# Stack the Countries®

> Educational geography game for learning countries, capitals, and landmarks. (iPhone/iPad app by Freecloud Design, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stack-the-countries/id407838198 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Freecloud Design, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/324355664)
- Category: Education, Games, Family, Trivia
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 1,023 App Store ratings · 320 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 132 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-02-15
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stack-the-countries/id407838198/reviews.md

## What is Stack the Countries®?

- Featured on the TODAY show!
- Editor's Choice Award! - Children's Technology Review 
- "Stack the Countries is worth every penny and this is an educational purchase that you absolutely will not regret." - The iPhone Mom

Stack the Countries® makes learning about the world fun!  Watch the countries actually come to life in this colorful and dynamic game! 

As you learn country capitals, landmarks, geographic locations and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated countries anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of countries that reaches the checkered line to win each level.

You earn a random country for every successfully completed level.  All of your countries appear on your own personalized maps of the continents.  Try to collect all 193!  As you earn more countries, you begin to unlock the free bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up!  Three games in one!

CONTROL YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE:  You can choose to focus on just one specific continent or play the whole world.  You can also select which types of questions are asked.

LEARN BEFORE YOU PLAY:  Stack the Countries provides 193 country flash cards and colorful interactive maps of the continents.  Use them to brush up on your world geography before you play or as a handy reference tool.


HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD:
▸ Capitals
▸ Landmarks
▸ Major Cities
▸ Continents
▸ Border Countries
▸ Languages
▸ Flags
▸ Country Shapes

FEATURES:
▸ More than 1000 unique questions
▸ 193 flash cards -- one for each country!
▸ Interactive maps of the continents
▸ Collect all 193 countries and track your progress on personalized maps
▸ Earn FREE bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up!
▸ Play in English, Spanish and French
▸ Works on both iPhone and iPad - a universal app
▸ Create up to six player profiles
▸ Choose any of the friendly-looking countries as your avatar
▸ High resolution pictures of famous world landmarks
▸ All games are powered by a realistic physics engine
▸ Fun sound effects and music
▸ iPhone 4 Retina Display support

THREE GAMES IN ONE:

STACK THE COUNTRIES: Build tall piles of countries and try to reach the checkered line.

MAP IT: Tap the location of the selected country on the map.  Try to complete the whole continent!

PILE UP: The countries are piling up!  Identify and tap them quickly to get rid of them before they reach the top.


Stack the Countries® is an educational app for all ages that's actually FUN to play.  Try it now and enjoy three games for the price of one!


PRIVACY DISCLOSURE:
Stack the Countries®:
- Does not contain 3rd party ads.
- Does not contain in-app purchases.
- Does not contain integration with social networks.
- Does not use 3rd party analytics / data collection tools.
- Does include links to apps by Dan Russell-Pinson in the iTunes App Store (via Performance Horizon).

For more information on our privacy policy please visit:
http://dan-russell-pinson.com/privacy/

## Key features

- Learn country capitals, landmarks, and locations
- Build stacks of countries to win levels
- Collect all 193 countries
- Unlock bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up!
- Focus on specific continents or the whole world
- 193 country flash cards and interactive maps
- Play in English, Spanish, and French

## Chart rankings

- #23 in Top Paid · Education (US App Store)

## What do users think of Stack the Countries®?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Excellent educational game
- 🤩 Fun and engaging
- 🧠 Helps improve geography knowledge
- 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for all ages
- 🕹️ Addictive gameplay

**Cons**

- 🐛 Some bugs and glitches
- 🤔 Repetitive questions
- 🗺️ Inaccurate country sizes/shapes
- 🔍 Missing certain countries/territories

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Albania's position is tilted
- Overlapping of certain countries (e.g. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan)
- Incorrect information (e.g. Pyongyang in South Korea)
- Game freezing or crashing
- Progress not saving properly

**Most requested features**

- Add more countries and territories (e.g. Vatican City, Western Sahara, Kosovo, Taiwan)
- Improve accuracy of country sizes and shapes
- Increase variety of questions (e.g. capitals, landmarks, languages, geography facts)
- Add read-aloud option for questions
- Introduce more game modes and difficulty levels
- Create a sequel with enhanced features (like Stack the States 2)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 320)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stack-the-countries/id407838198/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Nostalgic

*2026-08-15, version 3.6*

I love it since when I was little, I still love it at this very day.. X3

### 5/5 — Different Every Game!

*2026-08-12, version 3.6*

This is the only country game I can find where every round is completely different instead of just having different countries, flags, or criteria. I love this game so much and am sad that states is doing better because this deserves way more than states ever did

### 5/5 — Fix Albania

*2026-08-06, version 3.6*

Can you add Palestine and Kosovo

### 5/5 — It was a blast!!!

*2026-07-24, version 3.6*

Can you do stack the countries 2 pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

### 5/5 — Better than our education system? I think so!

*2026-07-22, version 3.6*

My family first downloaded this game around 2012 or 2013, when I was about 11-12 and my brother was 8-9. (I just bought it for my new iPad, partially to revisit nostalgia, but partially to brush up on stuff I’ve forgotten.) My brother, who has autism, hyper-fixated a lot on this game, and he can now identify every country, the flags, name every capital city, and identify what countries border each other, all thanks to Stack The Countries. He has been able to have conversations with people about his geographical knowledge, which is SO significant for an autistic kid. While my memorization abilities are nowhere near as strong, I still credit this game with my ability to recognize countries that nobody around me seems to know about. For the longest time, I was baffled at how little most people seem to know about basic geography. Then I remembered that most people didn’t play this game for hours as a kid, and I am now convinced that this game is better than our education system!

