Comparison

TintTide vs Pairgrove

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

Head to head
About

TintTide

Features
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TintTide is a relaxing yet challenging color memory game set beneath a vibrant ocean surface, where shimmering fish become the pieces of your mental puzzle. In each round you are briefly shown a carefully arranged school of colorful fish, and your only task is to memorize their exact color order before they all fade into gray. Once the tide turns, you must restore every fish to its original hue by selecting colors one by one, racing against a fixed 120-second clock as levels grow endlessly harder with more fish, richer palettes, and shorter memory windows. Score points for every correct recall, climb the local leaderboard, unlock achievements that celebrate your progress, and browse the color preview gallery to study each fish in detailโ€”all in a charming cartoon ocean world designed for quick sessions, focused play, and the quiet thrill of testing how sharp your instantaneous memory can become.

About

Pairgrove

Features
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Welcome to Pairgrove โ€” a sunny orchard of juicy tile-matching puzzles. Tap two of the same fruits. If you can connect them with a path that turns no more than twice, they vanish. Chain matches to build combos, beat the clock, and clear the board. Stuck? Use Hint, Shuffle, or Undo. If no moves remain, the grove reshuffles for you. Play Classic for a quick random board. Climb 120 orchard levels across six themed chapters, from Berry Patch to Grand Harvest. Take on a fresh Daily Challenge every day and keep your streak alive. Clear fruits to unlock them in the Fruit Book โ€” strawberries, mangoes, mooncakes, dumplings, and more. Earn stars, chase achievements, and tune music, sound, and haptics in Settings. Easy to pick up, hard to put down. Step into the orchard and start matching today.

Screenshots

TintTide4 screens
Pairgrove4 screens

Verdict

The call

TintTide and Pairgrove are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TintTide ships an update every 2 weeks, Pairgrove every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TintTide versus Pairgrove: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTintTidePairgrove
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size39 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThao Trieu Phuong ThiKim Ngan Luu

In-app purchases

None

TintTide

No in-app purchases

None

Pairgrove

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TintTide free?
TintTide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pairgrove free?
Pairgrove is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TintTide or Pairgrove have ads?
Neither TintTide nor Pairgrove shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TintTide or Pairgrove?
TintTide ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pairgrove every 8 days. Most recently, TintTide was updated on October 7, 2026 and Pairgrove on October 18, 2026.

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