Comparison

Muros vs Taploom

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

Head to head
About

Muros

This logic puzzle game challenges you to shade cells based on numbered clues. It features handcrafted levels, daily challenges, and infinite free play with no guessing required. Sharpen your deductive skills with increasingly complex grids.

Highlights
  • Hand-crafted levels
  • Daily challenges
  • Infinite free play
  • Adventure mode with chapters
  • Procedurally generated puzzles
  • Multiple grid sizes
Features
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Muros brings the classic puzzle Tapa to your pocket with hand-crafted levels, daily challenges, and infinite free play. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, and you'll never need to guess to find it. HOW IT WORKS Numbers on the grid tell you the lengths of filled-cell groups around them. Your job is to figure out which cells to shade. Three rules: Hints must match their shaded neighbors exactly Filled cells connect into one continuous group No 2×2 block is ever fully filled Tap to cycle a cell, or drag across the board to shade and clear quickly. GAME MODES ◆ Adventure — 125 hand-crafted levels across 10 chapters. Start gentle with 5×5 grids in Foundation, and work your way up to 12×12 brain-melters in The Architect. Earn up to 3 stars per level, unlock chapters as you go. ◆ Free Play — Infinite procedurally generated puzzles at three sizes: Easy (5×5), Medium (7×7), Hard (10×10), and Expert (15×15). Perfect for a quick solve or a long session. ◆ Daily Puzzle — A fresh 15×15 challenge every day, the same for every player. Compare times with friends and build your streak. PERFECT FOR Fans of Nonograms, Picross, Sudoku, Slitherlink, and Minesweeper — or anyone who loves a puzzle that rewards patience over reflex. Sharpen your logic. Read the walls. Solve Muros.

About

Taploom

A minimalist puzzle game where you tap tiles to create color ripples that drain the board. Plan your moves to chain reactions and solve each level efficiently. Features hand-crafted levels, a daily puzzle, and an endless mode.

Highlights
  • Minimalist ripple puzzle gameplay
  • 55 hand-crafted levels
  • Daily and endless puzzle modes
  • Built-in level editor
  • Three-star scoring system
  • One-handed play
Features
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Tap a tile. Watch the color ripple outward. Drain every tile on the board. ColorDrain is a minimalist puzzle game built around one simple idea: every tap sends a wave through the grid. Plan your taps, chain the reactions, and clear each board in as few moves as possible. HOW IT PLAYS You have a board of empty tiles. Each tap fills the tapped tile and ripples outward through its neighbors. Tiles, walls, mirrors, and other obstacles shape where the color can go. Your goal is to fill the entire board, and your score depends on how cleanly you do it. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Most puzzle games ask you to match. ColorDrain asks you to plan. The same board can be solved in five taps or twenty, and finding the elegant solution feels like solving a tiny machine. FEATURES • 55 hand-crafted levels across 11 themed rows • A fresh daily puzzle, the same seed for every player worldwide • Endless mode with seeded levels you can replay • A built-in level editor for designing and saving your own puzzles • Three-star scoring rewards efficient solutions • Built one-handed for iPhone, fully portrait, no ads, no IAP A GROWING TOOLBOX Each row of levels introduces a new tile that changes how the ripple flows: • Amplifiers boost a tap into a long beam • Mirrors bend rays around corners • Bombs detonate when filled, taking neighbors with them • Teleporters warp the ripple to their partners on the same heading • Frozen barriers thaw under bomb blasts • Canals carry rays across long distances • Prisms burst light in all four directions • Locked tiles open only when surrounded • Infection tiles spread on their own once seeded • Heart tiles are the final puzzle: protect them, route around them, or finish them last BUILT FOR THE DEVICE Every action has a haptic. Every fill has a sound. Tap placement is precise enough to play with one thumb on the bus, and slow enough to think through on the couch. No accounts. No tracking. No internet required.

Screenshots

Muros4 screens
Taploom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Taploom at none against Muros's 2. Taploom also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and device support 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. Muros sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Taploom 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 Muros against 5.0 for Taploom. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Muros ships an update every 2 weeks, Taploom every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Muros versus Taploom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMurosTaploom
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRavenhold LLCCylandea Systems LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Muros

One-time2
  • Muros Hint Pack$0.99
  • Muros Premium Unlock$4.99
None

Taploom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Muros free?
Muros is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Taploom free?
Taploom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Muros or Taploom?
Muros and Taploom are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Muros or Taploom have ads?
Muros shows ads; Taploom does not.
Which is updated more often, Muros or Taploom?
Muros ships an update every 2 weeks, and Taploom every 3 weeks. Most recently, Muros was updated on October 13, 2026 and Taploom on September 30, 2026.

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