Comparison

Untangle vs Match Attack

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

Head to head
About

Untangle

Features
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Every other untangle game lets the lines slide through each other. This one doesn't. In Untangle: Night Sky the ropes are physical. They are solid to the touch, they have real slack, and pulling one star drags its neighbours along like a knotted necklace. You cannot shove a star through a rope — you have to work the knot loose the way you would in your hands: find the gap, go around it, or slip underneath. Drag the stars until no two ropes cross. The constellation lights up. DEPTH IS REAL A rope lying over all of your star's ropes lets the star dive under it. A rope lying under them lets it slide over. A rope sandwiched between them is a wall. Reading that depth is how you find the way through. TWENTY SKIES, THEN NO END Twenty hand-paced levels teach the rope, then Polaris — a star pinned to the sky that never moves — and then the Iron Chain, a rope that nothing can pass. Clear all twenty and the Star Field opens: endless, procedurally generated constellations that keep on growing. ALWAYS SOLVABLE Every board is made by tangling a solved constellation with legal moves, and no level ships until the game's own solver can finish it. When you are stuck, a hint shows the star to move, the route to take, and where it lands — and it only ever suggests a move that genuinely works. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No purchases. No account. No timers, no lives, no energy meter. It plays entirely offline. Just you, a tangle of rope, and a sky waiting to light up.

About

Match Attack

Engage in roguelike match-3 combat where tile swaps trigger attacks, defense, and healing. Collect powerful relics and build game-breaking synergies across multiple chapters. Enjoy single-player, offline gameplay with no timers or energy systems.

Highlights
  • Match tiles to attack, defend, and heal
  • Create powerful tile cascades
  • Collect over 280 synergistic relics
  • Progress through three distinct chapters
  • Unlock permanent relics through runs
  • Ascension tiers for increased difficulty
Features
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Match Attack is a match-3 roguelike game where the board is your weapon! Swap tiles to make matches and watch satisfying cascades. Set up the perfect board, collect upgrades and create gamebreaking builds! - Match tiles to attack, defend, recharge and heal - Get rewarded for bigger matches with clears, empowered tiles, wildcards, and bombs - 280+ relics with synergizing mechanics - Three chapters, each with fights, elites, events, shops, rest sites, and a boss finale - Earn experience from every run to permanently unlock new relics - Ascension tiers add difficulty for uncapped replayability Single-player, fully offline. No timers, no energy. One optional in-app purchase to removes ads and support the solo developer!

Screenshots

Untangle4 screens
Match Attack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Untangle at none against Match Attack's 1. Untangle also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Match Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Untangle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Untangle ships an update every 4 days, Match Attack every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Untangle versus Match Attack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUntangleMatch Attack
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB111 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMSP AI, LLCMichael Ip

In-app purchases

None

Untangle

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Match Attack

One-time1
  • Match Attack Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Untangle free?
Untangle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Match Attack free?
Match Attack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Untangle or Match Attack have ads?
Match Attack shows ads; Untangle does not.
Which is updated more often, Untangle or Match Attack?
Untangle ships an update every 4 days, and Match Attack every 2 days. Most recently, Untangle was updated on October 31, 2026 and Match Attack on October 31, 2026.

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