Knotwork Puzzle vs Tessera Tiles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knotwork Puzzle
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Knotwork is a calm puzzle built on one simple idea: rotate the tiles until every line joins into a single, unbroken knot with no loose ends. There is no timer, no score chasing and no way to lose. You turn each piece, watch the golden strands find each other, and feel the whole pattern settle into place. When the last end closes, the knot lights up in a soft turquoise glow. The art is inspired by Anatolian and Celtic knotwork and the gold detailing of classical tezhib. Every board is a small woven ornament on deep petrol blue. FEATURES • Hundreds of levels that grow from gentle to genuinely tricky • Fully wordless, so it plays the same in any language • Relaxing pace with optional sound, music and Zen mode • Colored strands that weave over and under at higher levels • One hand play, perfect for a quiet minute anywhere • Plays offline, with no account and no sign up • Optional one time purchase to remove ads Sit back, breathe, and weave the endless knot.
Tessera Tiles
Restore fragmented art by rearranging and rotating tiles. Uncover hidden frescoes, learn about each piece, and build your own gallery. Enjoy a calm, offline puzzle experience with no ads or timers.
- Restore fragmented frescoes
- Multiple play modes (Rotate, Swap, Combined)
- Adjustable grid sizes
- Unlock and collect artwork
- Offline play
- No timers or ads
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Somewhere between an art gallery and an excavation site lies Tessera Tiles. Fifty original frescoes — airships and knights, compass roses and coiled serpents, moonlit lakes and hollow towns — have been broken into tiles and scrambled. Your job: put them back together, one satisfying move at a time. Every puzzle starts as a mystery. Artwork stays locked and hidden until you restore it, so each solve is also a reveal — finish a puzzle to unlock the piece, learn its name, and add it to your gallery. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Rotate — tiles are in place but spun around. Tap to set them upright. • Swap — tiles are upright but shuffled. Drag them into place. • Combined — shuffled AND spun. The full challenge. YOUR PACE, YOUR CHALLENGE • Three grid sizes, from a quick 3×3 to a demanding 5×5 • Every mode and size tracks its own records — best time and fewest moves, separately • Stuck? Hold to peek at the finished artwork MADE TO BE CALM • No ads, no accounts, no internet — fully offline • No timers pressuring you; the clock only watches, never rushes • Nothing to buy, nothing collected about you Fifty works are waiting under the dust. Start brushing and puzzling!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tessera Tiles at none against Knotwork Puzzle's 1. Tessera Tiles also leads on ads (none vs shown). Knotwork Puzzle's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 8 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Knotwork Puzzle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tessera Tiles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Knotwork Puzzle ships an update daily, Tessera Tiles every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knotwork Puzzle | Tessera Tiles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emre Buyukegribey | David Scavo |
In-app purchases
Knotwork Puzzle
- Remove Ads$1.99
Tessera Tiles
No in-app purchases
Questions
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