Pair Away vs Transport Tangle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pair Away
A simple and engaging matching game designed for quick play sessions. Progress through increasing difficulty levels, challenge friends in an endless mode, and unlock a variety of themes. Track your achievements and compare your progress.
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Endless 'Immortal' mode
- Unlockable themes
- Track stats and achievements
- Multi-deck gameplay
- Animated tutorial
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Pair Away is a simple matching game for anyone to play. Levels can be played in a short amount of time, and great for filling any extra minute. The game starts out simple with only a few types of pairs, but quickly gets harder as you unlock more difficulty levels. Challenge your friends on immortal mode by endlessly matching pairs to obtaining the highest score. As you collect pairs, you can unlock and use themes when you play each level. Track your stats and achievements as you play and compare with your friends. HOW TO PLAY • Animated how to play to easily learn the game MULTIPLE LEVELS • Unlock and play through 10 different difficulty levels GAME MODES • Play with 1, 2, or 4 total decks IMMORTAL • Endless level to challenge your friends at matching pairs THEMES • 40 Themes to unlock and use while playing Pair Away GAME CENTER • Over 25 Achievements to unlock throughout the game, such as using themes and winning levels STATS • Stats to keep track of your progress as you compete and try to unlock achievements UNIVERSAL • Pair Away can be played on all iOS devices If you have any recommendations or comments please contact us with your ideas!
Transport Tangle
Guide stickmen to their buses by tapping them in the correct order. Navigate through obstacles and avoid collisions to solve increasingly challenging puzzles. Enjoy simple yet addictive fun in this engaging path-drawing game.
- Untangle transport chaos
- Guide stickmen to buses
- Tap in sequence
- Avoid obstacles and collisions
- Solve puzzles
- Addictive fun
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Can you untangle the transport chaos? Help stickmen reach their buses by clicking them in sequence. Watch out for obstacles and collisions to solve each puzzle. Simple yet addictive fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Transport Tangle at 100% against Pair Away's 56%. Transport Tangle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). Pair Away's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (24 vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pair Away sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Transport Tangle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Transport Tangle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pair Away has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Pair Away's written reviews are positive against 100% of Transport Tangle's.
Pair Away ships an update every 6 weeks, Transport Tangle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pair Away | Transport Tangle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bobby Rohweder | Wixot Studios |
Customer experience
Pair Away
Transport Tangle
In-app purchases
Pair Away
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Tiny Pair Pack$0.99
- Remove Defeat Requirements$1.99
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- Small Pair Pack$1.99
- Earn 2x Pairs$2.99
- Medium Pair Pack$4.99
- Earn 4x Pairs$6.99
- Large Pair Pack$9.99
- Jumbo Pair Pack$19.99
- Huge Pair Pack$49.99
Transport Tangle
No in-app purchases
