Comparison

Tiled vs Arcane Tower

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

Head to head
About

Tiled

Match 4 or more tiles of the same color to smash them and earn points. Drag tiles anywhere on the board to create groups and avoid trouble tiles. Offers multiple game modes, including timed, classic, relaxing, and move-based challenges.

Highlights
  • Match 4+ same-colored tiles
  • Drag tiles anywhere
  • Multiple game modes
  • Special tiles (Bomb, Rainbow, Screwed Down)
  • Game Center Leaderboards
  • Unique gameplay
Features
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Simply, you must match 4 or more tiles of the same color to smash a group of tiles. You can drag a tile from anywhere on the board to anywhere else to create these groups.  Avoid trouble tiles, make larger groups and combine groups to get even more points. Main Features: - Three Game Center Leaderboards - Multiple Game Modes - Unique and Addicting Gameplay - Beautiful and Smooth Tiled Has 4 Game Modes: - Timed Game: Get the most amount of points that you can in 60 seconds. - Classic Game: Clear bomb tiles before they explode and you lose! - Relaxing Game: Just Relax! No bombs, and no score. - 'Moves' Game: You have 30 moves to get the best score! Tiled has 3 different types of Special Tiles: - Bomb Tile: Only appears in the 'Classic Game' mode. Clear this tile before it becomes unstable and explodes! - Rainbow Tile: This Tile can be used as any color. - Screwed Down Tile: This Tile is unable to be moved. Thanks for downloading! Leave a review if you like the game!

About

Arcane Tower

Embark on a challenging roguelike adventure as a brave wizard. Explore randomly generated maps, compete in daily challenges with global leaderboards, and learn from top player replays to defeat evil and uncover ancient secrets.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated maps
  • Challenging roguelike mechanics
  • Daily challenge mode
  • Global leaderboards
  • Watch top player replays
  • Single-player adventure
Features
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Evil reigns throughout the kingdom, darkness obscures the landscape. A brave wizard is determined to put an end to all of this. But there's only one way. The Arcane Tower keeps the powers and secrets required to defeat all the evil. Arcane Tower is a roguelike game with mechanics carefully designed to make every run challenging, interesting and incredibly fun. Key features: * Maps are randomly generated, meaning every run you play will be different from every other run you've played. * Daily Challenge! Every day a special map is generated, the same for everyone in the world. Compete in the daily leaderboards! * Watch other players: after playing a Daily Challenge, you can watch replays of the top players to see how they got their score.

Screenshots

Tiled4 screens
Arcane Tower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tiled at Free against Arcane Tower's $1.99. Tiled also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and ratings volume (16 vs 5). Arcane Tower's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence and device support 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

Tiled is free to download; Arcane Tower costs $1.99 up front. Tiled sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Arcane Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arcane Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Tiled's written reviews are positive against 86% of Arcane Tower's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Tiled versus Arcane Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiledArcane Tower
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.4 (16 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKenneth AckersonDiego Cathalifaud

Customer experience

Tiled

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arcane Tower

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tiled

One-time1
  • Full Version$4.99
None

Arcane Tower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiled free?
Tiled is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arcane Tower free?
Arcane Tower costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tiled or Arcane Tower?
Arcane Tower is rated higher. Tiled averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Arcane Tower averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Tiled or Arcane Tower have ads?
Tiled shows ads; Arcane Tower does not.
Which is updated more often, Tiled or Arcane Tower?
Tiled ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arcane Tower every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tiled was updated on October 23, 2026 and Arcane Tower on October 9, 2026.

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