Comparison

Gradl vs The Pill Game

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

Head to head
About

Gradl

Features
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If you like colors, puzzles and to take your time with no rush, this game is for you! Gradl has levels for each day starting from January 1, 2025 and a new level is published every day to make sure you always have a puzzle to solve. When you open the app with internet access all the published puzzles are downloaded and saved on your device and after that you can play OFFLINE! So if you're on a plane, in mountains or on an uninhabited island in the middle of the ocean, you can still fight your boredom by solving a couple of Gradl puzzles.

About

The Pill Game

Features
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Match four. Clear the viruses. Don't stack out. The Pill Game is a falling-capsule puzzle. Two-colour capsules drop into a bottle full of viruses. Line up four of the same colour in a row or a column and they're gone. Clear every virus on the board to take the level. Let the stack reach the top and the run is over. CHAINS ARE WHERE THE POINTS ARE Clearing a match makes the leftover halves fall, and if that fall clears another match, you've started a chain. Each step of a chain is worth double the one before it, up to eight times. Setting one up on purpose is the hardest thing in the game and the best-paying. TWENTY-ONE LEVELS, THREE SPEEDS Level 0 opens with four viruses. Level 20 opens with 84. Three gravity speeds decide how much time you get to think, and the faster you play, the more each virus is worth. Your best score is kept separately for each speed, so a careful run and a reckless one don't compete. TWO SOUNDTRACKS RUSH if you want to be pushed. DRIFT if you want to think. Both can be turned off. PLAY WITH SOMEONE • Online versus — start a match, send the join code or share the link, and play anyone, anywhere. No account and no sign-up. • Local versus — two players side by side on one screen, on iPad. • Magic mode — switch it on in any 2-player match: clear a virus with a halo to help your own board, or one with horns to hit your rival's. FREE, WITH ONE PURCHASE The Pill Game is free and supported by ads. A single Remove Ads purchase takes every ad away for good — no subscription, no second ask.

Screenshots

Gradl4 screens
The Pill Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gradl at none against The Pill Game's 1. Gradl also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Pill Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gradl asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gradl ships an update every 4 days, The Pill Game every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Gradl versus The Pill Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradlThe Pill Game
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTigran SahakyanKODENI LLC

In-app purchases

None

Gradl

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Pill Game

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Gradl free?
Gradl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Pill Game free?
The Pill Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gradl or The Pill Game have ads?
The Pill Game shows ads; Gradl does not.
Which is updated more often, Gradl or The Pill Game?
Gradl ships an update every 4 days, and The Pill Game every 2 weeks. Most recently, Gradl was updated on October 12, 2026 and The Pill Game on October 31, 2026.

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