Comparison

Osmo Newton vs Tami's Tower

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

Head to head
About

Osmo Newton

Engage with creative physics puzzles by drawing or placing physical objects. Guide falling balls into target zones using everyday items. Experience a blend of physical and digital play.

Highlights
  • Draw lines to solve puzzles
  • Place physical objects to interact
  • Guide falling balls into targets
  • Works with everyday items
  • Hands-on learning experience
  • Promotes creativity and problem-solving
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Solve creative physics puzzles by drawing lines or placing items in front of the screen. Play your favourite Osmo Newton on both iPhone and iPad! Use your iPhone with the "Osmo Base for iPad" which can be found at playosmo.com. * Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 "..games that interact with just about any physical object—pen, paper, blocks, even toys your kids already own. - The Wall Street Journal "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 Works with any object or drawing – Mom’s keys, hand-drawn basket, even toys you already own. Simply place the object/drawing in front of the screen and manipulate it to guide the falling balls into the target zones. 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 intelligent technology.

About

Tami's Tower

Guide a hungry tamarin to fruit by building a stable tower. Learn basic engineering design principles through interactive gameplay. This educational game is designed for young learners and can be used at home or in the classroom.

Highlights
  • Build towers to reach fruit
  • Learn engineering design principles
  • Educational content for K-2
  • Metacognitive prompts for self-assessment
  • Sandbox mode for level design
  • Classroom or home use
Features
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It’s lunch time and Tami, the golden lion tamarin, is hungry! Help Tami reach the delicious fruit by building a tower. But watch out! Other animals can cause Tami’s tower to topple over. From the Smithsonian Science Education Center, Tami’s Tower: Let’s Think About Engineering is an educational engineering design game that will help teach your student how to design a solution to a problem using basic engineering design principles. Educational features: • Aligned to educational science standards for kindergarten through second grade • Designed for emergent readers • Grounded in educational psychology research • Metacognitive prompts provide students an opportunity to monitor and assess their own confidence •  Teachers can assess student responses to metacognitive prompts through an in-game summary screen •  In-game tutorial to teach students how to play • Introduces students to engineering design principles • Students will learn how the shape of an object can help it function as needed to solve a problem •  Students can reflect on previous attempts to improve design •  Students can design a level in Sandbox mode •  Designed to be used in the classroom or at home

Screenshots

Osmo Newton4 screens
Tami's Tower1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tami's Tower at 5.0 against Osmo Newton's 4.1. Tami's Tower also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Osmo Newton's advantage is ratings volume (384 vs 14). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tami's Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Newton has 384 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Osmo Newton's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tami's Tower's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Osmo Newton ships an update every 2 months, Tami's Tower every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Osmo Newton versus Tami's Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOsmo NewtonTami's Tower
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (384 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings384 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size451 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTangible PlaySmithsonian Institution

Customer experience

Osmo Newton

All ratings383 ratings
Positive75.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative17.8%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral8.6%
Negative25.9%

Tami's Tower

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Osmo Newton

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes on launch or during gameplay
  • Unresponsive app after recent updates
  • Lorem Ipsum placeholder text stuck on screen
  • Achievement page frozen preventing gameplay
  • App incompatible with iPad Air 2 and 11-inch iPad
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  • Camera permission prompt issues on newer iOS
  • Line detection fails to recognize drawings
  • Game slows down significantly with multiple balls
  • App fails to load or gets stuck on loading screen
  • Whiteboard compatibility issues

Requested features

8 requests
  • Back/front camera option for better positioning
  • Pause menu functionality
  • More levels beyond the current 61
  • Grid screen option for better line detection
  • Adjustable camera sensitivity settings
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  • Better instructions and tutorial for beginners
  • Start button before gameplay begins
  • Support for older iPad models

Tami's Tower

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Osmo Newton

No in-app purchases

None

Tami's Tower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Osmo Newton free?
Osmo Newton is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tami's Tower free?
Tami's Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Osmo Newton or Tami's Tower?
Tami's Tower is rated higher. Osmo Newton averages 4.1 out of 5 from 384 ratings, while Tami's Tower averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do Osmo Newton or Tami's Tower have ads?
Neither Osmo Newton nor Tami's Tower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Osmo Newton or Tami's Tower?
Osmo Newton ships an update every 2 months, and Tami's Tower every 6 weeks. Most recently, Osmo Newton was updated on October 21, 2026 and Tami's Tower on October 11, 2026.

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