Royal Match vs Township

How do Royal Match 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.

	Royal Match	Township
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	hard	hard
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	high
Typical session	medium	variable
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.8 / 5
Ratings count	3,722,504	2,153,682
Reviews say	What players like Entertaining and addictive gameplay loop Progression system unlocks new castle areas Powerful boosters and collectible rewards Common complaints Levels become impossible without in-app purchases Difficulty spike designed to pressure spending Pay-to-win mechanics targeting spenders with easier levels	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

Royal Match — Match-3 puzzle game where you restore a royal castle by breaking obstacles and combining power-ups to beat challenging levels. (rated hard difficulty, high 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 2026-07-10. Last updated 2026-07-10.