Comparison

Pufferblocks vs tiles.

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

Head to head
About

Pufferblocks

Features
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Pufferblocks is a one-thumb block puzzle with a twist no other puzzle has: every piece is a pressurised gas chamber. Drop pieces to complete lines and VENT them — and the gas physically blasts sideways into the blocks next door, over-inflating them until they POP in chain reactions. But every pop leaves wreckage that clogs the board. Chains clear space now and seed trouble later. Read the pressure, or watch it all blow. It's a real economy, not a reskin. Placement, venting, rupture chains and wreckage all feed one risk-reward loop you won't find anywhere else. WHY YOU'LL STAY • Risk pays — the fullest, highest-pressure pieces score the most, if you dare place them. Greed is a perfectly good strategy until it isn't. • Combo streaks, CLEAN SWEEP all-clears, and a "Gas Leak" fever mode when the board tips into glorious chaos. • A daily challenge where the whole world gets the exact same pieces — with its own global leaderboard. Same hand, same day, no excuses. • An adaptive soundtrack that literally speeds up as your board fills and your streak climbs. The band plays faster the hotter it gets. • Three block styles, including a default where every block has a face — and the face itself swells as the pressure rises. • Slapstick, never gross-out: cartoon clouds, a cheeky raspberry of brass, and the occasional perfectly-timed sad trombone. A PREMIUM GAME, THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY • Pay once. Play forever. • No ads. Ever. • No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. • No tracking, no accounts, no nonsense — your game stays on your device. Easy to pick up in one thumb. Hard to put down once the chains start going off. Welcome to Pufferblocks.

About

tiles.

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One rule. Drag to move, flick to turn. Fill every gap, and it's done. tiles. is a puzzle game about fitting scattered pieces perfectly into a board. Three kinds of board: square, triangle and hexagon. Change the shape, and the same idea of filling a board asks you to think in a whole new way. Over 2,000 stages: from small boards solved with three pieces to large ones built from twelve. The difficulty rises gradually. Simple controls: drag a piece to move it, and flick to rotate it. Pieces can't be flipped. Rankings: solve a stage to see where you place among everyone who solved it. Rooms: make a room with friends or family and compete on a ranking of your own. Invite them by QR code or password. Free, no ads: every stage is free to play, with nothing in the way.

Screenshots

Pufferblocks4 screens
tiles.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: tiles. at Free against Pufferblocks's $1.99. tiles. also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Pufferblocks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads 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

tiles. is free to download; Pufferblocks costs $1.99 up front. tiles. sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pufferblocks asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Pufferblocks versus tiles.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPufferblockstiles.
Price$1.99Free — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechnoNetTomonobu Kuroishi

In-app purchases

None

Pufferblocks

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

tiles.

One-time3
  • A treat for Leon$0.99
  • Leon's favorite goat milk$2.99
  • A toy for Leon the destroyer$5.99

Questions

Is Pufferblocks free?
Pufferblocks costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is tiles. free?
tiles. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pufferblocks or tiles. have ads?
Neither Pufferblocks nor tiles. shows ads.

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