unlimited undos.

Highlights
  • 48 handcrafted puzzles
  • Four chapters
  • Three-move mechanic
  • No timer, unlimited undo
  • Offline play
  • Original ceramic artwork
  • Accessibility features
Features
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A little garden. Three moves. Guide a curious ceramic fox to its fountain in 48 handcrafted puzzles across four chapters. Every swipe moves the fox and every flower planter together. Hedges shape your path, planters become helpful stopping points, and pressure stones open matching bamboo gates. Finish with the fox resting at the fountain after exactly three moves. Take all the time you need. • 48 puzzles across four chapters, from your first slide to two intertwined circuits. • No timer, with unlimited undo, retry, and optional hints. • An illustrated tutorial explaining every garden piece. • Original ceramic artwork and mellow lo-fi music. • Direction buttons, VoiceOver board inspection, larger text, and Reduce Motion support. • Every puzzle works offline. No game account required. Free to play with occasional ads between completed puzzles. A one-time Remove Ads purchase removes advertising without changing your progress. No subscription. Advertising and purchases require a connection; puzzles do not.

Screenshots

AlphaTubes4 screens
Three Moves4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AlphaTubes at none against Three Moves's 1. AlphaTubes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). On price, rating, 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. Three Moves sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AlphaTubes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AlphaTubes against 5.0 for Three Moves. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlphaTubes has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AlphaTubes versus Three Moves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlphaTubesThree Moves
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (21 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul KragthorpeKing Of The Hour, LLC

Customer experience

AlphaTubes

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Three Moves

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AlphaTubes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Moves

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is AlphaTubes free?
AlphaTubes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Three Moves free?
Three Moves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AlphaTubes or Three Moves?
AlphaTubes and Three Moves are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 21 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do AlphaTubes or Three Moves have ads?
Three Moves shows ads; AlphaTubes does not.

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