Comparison

A Tiny Realm vs Grid Lock

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

Head to head
About

A Tiny Realm

Features
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Place hex tiles. Watch a tiny kingdom take shape. Hex & Hearth is a cozy puzzle where every tile you place fits — or doesn't — against the edges of its neighbors. Roads connect to roads. Rivers flow into rivers. Walls march along castle ridgelines. There's no timer breathing down your neck. No ads cutting your flow. Just you, the hex grid, and 50 hand-crafted little worlds. WHAT YOU'LL BUILD • 50 puzzle levels across 5 themed packs — winding country roads, river deltas, coastal harbors, scattered island chains, and finally a full castle pack inspired by Carcassonne, Krak des Chevaliers, and Mont Saint-Michel. • Bridges over rivers. Watchtowers on hills. Bailey walls around keeps. • Villages with cottages, taverns, market squares, and the occasional cannon. HOW IT PLAYS • Pick up the next tile in your queue, rotate it, and drop it where the edges match. • Early levels teach the language; later puzzles open up into full sandboxes where you place tiles freely. • Get stuck? Undo, restart, or step away — your progress is saved. • Times are tracked. Beat your best, climb the global ranking. WHAT MAKES IT QUIET • No ads. • No energy meters or "wait two hours for hearts." • No microtransactions. • Plays offline. • Portrait. One thumb. Five minutes or an hour — you set the pace. LOCALIZED • English and Portuguese (pt-BR). Made by a small team who wanted to ship a puzzle game their grandmothers would actually finish. We hope you do too.

About

Grid Lock

Features
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Grid Lock puts you in charge of a busy intersection. Cars keep coming. Your job is to open and close lanes so traffic clears without crashes or backups. Tap a lane to toggle its gate. Green lets cars through; red holds them. Clear the intersection at the right moments, watch for overflow, and don’t let opposing traffic collide. Campaign Work through 30 levels with rising pressure: clear car targets, timed challenges, stuck lights, auto-cycling lanes, emergency vehicles, bad drivers, and more. Each puzzle teaches a new way the intersection can fight back. Endless Mode Survive as long as you can while speed and density ramp up. Pick Easy, Medium, or Hard, then mix optional hazards: emergency vehicles, stuck lights, bad drivers, tap limits, and more. Chase your high score. Simple to learn, hard to master One-tap controls. Real tension when lanes back up. One wrong open gate and it’s gridlock, or a crash. Can you keep the city moving?

Screenshots

A Tiny Realm4 screens
Grid Lock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: A Tiny Realm at 15.0 against Grid Lock's 17.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
A Tiny Realm versus Grid Lock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Tiny RealmGrid Lock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size240 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTexas PFCG Aplicativos LtdaSimple Fun Software LP

In-app purchases

None

A Tiny Realm

No in-app purchases

None

Grid Lock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A Tiny Realm free?
A Tiny Realm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grid Lock free?
Grid Lock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do A Tiny Realm or Grid Lock have ads?
Both A Tiny Realm and Grid Lock show ads.

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