Miracle Match 3 vs Matching Tale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Miracle Match 3
Embark on a magical match-3 adventure through classic fairytales. Solve thousands of challenging puzzles with the help of arcane spells and beloved fairytale heroes. Enjoy beautiful graphics and colorful locations.
- Fairytale-themed locations
- Thousands of puzzles
- Arcane spells
- Beautiful graphics
- Fairytale heroes
- Facebook progress sync
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'Miracle' is a colourful match-3 game based on all-known and loved fairytales. Delve into the world of magic and miracles together with your favorite fayritale heroes and help them solve mind-sharpening puzzles! Game features: Colourful locations based on classic fairytales Thousands of interesting puzzles! Arcane spells to help you in your quest of puzzle-solving Beautiful graphics Fairytale heroes you know and love! Syncrinize your progress with Facebook and get reward for that! Absolutely Free-to-Play!
Matching Tale
Restore a bewitched kingdom by solving challenging match-3 puzzles. Overcome obstacles, create magical power-ups, and unlock boosters to help the inhabitants. Explore fairy-tale locations and compete with players worldwide.
- Challenging match-3 levels
- Fun obstacles and unique power-ups
- Powerful boosters and combos
- Fairy-tale locations
- Adorable bewitched characters
- Teams and leaderboards
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The Kingdom has fallen under a spell! Help the bewitched inhabitants turn the gloomy castle back into a wonderful, happy place. Complete challenging, unique and exciting match-3 levels! Overcome obstacles, create magical power-ups and unlock powerful boosters! The Matching Tale features: - Exciting match-3 levels with fun obstacles and unique power-ups! - Fun boosters and powerful combos to help you beat levels - A lot of amazing fairy-tale locations for disenchantment - Dozens of adorable bewitched characters - Teams and Leaderboards to compete with players all over the world
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Miracle Match 3 at 4.8 against Matching Tale's 3.8. Miracle Match 3 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 21 months). Matching Tale's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 91%). 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
Both are free to download. Miracle Match 3 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Matching Tale sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Miracle Match 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Miracle Match 3 has 197 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Miracle Match 3's written reviews are positive against 100% of Matching Tale's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Miracle Match 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, Matching Tale every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Miracle Match 3 | Matching Tale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (197 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 197 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 280 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | PlayFlock | MESSWORKS LTD |
Customer experience
Miracle Match 3
Matching Tale
Bugs and requests
Miracle Match 3
Reported bugs
2 issues- Some pop-ups or instructions appear in foreign languages
- Occasional loss of progress or game data
Requested features
2 requests- Larger text and UI elements for better visibility
- More accessibility options for visually impaired users
Matching Tale
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Miracle Match 3
- 210 Coins$0.99
- 200 Coins$1.99
- 550 Coins$4.99
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- 1000 Coins$5.99
- 1200 Coins$9.99
- 2800 Coins$19.99
- 8000 Coins$49.99
- 12000 Coins$49.99
- 17500 Coins$69.99
- 25000 Coins$99.99
Matching Tale
- Coins pack #2$7.99
- Charmer Set$9.99
- Coins pack #3$14.99
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- Magician Set$19.99
- Coins pack #4$29.99
- Sorcerer Set$39.99
- Coins pack #5$54.99
- Fairy King Set$79.99
- Coins pack #6$99.99
- Great Wizard Set$99.99
Questions
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