Threes! Freeplay vs Gerrymeandering
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Threes! Freeplay
This is a simple yet challenging number-sliding puzzle game. Combine numbers to reach higher scores and grow your mind. It offers an endless challenge with endearing characters and a heartwarming soundtrack.
- Number sliding puzzle
- Endless challenge
- Endearing characters
- Heart-warming soundtrack
- Complete experience
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Threes is a tiny puzzle that grows on you. This is the ad-supported version. ³ Apple Game of the Year 2014!! ³ Apple Design Award 2014 Winner ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ “You might as well delete Candy Crush Saga now.” ~ Pocket Gamer “It's surprisingly adorable, for a game starring numbers.” ~ Joystiq “It’s the kind of game that embosses the rules on your brain within 30 seconds, but then compels you to spend the next two hours playing.” ~ Pocket Tactics ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ Explore our little game’s deep challenge and grow your mind beyond imagination. Optimized for iOS8 and human brains. Universal app for iPhone and iPads. ³ Endless challenge from one simple game mode ³ An endearing cast of characters ³ A heart-warming soundtrack ³ No IAP - Threes is a complete experience the moment you download it Honorably mentioned for Excellence in Design by the Independent Games Festival. ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ From the makers of PUZZLEJUICE: ³ Designed by Asher Vollmer ³ Illustrated by Greg Wohlwend (Ridiculous Fishing, Hundreds) ³ Scored by Jimmy Hinson (Black Ops 2, Mass Effect 2) ³ Optimized by Hidden Variable (Bag It!, Tic Tactics) ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ Threes grows with you and you’ll grow with Threes.
Gerrymeandering
A districting puzzle game where you draw electoral maps to achieve specific voting outcomes. Navigate hand-built maps and real US state geography to win elections by strategically carving districts. The game offers a clean, tactile drawing experience with provably winnable levels.
- Draw electoral districts on maps
- Achieve specific voting targets
- 100 hand-built maps
- Campaign across 50 US states
- Tactile touch controls
- Provably winnable levels
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Gerrymeandering is a districting puzzle about the most quietly powerful move in politics: drawing the lines. Every level hands you a map of colored voters and a target. Carve the map into districts so your side comes out ahead — or, in the trickier puzzles, so the outcome lands exactly where it has to. The votes never change. Only the borders do. Win by meandering. • A hundred hand-built maps — fifty grid puzzles and fifty invented countries — that ramp from "oh, I get it" to "…oh no." • A campaign across all 50 US states, built from real geography and election results — draw the districts, bank House seats, race to 218. • Clean, tactile map-drawing built for touch — drag to claim, two-finger pan, undo freely while you experiment. • Every level is provably winnable. No dead ends, no fake difficulty. • Play a quick puzzle in a minute or lose an afternoon to the campaign. A puzzle game about politics that never tells you how to vote — just shows you how the lines get drawn. Fair is a matter of perspective.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gerrymeandering at 100% against Threes! Freeplay's 54%. Gerrymeandering also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Threes! Freeplay's advantage is ratings volume (625 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gerrymeandering holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Threes! Freeplay has 625 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Threes! Freeplay's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gerrymeandering's.
Threes! Freeplay ships an update every 2 months, Gerrymeandering every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Threes! Freeplay | Gerrymeandering |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (625 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 625 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sirvo LLC | James Prince |
Customer experience
Threes! Freeplay
Gerrymeandering
Bugs and requests
Threes! Freeplay
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ads not properly crediting free plays
- Freezing or crashing when watching ads
Requested features
4 requests- Offline play mode
- Ability to disable background music
- More levels or difficulty modes
- Multiplayer or social features
Gerrymeandering
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Threes! Freeplay
No in-app purchases
Gerrymeandering
No in-app purchases
Questions
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