Candy Crush Saga vs The Treasures of Montezuma 3

How do Candy Crush Saga and The Treasures of Montezuma 3 compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Candy Crush Saga	The Treasures of Montezuma 3
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	hard	medium
Ad intensity	high	low
In-app-purchase pressure	high	low
Typical session	variable	short
Rating	4.7 / 5	1.9 / 5
Ratings count	3,988,014	127
Reviews say	What players like Addictive core match-3 gameplay with escalating difficulty Free to play with offline support Daily rewards and time-limited events for engagement Common complaints Aggressive ad placement and hard-to-close ad windows causing accidental clicks Pay-to-win mechanics with removed ad-based rewards after updates Technical bugs including crashes, freezing, and broken iPad UI	What players like Over 200 levels with varied arcade and puzzle modes Powerful Magic Totems enable strategic combo plays Multiple difficulty modes for casual and expert players Common complaints Very low store rating suggests significant player dissatisfaction Compatibility issues reported with iPhone 7 Potential performance or gameplay balance problems

Candy Crush Saga — Match-3 puzzle game where you blast candies through thousands of levels while navigating aggressive monetization and intrusive ads. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) The Treasures of Montezuma 3 — Match colorful tokens across 200+ levels to unlock Montezuma's treasures with powerful magical totem combos. (rated medium difficulty, low ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.