Comparison

Tilebound vs ArcFlush

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

Head to head
About

Tilebound

Features
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Tilebound turns the soothing rhythm of mahjong solitaire into a build-craft roguelike. Clear a free pair of tiles to play a hand that scores chips times a multiplier against a rising gate. Between rounds, draft run-altering artifacts and special tiles that warp how you score, then chase escalating gates across a procedurally generated gauntlet. Every run is a different synergy engine. A humble tile clear can snowball into an absurd combo that smashes the gate. Lay that build-craft chase over the familiar, layered tile board and you get one more run, every time. FEATURES - Classic layered tile board with correct free-tile matching - A roguelike run across eight escalating antes - Draft artifacts and special tiles to build a scoring engine - Wild, multiplier, bonus, and gold special tiles that change the math - Deterministic seeds for fair, repeatable runs - Saved runs, run history, and best-ante tracking - Full dark mode and Dynamic Type support, plays entirely offline TILEBOUND FULL (one-time unlock) - Endless mode that scales past ante eight - The full artifact and special-tile pool - A new Daily Challenge board every day - Alternate Neon and Stone tile themes No ads. No subscription. No tracking. Pay once if you want the extras, or play the full core run for free.

About

ArcFlush

This game combines solitaire-style card removal with poker hand building. Strategically clear layered card formations to unlock new cards and build winning poker hands to achieve target scores and progress through unique stages.

Highlights
  • Layered card formations
  • Solitaire card removal
  • Poker hand building
  • Unique stage themes
  • Unlockable twists
  • Collectible trinkets
  • In-game shop
Features
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Cards don't line up politely here. They're stacked in layers — the way mahjong tiles are stacked, except these are playing cards, and one of the maps is on fire. Which means there are two games sitting on top of each other: getting a card out of the pile, and knowing what to do with it once you have it. HOW IT WORKS · The map is a layered formation. Anything underneath is locked until you clear what's covering it, so every card you take decides what you're allowed to take next. That half is solitaire. · Play up to five of the cards you've taken as a poker hand. A pair is fine. A Flush is better. A Straight Flush means you planned ahead — or got lucky and will claim you planned ahead. That half is poker. · Beat the stage's target score, spend what you earned in the Shop, and do it again. And again. Until the target has grown a couple of digits and you're no longer certain which of your trinkets is doing the heavy lifting. WHAT'S IN IT · Every map is built around exactly one idea. Ice Lake freezes cards. Furnace sets them alight. Dark Pool turns the lights off and invites you to feel your way out. · Clear a map and its Twist unlocks: the same map, in a considerably worse mood. · Trinkets. Some add points. Some quietly rewrite a rule you'd assumed was permanent. The legendary ones turn up rarely enough that finding the right one feels like the run has decided to help you, just this once. · A Shop between stages, because a roguelite without a shop is just a difficult puzzle. · A tutorial that leaves quickly and waits in Settings in case you ever want it back. WHAT'S NOT IN IT · Ads. · In-app purchases. · A season pass, a battle pass, or a little bar that refills while you sleep. · An internet connection. This app has never phoned home and wouldn't know who to call. Buy it once and own all of it — every map, every trinket, every Twist. There is nothing else to sell you, and we are not going to think of anything. One deck, thirteen languages. Good luck.

Screenshots

Tilebound4 screens
ArcFlush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tilebound at Free against ArcFlush's $2.99. Tilebound also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). ArcFlush's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Tilebound is free to download; ArcFlush costs $2.99 up front. Tilebound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ArcFlush asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tilebound ships an update every 2 days, ArcFlush weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tilebound versus ArcFlush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTileboundArcFlush
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating—4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#5 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian Pedersen欣宇 王

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tilebound

One-time1
  • Tilebound Lifetime$4.99
None

ArcFlush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tilebound free?
Tilebound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ArcFlush free?
ArcFlush costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tilebound or ArcFlush have ads?
Tilebound shows ads; ArcFlush does not.
Which is updated more often, Tilebound or ArcFlush?
Tilebound ships an update every 2 days, and ArcFlush weekly. Most recently, Tilebound was updated on October 15, 2026 and ArcFlush on October 11, 2026.

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