TintTide vs Pairgrove
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
TintTide
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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 detailโall 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.
Pairgrove
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | TintTide | Pairgrove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 โ better | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thao Trieu Phuong Thi | Kim Ngan Luu |
In-app purchases
TintTide
No in-app purchases
Pairgrove
No in-app purchases








