Comparison

Tempra vs Match Attack

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

Head to head
About

Tempra

Sharpen your internal clock with this game designed to test and improve your time perception. Aim to match target times by focusing on your sense of rhythm and timing.

Highlights
  • Test time accuracy
  • Increase time precision
  • Focus on internal sense of time
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Simple objective
Features
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Test and increase the accuracy and precision of your sense of time. For each trial, your goal is to get as close as possible to the displayed target time. Breathe... relax, and focus on your internal sense of time. Designed and built by Che-Wei Wang MIT Media Lab, Playful Systems

About

Match Attack

Engage in roguelike match-3 combat where tile swaps trigger attacks, defense, and healing. Collect powerful relics and build game-breaking synergies across multiple chapters. Enjoy single-player, offline gameplay with no timers or energy systems.

Highlights
  • Match tiles to attack, defend, and heal
  • Create powerful tile cascades
  • Collect over 280 synergistic relics
  • Progress through three distinct chapters
  • Unlock permanent relics through runs
  • Ascension tiers for increased difficulty
Features
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Match Attack is a match-3 roguelike game where the board is your weapon! Swap tiles to make matches and watch satisfying cascades. Set up the perfect board, collect upgrades and create gamebreaking builds! - Match tiles to attack, defend, recharge and heal - Get rewarded for bigger matches with clears, empowered tiles, wildcards, and bombs - 280+ relics with synergizing mechanics - Three chapters, each with fights, elites, events, shops, rest sites, and a boss finale - Earn experience from every run to permanently unlock new relics - Ascension tiers add difficulty for uncapped replayability Single-player, fully offline. No timers, no energy. One optional in-app purchase to removes ads and support the solo developer!

Screenshots

Tempra3 screens
Match Attack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tempra at none against Match Attack's 1. Tempra also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Match Attack's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 69 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Match Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tempra asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tempra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempra ships an update every 69 months, Match Attack every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tempra versus Match Attack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempraMatch Attack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings412 — better
Update frequencyEvery 69 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB111 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCW&TMichael Ip

Customer experience

Tempra

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Match Attack

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tempra

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Match Attack

One-time1
  • Match Attack Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Tempra free?
Tempra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Match Attack free?
Match Attack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tempra or Match Attack?
Tempra is rated higher. Tempra averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Match Attack averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Tempra or Match Attack have ads?
Match Attack shows ads; Tempra does not.
Which is updated more often, Tempra or Match Attack?
Tempra ships an update every 69 months, and Match Attack every 2 days. Most recently, Tempra was updated on October 8, 2026 and Match Attack on October 7, 2026.

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