Osmo Tangram Classic vs Brainzy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Brainzy
Engage in daily trivia challenges and solve puzzles to earn points and unlock real-life gifts. Compete globally for the fastest answers and climb leaderboards to win increasingly valuable rewards.
- Daily trivia challenges
- Solve puzzles
- Win real-life gifts
- Global leaderboards
- Hints available
- Puzzle archive
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You are looking for a trivia or puzzle game to keep your brain busy during your free time? Brainzy is a new trivia game where anyone can win real-life gifts by playing! Yes, Yes! You heard correctly: Real Life Gifts! Brainzy will feature multiple puzzles and challenging questions every single day. Puzzles will be live at the same time across the World! Start time of each puzzle will be available in the app. Once puzzle is live, the faster you answer or solve the puzzle, more points you will earn! You can always get help by utilizing hints available for each puzzle! Points you earn accumulate to reach new levels and once you reach a new level, you will win Real Life Gifts! Value of the gifts are increasing with each level! So, never stop playing as there is always next level where you can win even bigger gifts! Users can always review old puzzles! Archive will feature all the previous puzzles, user performance in each of puzzle, leaderboard featuring the fastest users to answer/solve the puzzle and puzzle solutions. Download for FREE now! Register and start competing to win precious gifts!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Osmo Tangram Classic at none against Brainzy's 16. Osmo Tangram Classic also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (314 vs 4). Brainzy's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.0 vs 3.8). On price, monetization model 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. Brainzy sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Osmo Tangram Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Brainzy holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Tangram Classic has 314 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Osmo Tangram Classic ships an update every 2 months, Brainzy every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Osmo Tangram Classic | Brainzy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (314 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 314 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tangible Play | MobileApp LLC |
Customer experience
Osmo Tangram Classic
Brainzy
Bugs and requests
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
Brainzy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Osmo Tangram Classic
No in-app purchases
Brainzy
- 10 Timeless Puzzles$0.99
- 8 Timeless Puzzles$0.99
- 10 hints$0.99
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- 25 Timeless Puzzles$1.99
- 25 Hints$1.99
- 12 hints$1.99
- 50 Timeless Puzzles$2.99
- 50 Hints$2.99
- 20 Timeless Puzzles$2.99
- 40 Timeless Puzzles$4.99
- 20 Hints$4.99
- 100 Timeless Puzzles$5.99
- 100 Hints$5.99
- 40 Hints$6.99
- 100 Timeless Puzzles$9.99
- 100 Hints$9.99
Questions
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