Comparison

Ring Jam vs TANGENT

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

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About

Ring Jam

Features
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Dive into Ring Jam: Aqua Sort, a satisfying underwater puzzle where every move is a little splash of joy. Rings of every color are stacked on pegs inside a glass water tank. Tap a ring, fire the water jet on its side and watch it float up into a box of the same color. Each box holds exactly three rings – fill it and it sails away. Plan your moves: a ring with another ring on top can't move, and the waiting tray only has a few slots! HOW TO PLAY • Tap a free ring to select it • Press the water jet on the same side to launch it • Match three rings of the same color in a box to clear it • Keep the waiting tray from filling up • Clear every ring to win the level FEATURES • 100 hand-designed levels, from relaxing warm-ups to tricky Hard and Super Hard challenges • Smooth 3D water physics and bubbly, satisfying effects • Handy boosters: Magnet pulls matching rings straight into boxes, Shuffle mixes the colors, Extra Slot gives your tray more room • Build your own aquarium: earn stars and decorate Coral Garden, Sunken Ship and Mermaid Palace with fish, corals and treasures • Weekly events: keep your win streak alive and collect pearls for treasure rewards • Leagues: earn trophies, climb from Bronze to Legend and win weekly prizes • Play offline, anytime – no Wi-Fi needed • Cloud save with Game Center: switch phones and keep your progress • Colorblind mode for easier color matching • Available in English, Türkçe, Español, Deutsch, Français and 简体中文 Relax, think ahead and sort your way through the ocean. Can you clear them all? Ring Jam: Aqua Sort is free to play. It contains ads and optional in-app purchases. Privacy Policy: https://ring-jam-58fcd.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://ring-jam-58fcd.web.app/terms

About

TANGENT

This logic puzzle game challenges you to land every dot in its socket using a single, exact rule. With no timers or luck involved, it offers a satisfyingly precise and mentally stimulating experience. Explore various difficulty levels and unique mechanics across multiple orbits.

Highlights
  • One exact rule for gameplay
  • No timers or luck involved
  • Endless, procedurally generated boards
  • Six distinct difficulty orbits
  • Daily brain teasers
  • Supports VoiceOver and Dynamic Type
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Rings turn one notch per tap. A dot can hop to the next ring only at the exact moment two rings kiss. Land every dot in its socket in the fewest moves. A logic puzzle with one exact rule, no timer and no luck. NEW IN 2.0: ENDLESS A fresh board every time, made on your phone and proved by the solver before you see it. Six difficulties, drawn at random after an easy start, from gentler than Orbit 1 to as tough as Orbit 6. Solve at par to grow your chain. No timer, no lives, no end. ONE RULE, EXACT Tap anywhere and every ring clicks round by its own spin: +1, −1, +2, or not at all. Tap a dot while it sits at a kiss and it arcs across to the touching ring. That is the whole game. Nothing is random inside a level and nothing is timed, so every board is a small piece of clockwork you can read before you touch it. THE CLICK OF GEARS MESHING The feeling you chase is the socket swinging into the kiss as the dot arrives. Every tick, hop and dock has its own sound, haptic and light: the notch marks blink in sequence, the hop leaves a luminous trail, the socket blooms, and a solved level ends on one calm chord. 120 LEVELS IN SIX ORBITS Every level was generated and proved by a solver, so par is the true minimum and a level is never unsolvable, only over par. Every orbit is free to reach: earn 40 stars in one and the next opens. Each adds one twist: • Kiss – two rings, one dot, one socket. Learn the hop. • Wall – a stop bar rides the ring and refuses a landing. • Flip – a marked notch sends its ring the other way. • Three – a third dot, and three colors to route at once. • Still – rings that do not turn, and mixed spins. • Tangent – everything, on twelve-notch rings. Three stars means par. Undo is free and unlimited, restart is free, and one hint per level shows the solver’s next move. ONE DAILY, ONE STREAK A new brain teaser every day, built on your phone from the date, the same for everyone. Par is shown before you start. Solve it and your streak grows; share the result as text, not a screenshot. Reminders are optional, up to three a day, and stop once the day’s puzzle is solved. MADE TO BE READ Every dot and socket carries a shape as well as a color, so no rule depends on color alone. Reduce Motion turns every pulse and burst into a fade. VoiceOver and Dynamic Type are supported throughout. Sessions are two to five minutes, one-handed, and every move is saved, so you can put the phone down mid-level and pick up exactly where you were. WHAT’S INCLUDED • Game Center: leaderboards for total stars and best streak, seven achievements. • iCloud: your progress follows you to a new phone. • No account, no in-app currency, no lives, no timers. FREE TO PLAY, ONE UNLOCK TANGENT is free to play, with ads: a banner on the menu screens, never on the board, and now and then a short ad between puzzles. TANGENT Full Game ($4.99, once, no subscription) removes every ad, opens all six orbits at once, and adds the daily archive of the past 30 days and Skip board in Endless. Without it, you can watch an ad to skip an Endless board. Restore Purchases and offer-code redemption are on the Unlock screen and in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://tangent.devera.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ring Jam4 screens
TANGENT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ring Jam at every 3 days against TANGENT's every 3 weeks. Ring Jam also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Ring Jam sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and TANGENT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ring Jam ships an update every 3 days, TANGENT every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Ring Jam versus TANGENT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRing JamTANGENT
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size277 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOMER FARUK GURUNFarzin Tavakoli

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Ring Jam

One-time8
  • 400 Coins$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
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  • 2,200 Coins$4.99
  • Pearl Bundle$6.99
  • 5,000 Coins$9.99
  • Ocean Bundle$12.99
  • 11,000 Coins$19.99
1 purchases

TANGENT

One-time1
  • TANGENT Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Ring Jam free?
Ring Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TANGENT free?
TANGENT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ring Jam or TANGENT have ads?
Both Ring Jam and TANGENT show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ring Jam or TANGENT?
Ring Jam ships an update every 3 days, and TANGENT every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ring Jam was updated on November 6, 2026 and TANGENT on October 29, 2026.

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