Independent reader site · Montreal · checked 19 Aug 2026
Jewel match-3 games: which of these two boards actually asks you to think?
One gives you a wide open grid and a long move counter; the other buries the grid in wooden frames and locks. Same core rule, two very different kinds of pressure.
The rule
Four things every board on this page does
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Swap two neighbours
You may exchange any two gems that touch, and only if the exchange creates a line of three or more of one colour. A swap that produces nothing simply snaps back.
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Lines clear, the column falls
The matched line disappears, everything above it drops into the gap and new gems enter from the top edge. If the new arrangement is itself a line, it clears without costing you a move.
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Longer lines make special gems
Four in a row leaves a gem that clears a whole line; five leaves one that clears a colour. Both games follow this convention, which is why a player of one is not lost in the other.
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Moves are the real currency
Each level gives a fixed number of moves and a goal — collect so many red drops, break every wooden crate. Running out of moves ends the level, not a timer.
01
Jewels Magic: Mystery Match 3
Puzzle1Studio
- Developer
- Puzzle1Studio
- Category
- Puzzle
- Rating
- Everyone
- Downloads
- 10M+
- Price
- Free
- Ads
- Declared
- Purchases
- Declared
A dark board on a night background, with gems drawn as flat facets rather than glossy jelly. Grids are wide and mostly open, so the first dozen levels are about spotting the long line rather than working around obstacles. Later stages add wooden frames and stone tiles along the edges.
The look is the reason to pick it: high contrast, no character talking over the board, no scenery competing with the grid.
Open on Google Play Opens the official Google Play listing. Terms, taxes and fees are shown on the next step.
02
Doodle Jewels Match 3
Byril
- Developer
- Byril
- Category
- Puzzle
- Rating
- Everyone
- Downloads
- 100K+
- Price
- Free
- Ads
- Declared
- Purchases
- Declared
A much smaller game with a hand-drawn arcade frame around the grid — stone masks, wooden planks, a percentage meter at the top instead of a plain move count. The board is narrower, so a single clear reshuffles a larger share of what you can see and chains happen more often by accident.
It is the busier of the two to look at, and the one that feels closer to an arcade cabinet than to a puzzle app.
Open on Google Play Opens the official Google Play listing. Terms, taxes and fees are shown on the next step.
Side by side
The two, line by line
| Jewels Magic | Doodle Jewels | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Puzzle1Studio | Byril |
| Downloads on listing | 10M+ | 100K+ |
| Rating | Everyone | Everyone |
| Board | Wide, open, dark | Narrow, framed, busy |
| Progress shown as | Move counter and stage number | Percentage meter |
| Obstacles | Frames and stone tiles | Planks, crates, masks |
| Free | Yes, ads and purchases | Yes, ads and purchases |
| Pick it for | Reading a big grid quickly | Chains landing on their own |
Rows come from the Google Play listings and from playing the first stages, on 19 August 2026. Listings change without notice; the store is always the authority.
Straight answers
What this site is, and what it is not
How the page was written
Both games were installed from Google Play and played through their opening stages. Nothing was paid for, no developer supplied a build and neither studio was contacted before publishing.
Store facts are copied from the listings on the date above, not rounded or improved. Where the store gives a band such as 10M+, the band is what appears here.
What this is not
Not a download site. There is no APK here and no mirror; the buttons open Google Play and nothing else. Not an affiliate: the links carry no tracking tag and we are paid nothing if you install.
Not gambling either. Both titles are puzzle games rated Everyone, with no stake, no wager and no cash prize anywhere in them.
FAQ
Questions people send us
Do you develop these games?
No. Jewels Magic is made by Puzzle1Studio and Doodle Jewels Match 3 by Byril. We are readers with a website and no connection to either.
Can I download the games here?
No, and you should not take an Android game from any site that hands you a file. Use the Google Play buttons.
Are these games free?
Both are free to install. Both listings declare advertising and optional in-app purchases, which is what you would expect from a free match-3 game.
Is there any betting in them?
No. There is nothing to stake and no prize of any value. They are puzzle games rated Everyone.
Why only two games?
Because two can be compared honestly in one sitting. A list of twenty would mean writing about games we had barely opened.
Can I write in French?
Yes — the site is written in Montreal and we answer in French or English.
Corrections
Tell us what is wrong
If a store listing has changed or a line here reads as an overstatement, say which one. We check it against the listing and fix the page.
Contact
Who publishes this
- Site
- Xylofraktor Gem Log
- Published by
- Marc-André Tremblay
- Address
- 1250 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, QC H3B 4W8, Canada
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +1 (514) 555-0149
- Reply time
- Two business days
The contact page carries the same form.