Comparison

Liquid King vs Tether Arcade

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

Head to head
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Liquid King

Features
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No in-app purchases. Not one. Liquid King is a water sort puzzle that asks for your attention and never for your wallet. Pour colored liquid between glass tubes until every tube holds a single color. Easy to start, and the boards keep tightening: three colors and two spare tubes early on, six colors and a single spare by the end. EVERY BOARD HAS A SOLUTION All 150 levels are run through a solver before release. If a board looks impossible, it isn't. You are never handed a dead end. 150 LEVELS, SIX CHAPTERS The Fractured Spring, Frozen Gardens, Royal Forge, Forgotten Archive, Silent Frost and Aurora Crown โ€” 25 levels each, climbing from Easy through Medium, Hard and Expert to Master. A fixed set of boards, the same for every player, not an endless random feed. Collect 30 stars to open the next chapter. YOU SET THE PACE โ€ข Timed mode is on by default. Switch it off in Settings and no clock ever runs โ€ข Undo steps back up to 50 moves, so a wrong pour costs you nothing โ€ข Three stars read both your time and your move count, so levels are worth replaying โ€ข Run out of moves and the game tells you, then offers undo, an extra tube or a reset HOW IT WORKS Tap a tube to lift its top color, tap another to pour it. Color onto matching color, or into an empty tube. Fill a tube with four of one color and it seals. Clear the board to finish the level. DAILY CHALLENGE A new goal every day โ€” clear levels, complete tubes, earn stars or reach a score โ€” worth 60 to 90 coins. Spend coins on a hint, an extra tube or a reset. FAIR BY DESIGN โ€ข No in-app purchases of any kind. Nothing is locked behind a payment โ€ข A full-screen ad only after every third level, and never less than a minute apart โ€ข A small banner sits at the bottom of the board and the level list โ€ข One optional rewarded video: watch it for 30 extra seconds when the clock runs out. Skip it and you lose nothing โ€ข Plays fully offline. No account, no sign-up; progress stays on your device MADE TO LOOK AT Arctic glass and aurora light โ€” frosted panels, gold filigree, six liquid essences, and music that shifts with every chapter. Portrait, one-handed, short sessions. ACCESSIBILITY AND LANGUAGES A reduce-motion option, plus separate switches for music, sound effects, voice and haptics. English, Turkish, Spanish, German and French. Pour the first tube and see how far the Aurora Crown really is.

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Tether Arcade

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Tether is a one-touch arcade game. No account, no sign-in, no in-app purchases and no ads. It works fully offline. HOW TO PLAY Hold anywhere to hook the nearest anchor and swing around it. Release to fly off along the tangent, then hold again to catch the next one. There is no brake and no undo - just how far you get before the wipeout. SKIM THE SAWS Saws sit between the anchors. Cutting close to one without touching it stacks your multiplier, so the tighter your line, the faster the score climbs. Play it safe and you score slowly. Play it greedy and you score fast. DAY STREAK Come back on consecutive days and your streak raises the score floor you start every run from. SKINS New looks unlock as your best score climbs, from the first at 60 all the way to 1500. SHARE Every run ends with a card of your score, ready to share. LANGUAGES The game reads the device language at launch and shows its text in whichever of its thirteen supported languages matches: English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French, Bengali, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian and Thai. Any other language falls back to English.

Screenshots

Liquid King4 screens
Tether Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Liquid King at none against Tether Arcade's 1. Liquid King also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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. Tether Arcade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Liquid King asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Liquid King versus Tether Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquid KingTether Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size64 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperICI TECH TEKNOLOJI ANONIM SIRKETIAdolfo Orlandini

In-app purchases

None

Liquid King

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tether Arcade

One-time1
  • Tether Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Liquid King free?
Liquid King is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tether Arcade free?
Tether Arcade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Liquid King or Tether Arcade have ads?
Tether Arcade shows ads; Liquid King does not.
Which is updated more often, Liquid King or Tether Arcade?
Liquid King ships an update every 4 days, and Tether Arcade every 4 days. Most recently, Liquid King was updated on October 14, 2026 and Tether Arcade on October 11, 2026.

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