Comparison

Nonoways vs Tile Match

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

Head to head
About

Nonoways

Features
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How to play Use the row and column clues to work out which cells should be filled and which should stay empty. Tap a cell to fill it, tap again to mark it with a cross, and tap once more to clear it — every solved picture is hiding in the grid, waiting for the logic to reveal it. Completely free — no ads, no accounts, nothing locked behind a purchase. There's an optional tip jar if you'd like to support development. Grid sizes from 5Ɨ5 to 10Ɨ10 Easy (5Ɨ5) takes a couple of minutes and Moderate (10Ɨ10) around ten — pick the size that matches how much time you've got. Random puzzles Generate a fresh random puzzle any time you want a new challenge, with a guaranteed solution every time. Hints when you're stuck Tap Hint for a nudge in the right direction, and track your best scores across every grid size. Print your board Tap the printer icon to print or share the current state of your board. Share a puzzle code Every printed board includes a puzzle code — send it to someone else and they can enter it to recreate that exact same puzzle on their own device. Clean, relaxing design No internet connection required. Just you and the grid.

About

Tile Match

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Join two tiles that carry the same face. The line between them may bend twice, and it may travel around the outside of the board — but it can never cross a tile. That is the whole game. NOTHING HURRIES YOU No lives. No energy. No timers. No way to fail. If a board runs out of moves it reshuffles itself, free, whether or not you subscribe. You can stare at a board for five minutes and nothing will interrupt you. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY • Journey — 160 hand-curved levels across eight chapters, from a first board of six pairs to boards of seventy-eight stacked three deep • Daily Path — one board a day, the same board for every player in the world, and a streak that grows for as long as you keep showing up • Focus Sessions — five, ten or twenty minutes with a breathing pacer and a bell at the end, on a board sized to finish near it • Zen Endless — boards tuned to where you are now, with no stars, no clock and no end • Weekly Ascent — seven boards, gentle to long, released every Monday YOUR ZEN REPORT Focus minutes, your streaks, and the hour of the day you play most. Private, kept on your device, and yours. EIGHT PLACES TO SIT Still Water, Pine Frost, Ember Dusk, Salt Flats, Night Garden, Deep Current, High Cirrus and Quiet Stone — each with its own light and its own soundscape. MADE TO BE QUIET Tile faces are told apart by their silhouette, never by colour alone. Every tile is labelled for VoiceOver with its face, position and depth. The whole app honours Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion, and there is a one-handed layout for either hand. No accounts. No advertising. No third-party tracking. — ZEN PASS The first two chapters, today's Daily Path and ten Endless boards a day are free for as long as you want them. Zen Pass opens the rest: • Every chapter, and a new one each month • Unlimited hints, shuffles, undo and Peek • Two streak freezes a month, so one busy day never costs you the streak • The full Daily Path archive • Ten and twenty minute Focus Sessions • Unlimited Zen Endless • Every theme, and two new ones each month • Your Zen Report • Weekly Ascent • Progress synced between your iPhone and iPad Zen Pass is an auto-renewing subscription: • Monthly — US$4.99 per month • Annual — US$29.99 per year, with the first 7 days free Or buy it once: Lifetime — US$49.99, which never renews. The annual plan begins with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. You can manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Family Sharing is enabled on every plan. Terms of Use: https://tilematch.smart-daddy.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tilematch.smart-daddy.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Nonoways4 screens
Tile Match4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nonoways and Tile Match are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Nonoways sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tile Match sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nonoways versus Tile Match: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonowaysTile Match
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGary WatsonSMART DADDY (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITED

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nonoways

One-time1
  • Support Developer$0.99
3 purchases

Tile Match

Subscriptions2
  • Tile Match Plus - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Tile Match Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tile Match Plus - Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Nonoways free?
Nonoways is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tile Match free?
Tile Match is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nonoways or Tile Match have ads?
Neither Nonoways nor Tile Match shows ads.

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