I realize this is a very personal anecdote and may not reflect everyone’s experience, but this game truly means so much to me and my family! So thank you so much for the memories, the education, and the knowledge that will stay with us for a long time!

Edit: I found a bug! In Map It, Turkey is not only placed in Europe, but it’s placed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. While I’m sure the citizens of Turkey would love more beaches to swim in, I don’t think this is how they’ll achieve this!

### 5/5 — problems

*2026-07-21, version 3.6*

few problems. 1: russia is smaller than mexico. 2: vatican city is missing. 3: china is smaller than india. 4: turkey is still in the wrong position! 5: the game glitches. 6: albania is rotated weirdly. 7: Mexico is as big as the united states of america. 8: Canada is smaller than brazil. and where is alaska and hawaii in the game of stack the countries! and those are all of the problems of stack the countries. Please add stack the countries 2. BUT I LOVE THIS AWESOME GAME!!!!!

### 4/5 — Türkiye in asia?

*2026-07-15, version 3.6*

Good game, but it keeps saying türkiye is right by the UK in the atlantic when i play map-it on europe, not quite sure where to report this bug. Not sure if you know, but türkiye is not an island… nor is it in europe 😅😭

### 5/5 — can you update brazil's flag?

*2026-07-08, version 3.6*

Can you update brazils flag please?
The Circle is blue its supposed to be Dark Blue but the rest of the game i love! AND MAKE STACK THE LAKES!

### 5/5 — I love it

*2026-07-04, version 3.6*

The country’s are funny

### 5/5 — I love to sleep

*2026-06-27, version 3.6*

Without this game, I will stay awake and die into nothingness, but but this game changed my sleep routine. It makes me get better sleep and it helps and Dad to get sleepy too my family recommends that also Stack the States and Stack the States 2 makes me go to sleep every night I play 30 minutes every night. I always brush my teeth and play this game before i go to bed. So everyone in the whole world download this app and get goodnight sleep. byes.

## Frequently asked questions about Stack the Countries®

### What does Stack the Countries do?

Stack the Countries is an educational game designed to make learning about world geography fun. Players learn country capitals, landmarks, geographic locations, and more by stacking animated countries. Successfully completing levels earns players random countries to collect on personalized continent maps.

### What are the main features of Stack the Countries?

Key features include over 1000 unique questions, 193 country flash cards, interactive continent maps, and the ability to collect all 193 countries. Players can also unlock two free bonus games, 'Map It!' and 'Pile Up!', and choose to focus on specific continents or the entire world.

### How much does Stack the Countries cost?

The application is a paid app. It offers three games in one for a single purchase price, providing an educational experience without ongoing costs or advertisements.

### What devices is Stack the Countries compatible with?

Stack the Countries is a universal app, meaning it works on both iPhone and iPad devices. It supports high-resolution displays and includes features like multiple player profiles.

### What are the different ways to learn with Stack the Countries?

Players can learn through the core 'Stack the Countries' game by answering questions, or utilize the included 193 country flash cards and interactive maps as reference tools. The bonus games, 'Map It!' and 'Pile Up!', offer additional interactive learning methods.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.6 — 2025-11-01

* Fixed Turkey not showing in correct position on Europe map
* Add Spain as a bordering country of Morocco
* Updated Botswana and Zambia as bordering countries
* Updated languages of Lesotho
* Updated languages of Zimbabwe

### 3.5 — 2025-10-29

* Updated Syrian flag
* Updated Afghanistan flag
* Changed Rangoon to Yangon
* Updated Sesotho as an official language of Lesotho
* Updated Shona & Ndebele as official languages of Zimbabwe
* Changed Canton, China to Guangzhou, China
* Changed Nanking, China to Nanjing, China
* Changed Tientsin, China to Tianjin, China
* Changed Chengtu, China to Chengdu, China
* Changed Chungking, China to Chongqing, China
* Changed Hangchou, China to Hangzhou, China
* Changed Sian, China to Xi’an, China
* Changed Calcutta, India to Kolkata, India
* Changed Poona, India to Pune, India
* Changed Masjid AL Haram to Masjid al-Haram
* Changed Pusan, South Korea to Busan, South Korea
* Changed Kwangju, South Korea to Gwangju, South Korea
* Changed Taejon, South Korea to Daejeon, South Korea
* Changed Taegu, South Korea to Daegu, South Korea
* Changed Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine to Dnipro, Ukraine
* Changed Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan to Almaty, Kazakhstan
* Fixed Spanish translation of Republic of the Congo
* Included Turkey in the continent of Europe

### 3.4 — 2024-09-25

* Changed Kazakhstan capital to Astana
* Updated the flag of Kyrgyzstan
* Updated official language of Moldova to be Romanian
* Added Morocco as a bordering country of Spain

### 3.3 — 2023-08-24

* Changed Burma to Myanmar
* Changed capital of Myanmar to Naypyidaw
* Changed Bombay to Mumbai
* Added Bambara as Mali’s official language

### v3.2 — 2022-01-20

Fixed issue with loading for customers in non-English/US regions.

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