Comparison

Arrow Bloom vs Tilemist

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

Head to head
About

Arrow Bloom

Features
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Tap an arrow and it flies off the board. Simple. But it leaves flowers growing exactly where it went, and those flowers block every arrow after it. That one rule turns a board of arrows into a real puzzle. Clear them in the wrong order and you wall yourself in. Find the right order and the whole board opens up like a garden. A ONE-TAP GAME WITH REAL DEPTH No timers. No move limits. No lives to wait for. Just you, a board, and the question of what to clear first. 120 HAND-VERIFIED LEVELS Every level in Arrow Bloom is checked by a solver before it ships, so you always know a solution exists. Difficulty is measured, not guessed: later boards contain more moves that look fine and quietly lose the level. THE DAILY BLOOM One puzzle a day, the same board for every player in the world. Build a streak, and share how you did without spoiling the solution. FIVE CHAPTERS First Light, Wild Garden, Deep Thicket, Night Bloom and Golden Hour. Partway through, the rule itself deepens - arrows begin leaving two flowers instead of one. ZEN MODE Endless, unhurried boards that never dead-end. For when you want the feel of the game without the thinking. BLOOM RUN Endless boards where your score carries from one to the next and the grid keeps filling up. One dead end ends the run. Beat your own best. GROW A GARDEN Every level you clear plants a flower. Match the best line the solver proved was there, and it blooms perfect. PLAYS THE WAY YOU DO - Undos and hints are yours, not the board's - spend them when they matter - Hints are solver-backed, so they are always genuinely safe - Out of charges? Watch a short ad for more of them, or to start a board over - Full VoiceOver support - every square is readable and playable - Reduce Motion, Dynamic Type and a colourblind-friendly board where colour never carries meaning - Designed for both light and dark FREE, WITH ADS Arrow Bloom is free to play, supported by ads shown between boards - never during a puzzle, and never before you have finished your first one. One optional payment removes every ad for good. It is not a subscription, and every level and mode is unlocked either way. No account. No sign-in. Your progress, scores and streaks stay on your device.

About

Tilemist

Features
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Tilemist is mahjong solitaire the way it should be: quiet, beautiful, and never interrupted by an ad. Every board is guaranteed solvable. Each deal is built backwards from a winning line, so it can never dead-end. Large, high-contrast tiles. A new daily board that is the same for everyone. • Classic tile-matching solitaire — tap two matching free tiles to clear them • Every deal can be completed. No dead boards, ever • 27 layouts, from a gentle 72-tile Bridge to the classic 144-tile Turtle • Nine themed courses of 300 stages each, with medals at the milestones • A daily board shared by everyone, with streak bonuses • Four tile sets including a high-contrast Night set, and four table backgrounds • Larger tiles, plain numerals instead of artwork, and VoiceOver labels throughout • Optional Game Center leaderboards for daily times, stages and boards cleared • Works fully offline. Nothing collected, nothing tracked, no account • Made for iPad too, in portrait or landscape No ads. Ever. The only purchases are optional coin packs, and you never need one to finish a board. Tile-matching solitaire. No gambling and no real-money play.

Screenshots

Arrow Bloom4 screens
Tilemist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tilemist at none against Arrow Bloom's shown. Tilemist also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Arrow Bloom sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tilemist sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Arrow Bloom versus Tilemist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrow BloomTilemist
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRitambhra RitambhraToru Kitajima

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Arrow Bloom

One-time1
  • Bloom Forever$9.99
5 purchases

Tilemist

One-time5
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • 1,400 Coins$4.99
  • 3,000 Coins$9.99
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  • 6,500 Coins$19.99
  • 18,000 Coins$49.99

Questions

Is Arrow Bloom free?
Arrow Bloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tilemist free?
Tilemist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Arrow Bloom or Tilemist have ads?
Arrow Bloom shows ads; Tilemist does not.

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