Flow Free vs Township

How do Flow Free and Township compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Flow Free	Township
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	variable	hard
Ad intensity	medium	high
In-app-purchase pressure	low	high
Typical session	variable	variable
Rating	4.8 / 5	4.8 / 5
Ratings count	400,377	2,166,200
Reviews say	What players like Hundreds of free levels and daily puzzles Smooth, polished gameplay with gradual difficulty progression Relaxing and meditative experience Common complaints Excessive ads even after purchasing ad-free version Ad-free purchase doesn't actually remove ads (especially for hints) Game stability issues and broken daily/weekly puzzles	What players like Engaging town-building and farming mechanics Relaxing match-3 minigames available offline Active community with co-op and competitions Common complaints Match-3 levels become brutally difficult and designed to push spending Misleading ads show farming gameplay but obscure the true city-building focus Accidental spend with no confirmation or refund policy despite past support

Flow Free — Connect matching colors with pipes to fill the board in this addictive, relaxing puzzle game with hundreds of free levels. (rated variable difficulty, medium ad pressure) Township — A city-building and farming sim with match-3 puzzles that blends relaxing town design with increasingly monetized progression gates. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-07-29. Last updated 2026-07-29.