Pengle Mobile vs Match 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pengle Mobile
Match colorful blocks to help Pete clean the ocean and save his friends. Travel the world on an adventure to restore marine life. This popular puzzle game is now available on mobile devices.
- Match colorful blocks
- Clean the ocean
- Save ocean friends
- Travel around the world
- Puzzle adventure
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Switch and match colorful blocks to help Pete clean the ocean! Over 26 million users had played Pengle on Facebook and now it’s available on iPhone or iPad! Travel around the world to help Pete clean the ocean and save his ocean friends! If you are a new player, welcome to the fun world of Pengle! We hope you have a great time! If you have played Pengle on Facebook, thank you for all of your love and support!
Match 3
Engage in a classic match-3 puzzle adventure with thousands of levels and unique power-ups. Enjoy a more generous life system and earn coin rewards for quick level completions. This game offers various engaging modes to keep you entertained.
- Thousands of enjoyable levels
- Activate unique power-ups with double tap
- 10 max lives instead of 5
- Coin rewards for first-try level completion
- Multiple interesting game modes
- Classic addictive match-three gameplay
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A new match 3 puzzle gives you different game experience: 10 max lives, not 5 ones. Activate power ups(Stripped Candy Bomb, Puff Cake Bomb, Rainbow Candy, Splash Candy and Paper Airplane) with double tap. Get coin rewards when you compete the level at the first try. A free classic match 3 game arrived! Swap, match and crush candies! Let’s adventure the Candy Tile-Match with thousands of levels! Create sweet power-ups or break the blockers, and crush the levels! Start playing Candy Tile-Match now with over thousands of enjoyable levels and millions of players around the world. Candy Tile-Match is a classic addictive match-three puzzle game with amazing gameplay, interesting game modes: saving the gummy bear, spread the jam, help the baby rabbit jump into its magic hat, break the soda bottle, etc. Candy Tile-Match is now your best choice to spend your leisure time on the party and bus way. Follow us to get news and updates! If you need help and support or have any suggestions and feedback, please send emails to our support email or leave your comments on our Facebook. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovecandysweet Support Email: service@hongmoe.com Official Website: http://cakecrush.hongmoe.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Match 3 at 100% against Pengle Mobile's 15%. Match 3 also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Pengle Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 20) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads 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. Pengle Mobile sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Match 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Match 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 96 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Pengle Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Match 3's.
Pengle Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Match 3 every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pengle Mobile | Match 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (96 ratings) | 4.9 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | NSTAGE Inc. | Moe Games |
Customer experience
Pengle Mobile
Match 3
Bugs and requests
Pengle Mobile
Reported bugs
14 issues- Game freezes mid-gameplay
- App crashes and won't load
- Game won't open after updates
- Progress reset to beginning after updates
- Specific levels cause freezing (Level 1722, 960, 1485, 664, etc.)
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- Lives timer doesn't work when app is closed
- Facebook friends gifts and keys not received
- Coins and gems disappear after crashes
- Board shuffles inappropriately when moves still available
- Score calculations glitch (scores climbing excessively)
- Power-ups disappear if game is exited
- Daily bonus screen loops infinitely
- Grey screen on launch
- Incompatibility with older iOS versions
Requested features
10 requests- Fix freezing and crashing issues
- Improve app stability and performance
- Reduce frequency and length of advertisements
- Better customer support system
- Fix Facebook gift and key sharing functionality
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- Implement proper lives timer that works when app is closed
- Add more relaxing music options
- Prevent unwanted board shuffling
- Add logout functionality for mobile
- Improve level variety and reduce repetitiveness
Match 3
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pengle Mobile
- 20 Gem Pack$1.99
- 52 Gem Pack$4.99
- 50 Gem Pack$4.99
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- 110 Gem Pack$9.99
- 130 Package Sale Pack.$12.99
- 235 Gem Pack$19.99
- 230 Sale Pack.$19.99
- 500 Sale Pack.$39.99
- 625 Gem Pack$49.99
- 1450 Gem Pack$99.99
Match 3
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pengle Mobile free?
Is Match 3 free?
Which has better reviews, Pengle Mobile or Match 3?
Do Pengle Mobile or Match 3 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pengle Mobile or Match 3?
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