Comparison

Multicross Puzzle Challenge vs Fill Squares

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

Head to head
About

Multicross Puzzle Challenge

Engage your mind with a new puzzle game from the creator of Tetris. Solve over 1800 unique challenges across three distinct modes, with new puzzles added daily. Enjoy stylish visuals and a rewarding gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Over 1800 unique puzzles
  • Three challenge types: Fill, Rotate, Mirror
  • Daily new challenges
  • Simple drag-and-drop gameplay
  • Stylish visuals and sound
  • Score multiplier system
Features
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TETRIS® 40 YEARS: This game designed by Tetris® creator. Multicross is new puzzle game designed by Tetris creator – Alexey Pajitnov. Multicross features: • Fun and simple gameplay; • 600+600+600 challenge puzzles of 3 types; • 15 new challenges every day; • Stylish visuals, music and sound effects How to play main game: • Drag a shape from bottom pool onto vacant space of the playing field; • Form the full line of blocks either horizontally or vertically to score and clean it up; • Build crossing lines to obtain better score, as well as to clear entire playing field; • Increase blocks’ price placing same color blocks on the playing field; • Collect stars in challenges to increase main score multiplier; • Keep the blocks from filling the playfield. How to play FILL challenge: • Drag a shape from bottom pool onto vacant space of the playing field; • Fill the whole playing field with blocks; • Collect stars to increase main score multiplier. How to play ROTATE challenge: • Tap a shape in stack to rotate before placing it onto vacant space of the playing field. How to play MIRROR challenge: • Tap a shape in stack to flip it horizontally before placing it onto vacant space of the playing field. Shape your mind while mastering the shapes of new game from Puzzle Guru – Alexey Pajitnov.

About

Fill Squares

Engage in a logic puzzle game that challenges your mind by filling all blocks with a single line. This free-to-play experience offers increasingly difficult levels, promoting brain activity and mathematical thinking. Perfect for downtime or commutes, it's an addictive way to train your brain.

Highlights
  • Connect the block puzzle
  • Single line filling
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Brain training
  • Mathematical puzzles
  • Addictive gameplay
Features
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Sharpen your mind with a connect the block style puzzle game. A simple but addictive one-line puzzle game that’s completely free to play. Your brain becomes more active the more you play. During your commute, before you sleep… enjoy downtime with brain training. The rules are extremely simple. Just fill in all of the blocks using only one line. Don’t get too cozy—the puzzles get harder as you go along. One-line puzzles are mathematical problems with origins in the early 18th century. Mathematical thinking is said to increase work efficiency and prevent aging. Whether math is your bane or your forte, be sure to give this game a try. You’re sure to get hooked on these puzzles!

Screenshots

Multicross Puzzle Challenge4 screens
Fill Squares4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Multicross Puzzle Challenge at none against Fill Squares's 7. Fill Squares's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and monetization model 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. Fill Squares sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Multicross Puzzle Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Multicross Puzzle Challenge against 4.6 for Fill Squares. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 167 and 123 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Multicross Puzzle Challenge's written reviews are positive against 92% of Fill Squares's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Multicross Puzzle Challenge ships an update every 4 months, Fill Squares every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Multicross Puzzle Challenge versus Fill Squares: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMulticross Puzzle ChallengeFill Squares
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (167 ratings)4.6 (123 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews92.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings167 — better123
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANDREY NOVIKOVKaren Karapetyan

Customer experience

Multicross Puzzle Challenge

All ratings167 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral10.6%
Negative23.4%

Fill Squares

All ratings123 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive92.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative2.0%

Bugs and requests

Multicross Puzzle Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Fill Squares

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Small lag

Requested features

2 requests
  • Make updates to avoid repetition
  • Less ads

In-app purchases

None

Multicross Puzzle Challenge

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Fill Squares

One-time7
  • Expert LevelFree
  • Professional LevelFree
  • Master Level$0.99
Show 4 more
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 55 hints$3.99
  • 110 Hints$7.99

Questions

Is Multicross Puzzle Challenge free?
Multicross Puzzle Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fill Squares free?
Fill Squares is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Multicross Puzzle Challenge or Fill Squares?
Fill Squares is rated higher. Multicross Puzzle Challenge averages 4.5 out of 5 from 167 ratings, while Fill Squares averages 4.6 from 123 ratings.
Do Multicross Puzzle Challenge or Fill Squares have ads?
Multicross Puzzle Challenge shows ads; Fill Squares does not.
Which is updated more often, Multicross Puzzle Challenge or Fill Squares?
Multicross Puzzle Challenge ships an update every 4 months, and Fill Squares every 3 days. Most recently, Multicross Puzzle Challenge was updated on November 1, 2026 and Fill Squares on November 6, 2026.

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