Comparison

Monster Numbers vs Paintiles

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

Head to head
About

Monster Numbers

This engaging math game helps children aged 4-14 improve their arithmetic skills. It adapts to each child's age and learning level, offering a mix of fun activities and skill-testing challenges. Designed by teachers, it aims to make learning math enjoyable and support school routines.

Highlights
  • Adaptive difficulty by age
  • Mix of fun and skill-testing levels
  • Designed by teachers
  • Supports school routines
  • Improves math skills
Features
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Looking for a cool math game app to help your kids getting back into the school routine? Monster Numbers is a fun, engaging and addictive math game app designed to improve your kids math skills! Perfect for kids aged 4 to 14!!! Monster Numbers is a cool math game app that combines fun and education. On opening the app, select your kids age and the app will adapt to your kids level. Kids go over various level, some are pure fun and others will test your kids math skills. It is easy to play yet challenging. Just watch out, your kids might start loving math! Designed by teachers, the game adapts to the level of your child. Monster Numbers is the perfect combination of math learning and pure fun! Overall … A fun math game app perfect to get your kids back into learning and school homework!

About

Paintiles

Match and clear tiles by painting them with given colors. Progress through increasingly challenging puzzles with new mechanics like dissolving ground and bombs. Offers a zen mode for endless, stress-free play.

Highlights
  • Tile painting and matching
  • New puzzle mechanics
  • 60 handcrafted levels
  • Color-blind friendly design
  • Zen mode for endless play
Features
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Paint the tiles to make matches and clear the board. The game starts simple, you are given three colors to paint tiles with. As you gain the skills necessary to solve increasingly challenging puzzles you're faced with new mechanics - dissolving ground, bombs, rainbow tiles, all of which make you think in new and interesting ways. Paintiles is a must for puzzle lovers! ● Easy to learn, hard to master ● Color-blind friendly ● 60 handcrafted levels ● Zen mode for an endless amount of stress-free puzzles I hope you enjoy playing!

Screenshots

Monster Numbers4 screens
Paintiles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paintiles at Free against Monster Numbers's $2.99. Paintiles also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Monster Numbers's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (92% vs 67%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Paintiles is free to download; Monster Numbers costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paintiles holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 41 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Monster Numbers's written reviews are positive against 67% of Paintiles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monster Numbers ships an update every 5 months, Paintiles every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Monster Numbers versus Paintiles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonster NumbersPaintiles
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (87 ratings)4.7 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better41
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDidactoons Games SLAndrey Spencer

Customer experience

Monster Numbers

All ratings86 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral9.3%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

Paintiles

All ratings41 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral7.3%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Monster Numbers

No in-app purchases

None

Paintiles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monster Numbers free?
Monster Numbers costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paintiles free?
Paintiles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monster Numbers or Paintiles?
Paintiles is rated higher. Monster Numbers averages 4.4 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while Paintiles averages 4.7 from 41 ratings.
Do Monster Numbers or Paintiles have ads?
Paintiles shows ads; Monster Numbers does not.
Which is updated more often, Monster Numbers or Paintiles?
Monster Numbers ships an update every 5 months, and Paintiles every 4 months. Most recently, Monster Numbers was updated on October 26, 2026 and Paintiles on October 26, 2026.

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