Tile Five vs Pipe Panic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tile Five
Place numbered tiles on a grid, with each tile occupying a specific number of spaces based on its value and position. Master thousands of levels with increasing difficulty, daily challenges, and unique board shapes. Earn rewards and enjoy a visually pleasing and tactile puzzle experience.
- Numbered tile placement logic
- Thousands of campaign levels
- Daily puzzles with leaderboards
- Silhouette and free play modes
- In-game rewards and hints
- Smooth animations and haptics
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Every tile has a rule. Every placement has consequences. Get it wrong and the whole board falls apart. Place numbered tiles on a grid — each one fills a specific number of spaces around it. Odd tiles claim the corners. Even tiles take the sides. Tile 5 does both. Every tile must be placed perfectly to win. One wrong move and the board stays unsolved. Simple to learn. Incredibly hard to master. CAMPAIGN MODE Take on thousands of levels across dozens of phases. Boards grow larger, tile counts climb higher, and the challenge deepens with every phase you unlock. Earn XP, climb reward tiers, and collect resource drops as you go. There's always a harder board ahead. DAILY PUZZLE A fresh puzzle every day. Race the clock, post your score, and see how you rank on the global leaderboard. The built-in calendar lets you replay any past puzzle whenever you want. SILHOUETTE MODE The board is shaped like an object. Your job is to fill it perfectly. Same rules, a completely different kind of challenge. FREE PLAY Your board, your rules. Pick your tile count, play as many rounds as you want, and track your wins across every configuration. EARN AS YOU PLAY Complete levels to earn hints, undos, and restarts. Hit milestones for bonus rewards. Play clean — no hints, no undos, no restarts — for extra XP. BUILT TO FEEL GREAT Smooth animations. Warm wood aesthetics. Satisfying sounds and haptics. Designed to feel as good as it plays. Tile Five. One more round always makes sense.
Pipe Panic
A relaxing puzzle game where you rotate pipes to create a single, continuous loop. Features daily challenges, over 500 handcrafted levels, and quick play for short breaks. Enjoy smooth animations and satisfying gameplay.
- Rotate pipes to form a closed loop
- Daily challenges with streaks
- 500+ handcrafted map levels
- Quick play mode
- Satisfying water-flow animation
- Daily reminder notifications
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Pipe Panic is a relaxing, mind-bending puzzle game. Rotate pipes to form a single closed loop — no loose ends, no broken connections. Simple to learn. Hard to master. GAME MODES • Daily Challenges — three fresh puzzles every day (Easy, Medium, Hard). Build your streak • Map Levels — 500+ handcrafted levels with star ratings. Beat the target moves to earn 3 stars. • Quick Play — Perfect for a one-minute break. HOW TO PLAY • Tap a pipe to rotate it 90° • Hold to lock a pipe you're confident about • Connect every pipe into one continuous loop FEATURES • Smooth, satisfying water-flow animation on win • Silky transitions and audio polish • Daily reminder notifications Made with love for puzzle fans who want calm, not chaos.
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The clearest difference is ads: Tile Five at none against Pipe Panic's shown. Tile Five also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Pipe Panic's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Tile Five sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pipe Panic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tile Five against 5.0 for Pipe Panic. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tile Five has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tile Five ships an update every 10 days, Pipe Panic weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tile Five | Pipe Panic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Tucker | Diogo Nunes |
Customer experience
Tile Five
Pipe Panic
In-app purchases
Tile Five
- 10 Hints$0.99
- 10 Undos$0.99
- 10 Restarts$0.99
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- 50 Hints$2.99
- 50 Undos$2.99
- 50 Restarts$2.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- 100 Hints$4.99
- 100 Undos$4.99
- 100 Restarts$4.99
Pipe Panic
- Remove Ads$9.99









