Comparison

Bubble Tiles vs Glimpse

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

Head to head
About

Bubble Tiles

Features
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Bend the edges of a hexagon and something wonderful happens: bumps nestle into scoops, and fourteen round little tiles emerge that fit together like soap bubbles. Bubble Tiles turns this piece of geometry into a calm, tactile puzzle game. SOLVE PUZZLES Fill each board so that every curved edge meets its counterpart โ€” a bump may never press against another bump. The boards grow from friendly four-tile starters to deep challenges, plus a guided tutorial that teaches everything by doing. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY Each calendar day generates its own board. Keep a streak, or catch up on days you missed. COLLECT SOLUTIONS Many boards can be solved in more than one way. Every distinct solution you find earns a star and lands in the level's gallery; some boards offer alternative tile sets, and every solved puzzle can flip to its dual โ€” every bump becomes a scoop and every scoop a bump. CREATE FREELY Arrange tiles on open canvases, letters and digits, or build on an endless board in Infinite mode. Save your own arrangements as custom puzzles โ€” the app counts their solutions for you. MADE TO BE TOUCHED Drag, tap to turn, pinch to zoom, rotate the whole board with two fingers. Textures from woodcut print to glitter, color palettes, day and night โ€” endless design possibilities. A LITTLE MATH The idea is two centuries old: it appears in Katsushika Hokusai's 1824 pattern book, and the About page tells the whole story โ€” why there are exactly fourteen (or thirteen, depending on the count) tiles, what mirror twins and dual boards are, and how the app counts solutions. Bubble Tiles grew out of the wooden puzzle by the MathHappens Foundation, who build hands-on mathematics for museums. No ads. No tracking. No account. Everything on your device.

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Glimpse

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Six ways to test what you just saw. Glimpse is a minimalist grid puzzle built around three ideas. Glance flashes a set of tiles and asks you to tap them back. Echo shows a sequence and asks for it in order. Pulse spawns cards on timers and asks you to clear them before they run out. Each mode has 150 levels. Each has an Endless variant where the difficulty never stops climbing and your score decays every second you hesitate. WHAT'S INSIDE - Three modes, 150 levels each - Three Endless runs with Game Center leaderboards - Bomb, life and token tiles that change what a round asks of you - Nine colour themes, unlocked with tokens you earn by playing - Daily streak rewards - Eight languages - Portrait, one hand, any screen size NO ADS. EVER. No banners, no interstitials, no rewarded video. Optional token packs exist if you want themes faster. Nothing is locked behind them. All six modes are free to play from the first launch. Sound and haptics are built for the game, not bolted on. Every effect was synthesised from scratch. There is no music you'd recognise and nothing that repeats.

Screenshots

Bubble Tiles4 screens
Glimpse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bubble Tiles at none against Glimpse's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Glimpse sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bubble Tiles asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Bubble Tiles versus Glimpse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubble TilesGlimpse
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim Lucas ReinhardtOmer Ellaicy

In-app purchases

None

Bubble Tiles

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Glimpse

One-time4
  • 200 Tokens$0.99
  • 500 Tokens$1.99
  • 1,000 Tokens$2.99
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  • 2,000 Tokens$4.99

Questions

Is Bubble Tiles free?
Bubble Tiles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glimpse free?
Glimpse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bubble Tiles or Glimpse have ads?
Neither Bubble Tiles nor Glimpse shows ads.

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