Cortex Match vs Cortex Pipes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cortex Match
Engage your mind with a vibrant tile-matching game. Flip tiles to create satisfying chain reactions and clear the board. This puzzle offers increasing challenges and quick, relaxing sessions perfect for on-the-go play.
- One-touch tile flipping
- Color-matching gameplay
- Chain reactions
- Increasing difficulty
- Relaxing puzzle flow
- Quick sessions
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Train your brain with a simple, satisfying tile puzzle. Flip colorful tiles, connect matching colors, and clear the board with smooth chain reactions. Every move can create a new match, open a better path, or save your run. Cortex Match is easy to understand, but gets trickier as new colors appear and the board becomes harder to control. Think ahead, use your moves wisely, and keep matching as long as you can. Features: - Simple one-touch tile flipping - Satisfying color-matching gameplay - Smooth explosions and chain reactions - Increasing difficulty over time - Relaxing puzzle flow - Quick sessions, perfect for mobile Can you keep the matches going?
Cortex Pipes
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Connect every pipe. Fill the board. Find your flow. Pipes is a satisfying color-matching puzzle that's easy to pick up and impossible to stop. Draw paths to link every matching pair, cover every tile — and don't cross the streams! But there's a twist. Some boards have warps — magical portals that teleport your pipes across the grid. Route your connections through the warp and watch them reappear on the other side. It sounds wild. It feels genius. Why you'll love it: • Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles, from quick 5×5 starters to mind-bending 10×10 grids • Multiple colors per board — coordinate every connection • Warps that bend space and flip your strategy upside down • Multiple difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert • Clean, minimal design — pure puzzle, zero clutter Perfect for: Lazy mornings, commutes, waiting rooms, or any time your brain wants a gentle workout. Free to play. Easy to love. Hard to master.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Cortex Pipes at 2 against Cortex Match's —. On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Cortex Match | Cortex Pipes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 343 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tom ballet | Hugo Peyron |
In-app purchases
Cortex Match
No in-app purchases
Cortex Pipes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cortex Match free?
Is Cortex Pipes free?
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