Comparison

Clockmaker vs Punderful

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

Head to head
About

Clockmaker

Embark on an adventure to break an evil curse by solving addictive match-3 puzzles. Uncover secrets, travel the world with heroes, and compete in unique tournaments. Enjoy a mystery-filled story with thousands of levels, playable both online and offline.

Highlights
  • Addicting match-3 gameplay
  • Mystery and riddle solving
  • World travel and adventure
  • Weekly in-game events
  • Online and offline play
  • Player tournaments
Features
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Rescue the town from the evil curse of the Old Clockmaker! Enjoy an addicting story, solve the mystery and save the city from the villain. Thousands of levels of adventure match three are waiting for you right now! Do you like puzzles, brain teasers and riddles? Welcome to “Clockmaker”: - Match 3 games! Addicting match 3 games with a touch of adventure and science fiction. - Secrets and riddles! Solve the riddles of mystery objects to get boosters and multiply your game points. - Travels! Go on an adventure with your favorite heroes to different parts of the world and celebrate national holidays. - Mystery atmosphere! Team up with Uncle to stop the treacherous Clockmaker and lift the curse from the town of Clocksville. - Jewel! Collect match 3 combinations, matching beautiful crystals, diamonds and other precious gems. - New events every week! Take a break from puzzles and take part in unique events: ride a ghost train, grow magical plants, make cakes, play bingo and more. - Unique tournaments! Participate in tourneys with other players and get prizes. - Play offline and online! You can enjoy our free puzzle games for adults offline (no wifi or internet connection required), but if you want to participate in online tournaments, be sure to check your internet or wifi. So if you are looking for addicting brain games, then “Clockmaker“ is what you need. Follow us to get news and updates: facebook.com/clockmaker.game Terms of Service: https://belka-games.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://belka-games.com/privacy/ Download our other amazing products! https://apps.apple.com/app/id1500251668 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1558716835

About

Punderful

Engage in a daily word game where you create puns based on clues. Compete against others on leaderboards and discover creative wordplay. Offers classic, situation, and cryptic modes for varied challenges.

Highlights
  • Daily pun challenges
  • Classic, Situation, and Cryptic modes
  • Timed gameplay
  • Scoring and voting system
  • Private group play
  • Seasonal leaderboards
  • Hall of Fame for best puns
Features
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A daily pun game. Here's how it works. You get a clue with two ideas hiding inside it — take "Cats have feelings too," which holds cats on one side and emotions on the other. Somewhere in the gap between them, a pun is waiting. (Ours would be "I'm feline a little fragile today.") You have three minutes to find yours and type as many as you can before the buzzer. Then the judging. Each pun is scored out of ten: on theme, on context, on whether it lands as a phrase, and on sheer cleverness. Hit only one side and you're capped at five. After that you vote on what everyone else came up with, and the votes decide the day's leaderboard. THREE CLUES, THREE KINDS Classic — two subjects collide. Write puns that land on both at once. Situation — a subject meets a setting. Same job: hit both halves. Cryptic — no writing, no scoring, no waiting for anyone else. One exact answer, typed into a row of blanks, the way a crossword works. The answer sounds like a familiar phrase but means something else entirely: COD ALMIGHTY, say, for "God almighty". The numbers tell you the word lengths, wrong guesses cost you nothing but time, and the moment you get it you know. PLAY WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW Start a private group, share the six-character code, and you get your own daily leaderboard alongside the public one. Points build into a running season table — including ten for solving the cryptic. HALL OF FAME At midnight the best pun for each clue is crowned and kept. Past Winners holds the ones that earned it. FREE AND PREMIUM Everyone plays all three clues, every day. Premium adds a bonus pun after the buzzer and removes the ads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Clockmaker4 screens
Punderful4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Punderful at 100% against Clockmaker's 43%. Punderful also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). Clockmaker's advantage is chart position (#125 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clockmaker sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Punderful sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clockmaker ships an update fortnightly, Punderful every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Clockmaker versus Punderful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockmakerPunderful
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (186K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings186K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#125 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size518 MB43 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSamfinaco LLC4:30 Limited

Customer experience

Clockmaker

All ratings185,298 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews1,613 reviews
Positive43.0%
Neutral13.8%
Negative43.3%

Punderful

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Clockmaker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashing and freezing issues
  • Ads causing the game to become unresponsive
  • Rewards not being properly credited

Requested features

3 requests
  • Pause button for free playtime rewards
  • More ways to earn in-game currency without spending
  • Better balance between difficulty and progression

Punderful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Clockmaker

One-time13
  • The Сheapest Offer to Start!$0.99
  • Resource Offer 1$0.99
  • Visitor's Kit$2.99
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  • Resource Offer 3$2.99
  • Bag of Rubies$4.99
  • Resource Offer 5$4.99
  • Gold Pass$6.99
  • Citizen's Stockpile$6.99
  • Clock Safe$8.99
  • Sack of Rubies$9.99
  • Watchman's Cache$14.99
  • Box of Rubies$19.99
  • Councilor's Bundle$34.99
3 purchases

Punderful

Subscriptions3
  • Punderful premium$1.991 Month
  • Punderful premium$7.996 Months
  • Punderful premium$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Clockmaker free?
Clockmaker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Punderful free?
Punderful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clockmaker or Punderful have ads?
Clockmaker shows ads; Punderful does not.
Which is updated more often, Clockmaker or Punderful?
Clockmaker ships an update fortnightly, and Punderful every 6 days. Most recently, Clockmaker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Punderful on October 5, 2026.

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