Magic Tiles 3 is more than just another game. Its chief selling point is that it's a piano game. And a rather wonderful one into the bargain.

It is elegantly simple. The only rule is to tap the black tiles and avoid the white ones. And that's it. If you like fast-moving puzzles and music, this is the game you have been searching for.

Features

● Genuine music feel when tapping the black tiles

● Loads of hot songs

● Frequent music updates

● Many musical genres, including pop, classical, country, EDM, Latin, etc.

More

Music and puzzles, what's not to like about that combination?

There are plenty of piano games around, but Magic Tiles 3 is undoubtedly one of the best available. And that's probably not surprising as the developer is Amanotes, Southeast Asia's number one publishing house.

They have some serious stats to back up that title, including:

● 1,600,000,000+ app downloads

● 95,000,000+ monthly active users

With a strong stable of games under their belts, Magic Tiles 3 come with an impressive pedigree. And this shows in the execution and gameplay of the game.

Based in Singapore, Amanotes claims to be the fastest-growing app publisher with a global reach. Their mission, they state, is to delight users with "magical musical experiences."

If you want to learn more about the team behind the game, head over to the amanotes.com website.

But back to the game. What sets Magic Tiles 3 apart is that you can interact directly with the music. Why, they ask, just listen to the music when you can play along?

Why not indeed. Everyone loves karaoke, so it's not a great leap of imagination that people want to murder their favorite songs by playing along as well. Not being a pianist or even remotely musically accomplished is not a problem. After all, being tone-deaf has never prevented anyone from grabbing the karaoke mic.

PROS

● Elegant simplicity

● Great graphics

CONS

● Only available in English

Price - Free, but you have the option to pay to go ad-free. In-app purchases, including VIP subscription packages, are also offered.

How to use

Magic Tiles 3 is downloadable from Google Play and Apple's App Store.

Storage space requirements for Android users vary by device. However, you will need to be on Android 5.0 or later.

Meanwhile, iOS devotees will need to set aside 309.6 MB of storage space and run iOS 10.0 or later. The game supports the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. There's also a version for your Mac desktop which requires iOS 11.0 or later.

Magic Tiles 3 also gets identical game ratings of 4.0 out of five stars on Google Play and the App Store.

Though it's perfectly feasible to play with paying a cent, in-app purchases start from $0.99, with an annual VIP subscription reaching $39.99. The App Store listing claims the "Unlimitted (sic) Life" subscription costs $0.99, but this is obviously two typos in a very short sentence. They really ought to fix this.