Comparison

Tallo vs Torre Zen

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

Head to head
About

Tallo

Features
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Tallo is a one-tap stacking game that takes seconds to learn and a lifetime to master. A block swings above your tower โ€” tap at the right moment to drop it. Land it perfectly and your combo grows. Miss, and the overhang gets sliced off, leaving you a smaller block to work with. How high can you build? PERFECT DROPS, BIG COMBOS Every precise drop stacks up a combo. Chain them together and your block grows back to full size โ€” the tower gets taller, the score climbs faster, and the coins roll in. Watch for golden blocks: land one cleanly and that drop scores ร—2. TWO WAYS TO PLAY โ€ข Classic โ€” no clock, three lives, pure precision. Build the tallest tower you can. โ€ข Time Attack โ€” 60 seconds on the clock. Stack fast, stack clean, beat your best. Choose Easy, Medium or Hard to match your reflexes. 8 WORLDS Gold, Ocean and Neon, plus five living worlds with their own blocks, sky and landscape: glowing pumpkins under a haunted moon in Halloween, maple leaves in Golden Autumn, snow and icicles in Winter, molten rock in Lava and grassy blocks in Forest. Unlock them with the coins you earn by playing. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD Compete with friends and players around the world through Game Center. Weekly and all-time rankings show exactly where you stand. REWARDS EVERY DAY Come back daily to claim coin rewards โ€” reach day 7 and unlock a world. Complete 3 fresh Daily Quests every day and open a bonus chest when you finish them all. Climb the ranks from Bronze to Master and earn achievements like Architectโ€™s Eye for 10 perfect drops in a row. MADE TO FEEL GOOD โ€ข Crisp 3D blocks with satisfying haptics and sound โ€ข Original soundtrack that plays gently alongside your own music โ€ข Works offline โ€” play on the plane, the train, or anywhere โ€ข Looks great on iPhone and iPad โ€ข Available in 11 languages Tallo (formerly Box Stacker) is built by an independent developer, and every update comes straight from player feedback. Download Tallo and see how tall you can build. TALLO PREMIUM Tallo is free to play with ads. The optional Tallo Premium subscription (monthly or yearly) removes all ads, gives you a free revive every run and doubles the coins you earn. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://tallo-game.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tallo-game.web.app/privacy

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Torre Zen

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How high can you stack before it topples? Torre Zen is a calm, minimalist tower-stacking game about one simple, satisfying move: tap to drop a sliding block onto the one below. Line it up and the tower rises; miss, and the overhang is neatly sliced away. Blocks arrive from alternating sides, so your tower gently twists and spirals as it climbs into a soft pastel sky. It is the kind of game you reach for to unwind โ€” a few quiet minutes between meetings, on the train, or in bed before sleep. No timers screaming at you, no lives to lose, no clutter to tap through. Just the block, the drop, and the tower growing higher, one calm breath at a time. HOW TO PLAY - A block slides back and forth above your tower. - Tap anywhere to drop it. The closer it lands to the block below, the wider it stays. - Land it dead-centre for a PERFECT: no slice, your block grows back, and a soft note rings out. - Keep a streak of perfects going to earn more gems and a deeper, calmer groove. TWO WAYS TO PLAY - Classic: one topple ends the run. Chase your best height and the longest clean streak of perfect drops. - Zen mode: endless and forgiving. There is NO game over here โ€” a missed block simply snaps onto the tower so you can keep stacking for as long as you like. Pure, unbroken flow, whenever you need to slow down. MUSIC THAT COMPOSES ITSELF Torre Zen has no looping soundtrack. A soft ambient pad drifts underneath while a gentle melody is written live as you play, note by note. Every perfect drop answers with a rising tone, and each new color zone quietly shifts the key. No two sessions ever sound the same โ€” the music is yours, built from the way you stack. WHY IT FEELS SO GOOD - One thumb, one tap โ€” learn it in three seconds, relax with it for hours. - Perfect drops grow your block back and reward a steady, mindful rhythm. - A calm "twilight" look with soft, low-glare colors that are easy on the eyes, day or night. - The tower spirals as it rises for a quietly hypnotic, deeply satisfying build. - Short sessions or long ones โ€” pick it up for a minute or drift away for an hour. UNLOCK & COLLECT - Earn gems from your perfect drops and unlock 10 soothing tower styles โ€” Sakura, Lagoon, Dune, Aurora, Moss, Coral, Frost, Ember, Cosmos and more. - Track your best height, longest perfect streak and gems on a clean stats screen with a GitHub-style consistency heatmap. - Work toward 41 gentle achievements, unhurried, at your own pace. PERFECT FOR - Winding down, focusing, or a mindful break from a busy day. - Anyone who loves relaxing, anti-stress and meditation games. - Fans of tidy, minimalist arcade and puzzle games with a satisfying core loop. - Playing one-handed, anywhere, with the sound on for the music or off in silence. PRIVACY & OFFLINE - 100% offline โ€” play anywhere, no internet connection needed. - No account, no sign-up, no personal data collected by us. - Everything is saved locally on your own device. Breathe in, tap, and let the tower rise. Download Torre Zen and find your calm, one block at a time.

Screenshots

Tallo4 screens
Torre Zen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Torre Zen at none against Tallo's 2. Torre Zen also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Tallo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Torre Zen asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Tallo versus Torre Zen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalloTorre Zen
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size19 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimoftica VadimFerran Espuna

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tallo

Subscriptions2
  • Tallo Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Tallo Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
None

Torre Zen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tallo free?
Tallo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Torre Zen free?
Torre Zen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tallo or Torre Zen have ads?
Both Tallo and Torre Zen show ads.

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