Comparison

Bubble Tiles vs Boneset

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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.

About

Boneset

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A full domino set is hidden in a grid of numbers. Break the board apart and put every tile back where it belongs. Any two neighbouring numbers could be a tile from the set — and each tile appears exactly once. Work out where the tiles really lie, and the whole grid splits into dominoes. No guessing: every level has one solution, and pure deduction gets you there. HOW IT PLAYS • Tap between two numbers to lay a tile, or swipe across the board to lay a whole chain in one stroke. • The set matrix ticks off every tile you have found. Lay a duplicate and both turn red — the board tells you at once. • Wall off seams where no tile can go, like pencil marks on paper. • Set a checkpoint before a bold move and jump back with one tap. WHAT'S INSIDE • 100 levels, growing from a 2Ɨ3 grid to the full double-six set on 7Ɨ8. Every one is checked to have a single solution. • Cut-out boards with holes that change the logic. • Daily, weekly and monthly challenges: one board for everyone, against the clock. • A level generator: pick a size and a difficulty and get a fresh board — or open a friend's by code. • Every board is timed, and the first solve is the one that counts. See how yours compares with everyone who solved it. • Ten languages. Plays offline. Why Boneset? Bones is what domino players call the tiles, and the set is all of them. Finding every last one is the whole game.

Screenshots

Bubble Tiles4 screens
Boneset4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boneset at none against Bubble Tiles's 6. Boneset also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Bubble Tiles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Boneset asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bubble Tiles ships an update every 6 weeks, Boneset every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Bubble Tiles versus Boneset: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubble TilesBoneset
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim Lucas ReinhardtDmitrii Belich

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Bubble Tiles

One-time6
  • Blueprint Theme$1.99
  • Odeon Theme$1.99
  • Aizuri Theme$1.99
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  • Quilt Theme$1.99
  • Soap Theme$1.99
  • All Themes$6.99
None

Boneset

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bubble Tiles free?
Bubble Tiles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boneset free?
Boneset is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bubble Tiles or Boneset have ads?
Neither Bubble Tiles nor Boneset shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bubble Tiles or Boneset?
Bubble Tiles ships an update every 6 weeks, and Boneset every 8 days. Most recently, Bubble Tiles was updated on November 7, 2026 and Boneset on October 31, 2026.

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