Comparison

Tiles Challenge vs Aetherweave

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

Head to head
About

Tiles Challenge

Engage your logic and thinking skills in this unique tile puzzle game. Arrange mosaic tiles to form solid circles of a single color, with levels designed to offer multiple solutions. Enjoy hours of addictive gameplay with 100 challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Unique tile arrangement puzzles
  • Brain logic and thinking challenges
  • Swap and rotate tiles
  • Multiple solutions per level
  • 100 challenging levels
  • Addictive gameplay
Features
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Challange your brain abilities and logic in the new unusual thinking tile puzzle game and became unbeaten tile master. The сhallenge of each level is to place the mosiac tiles in semicircles will connect and become solid circle of one color. Enable your brain logic - drag and drop tiles so you can swap and rotate each tile to match all tiles in puzzle board. More cool tile joints you have on the level means more interresting and hard puzzle you solve and more actions to swap and flip tiles. Remember that levels were crafted with ability to have more than one solution for some of tile puzzle levels. Using hints will solve puzzle in one of that solutions. You will meet 100 cool puzzle levels with mixed up tiles that will bring you hours and hours of addictive gameplay and puzzle experience for brain!

About

Aetherweave

Features
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Aetherweave is a premium cosmic puzzle game where you weave a glowing thread through the sky.  Drag between nearby stars to build one continuous path, satisfy special star rules, and stabilize each constellation.  Every level feels calm, smart, and addictive with smooth animations, subtle sound effects, and satisfying win moments. Play through multiple packs with rising difficulty, unlock bigger grids, and discover new mechanics like gates and void zones that bend how you think.  No accounts, no ads, no subscriptions.  One purchase and you own the full experience forever. Features Hundreds of handcrafted style puzzles with a steady difficulty ramp Simple drag controls with hints, undo, and clean feedback Beautiful space background with subtle motion and star effects Satisfying win animations and sound, with a mute toggle Works offline, no tracking, no interruptions

Screenshots

Tiles Challenge4 screens
Aetherweave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tiles Challenge at Free against Aetherweave's $4.99. Tiles Challenge also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). Aetherweave's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Tiles Challenge is free to download; Aetherweave costs $4.99 up front. Tiles Challenge sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Aetherweave asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiles Challenge ships an update every 20 months, Aetherweave every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tiles Challenge versus Aetherweave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiles ChallengeAetherweave
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.1 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey KharitonovLaurand Osmeni

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tiles Challenge

One-time2
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • 5 hints$1.99
None

Aetherweave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiles Challenge free?
Tiles Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aetherweave free?
Aetherweave costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tiles Challenge or Aetherweave have ads?
Tiles Challenge shows ads; Aetherweave does not.
Which is updated more often, Tiles Challenge or Aetherweave?
Tiles Challenge ships an update every 20 months, and Aetherweave every 5 days. Most recently, Tiles Challenge was updated on October 24, 2026 and Aetherweave on October 8, 2026.

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