Comparison

Loose Nozzles vs Pixel Fidget Lab

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Loose Nozzles

Pilot a rickety rocket through 25 levels of slapstick arcade flight and rescue. Master simple controls to save colonists while avoiding collisions that damage your ship. Compete on leaderboards with unlockable upgrades and alternate play modes.

Highlights
  • 25 levels of increasing challenge
  • Simple two-button controls
  • Rocket damage mechanics
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Unlockable rocket upgrades
  • Alternate play modes
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Built by a veteran game developer around his young son’s artwork, Loose Nozzles is a slapstick arcade game of flight and rescue. Use simple, two-button controls to pilot your rickety rocket and save endangered colonists over 25 levels of increasing intricacy and menace. The child-like look masks a grown-up challenge; each collision risks losing a piece of your rocket, turning a mission of precision flight into a chaotic struggle to survive. Master the controls and learn to fly “smooth” – fast, close, and free of injury – to make your way up the leaderboards. Loose Nozzles is free to play with rocket upgrades, skins that look and fly differently, and alternate play modes for even greater challenge. Loose Nozzles is a labor of love from Foster and Family Games. We hope you like it!

About

Pixel Fidget Lab

Features
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Unwind in pixel-perfect style with Pixel Fidget Lab, the retro fidget playground for the moments in between: waiting rooms, lines, coffee breaks, or whenever your mind needs a minute. No levels. No scores. No timers. Just 8 hand-crafted digital fidget toys with silky-smooth animation and satisfying haptic feedback. CLASSIC ARCADE TOYS • Laser Bouncer – Swipe to fire neon lasers that ricochet off the walls, throwing sparks on every hit. • Fidget Spinner – Tap to add glowing pixels, then flick to spin. It coasts down just like the real thing, with a little click as it turns. • Zen Pond – Tap to drop a pebble, drag to leave a wake, or shake for a rain shower. Watch the glowing motes ride the ripples. • CRT Screen – A classic screensaver with a twist: cheer when the square hits a corner, and enjoy fireworks when the countdown reaches zero. NEW FIDGET TOYS • Sand Mandala – Tilt your phone and layered sand flows, slides and piles into dunes. Hold to pour new colors; shake to start fresh. • Crystal Garden – Tap to grow glowing crystals. Hold longer for bigger ones; shake to shatter them all. • Ink Drop – Watch ink bloom in deep water. Flip your phone upside down for a new color palette. • Bubble Wrap – Pop, swipe and chain combos through glossy bubbles. It always refills. MADE TO RELAX • Satisfying haptic feedback • Works offline, no account needed • English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese • Retro pixel style with modern performance No ads. No pressure. Just pixels, physics and fun.

Screenshots

Loose Nozzles4 screens
Pixel Fidget Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixel Fidget Lab at none against Loose Nozzles's 1. Loose Nozzles's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loose Nozzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Fidget Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loose Nozzles ships an update every 3 months, Pixel Fidget Lab every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Loose Nozzles versus Pixel Fidget Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoose NozzlesPixel Fidget Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size395 MB8 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperChristopher FosterBrian Bolek

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Loose Nozzles

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$1.99
None

Pixel Fidget Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loose Nozzles free?
Loose Nozzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Fidget Lab free?
Pixel Fidget Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Loose Nozzles or Pixel Fidget Lab have ads?
Neither Loose Nozzles nor Pixel Fidget Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loose Nozzles or Pixel Fidget Lab?
Loose Nozzles ships an update every 3 months, and Pixel Fidget Lab every 8 months. Most recently, Loose Nozzles was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pixel Fidget Lab on October 24, 2026.

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