Comparison

Tatami vs Drawcracy

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

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About

Tatami

A tranquil logic puzzle game with a unique paper aesthetic. Partition grids into rectangles based on numbered clues, with each puzzle guaranteed to have a single solution. Enjoy daily challenges, timed modes, and optional hints.

Highlights
  • Paper-aesthetic Shikaku puzzles
  • Hand-crafted visual identity
  • Daily and weekly challenges
  • Time trial mode
  • Optional hints
  • Unique solution guaranteed
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Tatami is a calm, paper-aesthetic Shikaku puzzle game. Partition the grid into rectangles — every rectangle holds exactly one numbered clue that matches its size. Every puzzle has one answer. Find it. Inspired by classic Japanese logic puzzles, Tatami pairs the meditative quality of the form with a hand-crafted visual identity — flat saturated colors, thick ink outlines, soft cream paper, and classical Mincho serif numerals. No timers required, no ads while you play, no notifications interrupting the quiet. FIVE PACKS, ONE LADDER OF DIFFICULTY • Hajimari (5×5) — Gentle • Origami (6×6) — Steady • Shibori (7×7) — Tricky • Kintsugi (8×8) — Expert • Karesansui (9×9) — Master Every puzzle is hand-validated for a unique solution. No guessing, no luck — only logic. The library grows with each update. DAILY & WEEKLY A fresh puzzle every day. A larger challenge every week. The same puzzle for every player worldwide. Solve it before midnight to keep your streak. TIME TRIAL Race your best time across mixed-size boards. Bring your sharpest move. HINTS WHEN STUCK Watch a short ad for a free hint, or stock up from the Store. Hints are optional — every puzzle is solvable without them. PAPER-CRAFTED Designed by Huetic, the studio behind Eulerian. Every detail — typography, color, motion — is deliberate. No microtransactions interrupting your flow. No dark patterns. Just a quiet game to come back to. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Drawcracy

A darkly humorous puzzle game where you manipulate electoral maps to ensure your party wins more seats than deserved. Learn the art of gerrymandering by drawing districts, packing opponents, and avoiding court scrutiny.

Highlights
  • Draw electoral districts
  • Manipulate precinct borders
  • Pack and crack opponent votes
  • Avoid court scrutiny
  • 12-map campaign mode
  • Endless mode with ranks
  • Unlockable tactics
Features
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You draw the districts. You decide who wins. Drawcracy is a darkly funny puzzle about gerrymandering — the real-world art of drawing electoral maps to rig who wins before a single vote is counted. Here, a fair map is a failure. The goal is to carve the districts so your side takes more seats than its share of the vote could ever deserve — and to do it without the courts noticing. The catch: the mechanic IS the abuse it's teaching. By the end you won't just know what gerrymandering is — you'll know how it's done, because you'll have done it. HOW IT PLAYS • Read the map — blue and red precincts, a target number of seats, and a vote share that says you shouldn't hit it. • Draw the lines — drag across precincts to carve contiguous districts. Pack your opponents into one throwaway seat, crack them across many, bend the borders. • Win ugly — claim a majority you never earned. • Don't get caught — a live scrutiny meter tracks how brazen your map is. Cross the line and the courts throw it out. WHAT'S INSIDE • A 12-map campaign that escalates from a quiet favour to an outright heist, each ending in a plain-spoken lesson on the real tactic you just pulled. • Endless mode — infinite, freshly generated maps and a climbing Operative Rank that never resets. • Game Center achievements and leaderboards. • A tactics tree of real-world manoeuvres to unlock and equip. THE DEAL • One price. No in-app purchases. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. Plays fully offline. Note: Drawcracy is satire. Its factions are abstract Blue and Red — no real parties, candidates, or people are depicted.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tatami at Free against Drawcracy's $0.99. Drawcracy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and device support. On rating, ratings volume 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

Tatami is free to download; Drawcracy costs $0.99 up front. Tatami sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Drawcracy 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 Tatami against 5.0 for Drawcracy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Tatami versus Drawcracy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTatamiDrawcracy
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMadhav DograGravityFish, LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Tatami

One-time6
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • 15 Hints$1.99
  • 50 Hints$4.99
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  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • 150 Hints$9.99
  • 500 Hints$19.99
None

Drawcracy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tatami free?
Tatami is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drawcracy free?
Drawcracy costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tatami or Drawcracy?
Tatami and Drawcracy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.

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