Pipewick vs tiles.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Pipewick
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Drag your finger, build a pipeline, and watch the liquid rush through. Pipewick is a cozy little plumbing machine in your pocket. Pick up a pipe mouth, drag a path across the grid, and connect it to the outlet of the same color. Ordinary corners form automatically as you draw; special rotating joints that appear later are turned with a tap. When the last color clicks into place, the whole board floods at once. 1,000 VERIFIED LEVELS 100 chapters, 10 levels each. Every board is built solution-first. Every bundled board is checked by the game's solver. MECHANICS THAT KEEP GROWING Start with simple two-color boards, then meet tap-to-rotate joints, color valves that automatically open only for a matching pipe passing straight through, bridges where two straight pipes can cross, and one-way segments governed by the real source-to-target flow. Each one arrives with a single card, not a wall of text. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY The daily puzzle is the same board for everyone, with a streak to keep alive. BUILT TO FEEL GOOD Tick-tick-tick as the pipe grows, a click at every corner, a snap at the outlet, then the flow. Sound and haptics stay in sync, because that is where the pleasure lives. PLAY ANYWHERE No account or sign-in. The full campaign works offline; an internet connection is only needed for store and ad features. Your progress stays on your device. HINTS WHEN YOU ARE STUCK Smart hints analyze your current board, preview a remaining route as a ghost pipe, and can roll back only the blocking sections when your drawing creates a dead end. You start with free hints, earn more with an optional rewarded video, or buy a pack. Pipewick PRO removes automatic ads. You can still choose a rewarded video to earn 1 hint. Free to play. Portrait only. Made for one hand.
tiles.
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One rule. Drag to move, flick to turn. Fill every gap, and it's done. tiles. is a puzzle game about fitting scattered pieces perfectly into a board. Three kinds of board: square, triangle and hexagon. Change the shape, and the same idea of filling a board asks you to think in a whole new way. Over 2,000 stages: from small boards solved with three pieces to large ones built from twelve. The difficulty rises gradually. Simple controls: drag a piece to move it, and flick to rotate it. Pieces can't be flipped. Rankings: solve a stage to see where you place among everyone who solved it. Rooms: make a room with friends or family and compete on a ranking of your own. Invite them by QR code or password. Free, no ads: every stage is free to play, with nothing in the way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: tiles. at none against Pipewick's shown. tiles. also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Pipewick sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and tiles. sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pipewick ships an update every 4 days, tiles. daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipewick | tiles. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MUSTAFA NURI PEKDEMIR | Tomonobu Kuroishi |
In-app purchases
Pipewick
- 10 Hints$0.99
- 50 Hints$2.99
- Pipewick PRO$4.99
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- 200 Hints$7.99
tiles.
- A treat for Leon$0.99
- Leon's favorite goat milk$2.99
- A toy for Leon the destroyer$5.99








