Tangramthrum vs Foldway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tangramthrum
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Tangramthrum is the classic shape puzzle for iPhone and iPad: seven pieces, endless figures, calm and unhurried, with no ads and no timers. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Classic tangram: all seven pieces, tap to rotate, hold to flip, 138 figures from the basic shapes to tricky silhouettes • Letters and digits: the tangram alphabet, A to Z and 0 to 9 • Fill: place the pieces in their given orientation, no rotating at all, 100 relaxed levels HOW IT PLAYS • Drag pieces from the tray into the silhouette and they snap into place • Every valid arrangement counts, even if you assemble the figure differently than expected • Hints are free and unlimited • Solved figures show their colored solution in the level overview PRINT IT Every template prints as a worksheet, optionally with the colored pieces to cut out at the matching scale. The app becomes a tangram for the kitchen table. WHO IT IS FOR Anyone from about five years up. Tangram trains visual perception, spatial orientation and shape recognition, skills that also help with reading and arithmetic. Made in the world of the German Dyslexia Association. QUIET AND PRIVATE 100% free, ad-free, no purchases. The app collects no data, asks for no account and works completely offline. Your progress stays on your device. English and German, switchable at any time.
Foldway
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You hold a sheet made of coloured squares and holes. Tap a line and the smaller side folds over the bigger one. The top colour shows, and the holes reveal what is underneath. Fold in the right order to match the target pattern above. The levels are bound into fifteen notebooks of twenty. Early notebooks need only a few folds. Later, two-sided paper reveals a different colour when flipped. In the ninth notebook, tracing paper lets you mix red, yellow and blue into new colours. • 300 levels in 15 notebooks • Gradual difficulty and free practice guidance • Colour-mixing tracing paper and two-sided sheets • Hints, undo and restart • A daily puzzle, streaks and achievements • Offline play with no account or ads One fold. A thousand ways.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Foldway at 15.0 against Tangramthrum's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tangramthrum | Foldway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dachverband Legasthenie Deutschland e.V. | CEMAL SAVAS |
In-app purchases
Tangramthrum
No in-app purchases
Foldway
No in-app purchases







