Truss Me! vs Osmo Tangram Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Truss Me!
Learn structural design principles through engaging challenges. Build light and strong structures to earn rewards, with realistic simulations reflecting real-world physics. Ideal for educational and recreational purposes.
- Learn structural design
- Realistic physics simulation
- Design light and strong structures
- Earn in-game rewards
- Educational challenges
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Designed by a true rocket scientist, Truss Me helps you learn to design structures while having fun! At each challenge, design structures that are light and strong and you will earn precious golden nuts. Truss Me utilizes state of the art simulation techniques used by aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineers to provide the most realistic behavior for your structures. If well designed, your structures will resist as they would in real life*. If your design has flaws, the structure will fail realistically*! *Truss Me has been created for educational and recreational purposes only. It must not be used under any circumstances to design or compute real structures.
Osmo Tangram Classic
Arrange physical puzzle pieces to match on-screen shapes in this engaging game. Challenge yourself or play with a friend through hundreds of levels. Explore diverse worlds and discover treasures as you solve spatial puzzles.
- Match physical pieces to on-screen shapes
- Hundreds of visual and spatial puzzles
- Play solo or with a friend
- Explore themed worlds
- Award-winning design
- Brain-training challenges
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Arrange puzzle pieces to match on-screen shapes. Play with a friend or challenge yourself to increasingly difficult levels as your handiwork lights up with each victory. "This interplay between the physical and digital realms looks and feels like magic." - Forbes "Osmo has been a revolution in our family." - Wired Awarded: **Best Design** - Good Design, 2016 **Best Product Designs** - Fast Company Finalist, 2016 **Innovative Toy of the Year** - TOTY Finalist, 2015 **Best Inventions** - TIME, 2014 With over 500+ visual and spatial puzzles your brain gears will never stop turning! Explore the world of Tangram, puzzling your way through forests, deserts and dark scary castles to find treasure and rescue the people! *Requires the Osmo Base and Tangram blocks which can be found at www.playosmo.com * Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligence technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Osmo Tangram Classic at 3.8 against Truss Me!'s 3.4. Osmo Tangram Classic also leads on ratings volume (313 vs 24). Truss Me!'s advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (55% vs 47%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Osmo Tangram Classic holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Tangram Classic has 313 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Truss Me!'s written reviews are positive against 47% of Osmo Tangram Classic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Truss Me! ships an update every 3 months, Osmo Tangram Classic every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Truss Me! | Osmo Tangram Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (24 ratings) | 3.8 (313 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews — better | 46.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 313 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SCIENTIFIC MONKEY LLC | Tangible Play |
Customer experience
Truss Me!
Osmo Tangram Classic
User reviews
Truss Me!
From 24 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Educational and insightful
- 🧠 Brain workout and challenging
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🔧 Realistic physics engine
- 📈 Good for learning structural basics
Room to improve
- ❓ No instructions or guidance
- 📉 Frustrating UI/UX
- 🧱 Structures collapse easily
- ⚖️ Physics engine not always accurate
- 🎮 Limited levels
Osmo Tangram Classic
From 313 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging and fun gameplay for children
- 🧠 Educational value for learning and spatial reasoning
- 👨👩👧👦 Great for family entertainment and bonding
- 🎯 Well-designed puzzle progression and difficulty levels
- 🏆 Rewarding achievement system with gems and figurines
Room to improve
- 📱 Compatibility issues with newer iPad and iPhone models
- 🐛 Camera frequently fails to recognize puzzle pieces
- ❌ App crashes and freezes during gameplay
- ⚙️ Requires expensive physical hardware kit ($40+)
- 💾 Progress not saved properly between sessions
Bugs and requests
Truss Me!
Reported bugs
5 issues- Too many bugs
- Crashes regularly
- Screen flickers and shows code
- Items on screen become unselectable after flicker
- Adding members doesn't work or is not obvious
Requested features
12 requests- Add save and load functionality for designs
- Implement snap-to features for easier manipulation
- Provide coordinate/angle readouts
- Add a way to make structures symmetrical
- Include word balloons for control identification
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- More levels needed
- Add zoom in/out functionality
- Add a multiple undo/redo feature
- Allow saving and recalling structure diagrams
- Easier switching between deleting and adding elements
- Add a more progressive scale of success or target weight
- Add instructions and a tutorial
Osmo Tangram Classic
Reported bugs
12 issues- Camera does not detect tangram pieces consistently
- App stuck on loading screen
- Puzzle completion not recognized despite correct placement
- Screen freezes during gameplay
- Pieces appear in multiple locations simultaneously
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- App crashes on supported device models
- Progress resets to beginning after closing app
- Demo version saves not persisting
- Compatibility claims inaccurate - shows compatible but won't launch
- Camera permission not requested on first launch
- Scrolling on main map frozen in one spot
- Tile placement detection failures for specific pieces
Requested features
11 requests- Advanced difficulty mode for older children and adults
- Multiplayer gameplay option
- Adult-oriented version for therapeutic use
- Improved piece detection and camera sensitivity
- Smaller app file size
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- Faster download and loading times
- More puzzle variety and content
- Better lighting compensation for camera
- Restoration of sticker/achievement book feature
- Easier piece placement mechanics
- More gems for completing achievements
In-app purchases
Truss Me!
No in-app purchases
Osmo Tangram Classic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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