Comparison

Tessel Run vs Match Attack

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

Head to head
About

Tessel Run

Navigate a physics-based puzzle platformer where colored surfaces alter the rules of gravity and movement. Roll through hand-drawn levels, using color-coded tessels to overcome obstacles and reach the goal. Precision and experimentation are key to mastering the dynamic challenges.

Highlights
  • Physics-based puzzle platforming
  • Color-coded physics mechanics
  • Hand-drawn tangram level design
  • Precision and momentum gameplay
  • Dynamic tessellations
Features
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You are a ball in a world of hand-colored tessels where color changes the rules of physics. Tessel Run is a physics-based puzzle platformer where color-coded tessels modify how the world behaves. Roll across different colored surfaces to flip gravity, remove obstacles, bounce higher, and chain effects together to reach the goal. Each level is built from hand-drawn tangram shapes, scanned from real paper drawings by the developers and assembled into dynamic tessellations. Precision, momentum, and experimentation matter. And falling is part of learning the path.

About

Match Attack

Engage in roguelike match-3 combat where tile swaps trigger attacks, defense, and healing. Collect powerful relics and build game-breaking synergies across multiple chapters. Enjoy single-player, offline gameplay with no timers or energy systems.

Highlights
  • Match tiles to attack, defend, and heal
  • Create powerful tile cascades
  • Collect over 280 synergistic relics
  • Progress through three distinct chapters
  • Unlock permanent relics through runs
  • Ascension tiers for increased difficulty
Features
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Match Attack is a match-3 roguelike game where the board is your weapon! Swap tiles to make matches and watch satisfying cascades. Set up the perfect board, collect upgrades and create gamebreaking builds! - Match tiles to attack, defend, recharge and heal - Get rewarded for bigger matches with clears, empowered tiles, wildcards, and bombs - 280+ relics with synergizing mechanics - Three chapters, each with fights, elites, events, shops, rest sites, and a boss finale - Earn experience from every run to permanently unlock new relics - Ascension tiers add difficulty for uncapped replayability Single-player, fully offline. No timers, no energy. One optional in-app purchase to removes ads and support the solo developer!

Screenshots

Tessel Run4 screens
Match Attack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tessel Run at none against Match Attack's 1. Tessel Run also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Match Attack's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 3). On price, 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. Match Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tessel Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tessel Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Match Attack has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tessel Run versus Match Attack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTessel RunMatch Attack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings319 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB111 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMicah ArveyMichael Ip

Customer experience

Tessel Run

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

Match Attack

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tessel Run

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Match Attack

One-time1
  • Match Attack Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Tessel Run free?
Tessel Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Match Attack free?
Match Attack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tessel Run or Match Attack?
Tessel Run is rated higher. Tessel Run averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Match Attack averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do Tessel Run or Match Attack have ads?
Match Attack shows ads; Tessel Run does not.

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