Comparison

A Tiny Realm vs SandMorph

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.

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SandMorph

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Every piece in SandMorph is made of real falling sand. Drop it and it pours, slides and piles up. Join one colour from the left wall to the right wall and the whole bridge clears. THE EXPEDITION Cross ten lands, from the Dusk Dunes to a ringed world far from home. Each land has its own painted map, weather and material: wet sand that holds a cliff, water that settles flat, lightning that fuses glass, seeds that grow into vines, oil and fire, ice that waits to thaw, and low gravity where sand drifts down slowly. DIG FOR RELICS Relics lie buried in the sand. Clear the sand above them to lift them out, rebuild ten ancient artifacts piece by piece, and fill your camp's museum. MEET MORPH Your sand sprite reacts to everything: it digs, cheers, shivers in the rain and naps at camp. Finish an artifact to earn Morph a new hat and a new app icon. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY AND EVERY WEEK - Daily Dune: one board a day, the same for everyone, with a streak shield if you miss a day - Weekly Challenge: a new twist each week, from Ice Age to Low Gravity, with your friends' scores - Seasonal events with hats you can only earn while they run MORE WAYS TO PLAY - Puzzle Journey: 100 hand-tuned stages - Endless Flow and Colour Cascade for high scores - Zen Sands: no clock and no losing - Draw your own pieces in the shape workshop WHEREVER YOU PLAY Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Live Activity for the Weekly Challenge, Siri shortcuts, Game Center leaderboards and achievements, iCloud progress sync, game controller and keyboard support, and a layout made for iPad. FREE TO TRY The Daily Dune, Endless Flow, the first two Expedition lands and the first 20 puzzles are free forever. One purchase unlocks the full game. No ads, no subscriptions, nothing else to buy. MADE WITH CARE Hand-drawn pixel art, a soundscape for every land, full VoiceOver support, Reduce Motion, a high-contrast board, colour patterns for colour-blind players, and ten languages.

Screenshots

A Tiny Realm4 screens
SandMorph4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A Tiny Realm at none against SandMorph's 1. A Tiny Realm also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). SandMorph's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. SandMorph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. A Tiny Realm asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
A Tiny Realm versus SandMorph: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Tiny RealmSandMorph
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size240 MB28 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTexas PFCG Aplicativos LtdaStephen Glasson

In-app purchases

None

A Tiny Realm

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SandMorph

One-time1
  • Full game$2.99

Questions

Is A Tiny Realm free?
A Tiny Realm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SandMorph free?
SandMorph is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do A Tiny Realm or SandMorph have ads?
A Tiny Realm shows ads; SandMorph does not.

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