Rust Bucket vs Piece Out
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rust Bucket
Embark on a turn-based dungeon crawl with simple swipe controls. Navigate treacherous environments, battle diverse monsters, and overcome deadly traps. This challenging game offers endless exploration and strategic combat, perfect for quick gaming sessions.
- Swipe to move and attack
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Puzzle traps
- Diverse monster types
- Endless dungeon exploration
- Strategic combat
- High score competition
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Rust Bucket is a turn based dungeon crawler that is built with mobile in mind. Swipe to take a step, swipe into enemies to attack. It’s as simple as that, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is a casual game! • Navigate using simple swipe to move controls. • Game play is fast and death is never far away so it’s perfect for your daily commute. • Puzzle your way past deadly traps or use them to catch enemies. • Many monster types, each with their own distinctive rules to overcome. • Make your way through the levels to become a fully qualified looter • Explore an endless dungeon, with more to discover the deeper you go. • Become a master of strategic combat and reach the top scoring dungeon rooms. • Compete against your friends high scores on Game Centre Important information! This game is funded by adverts but is completely free to play with no timers or boosters to ruin your experience. There is an option to remove popup ads for a one off In app purchase. *Please note that this does not remove Cross Promotion ads for other Nitrome games* We hope you enjoy our little game. If you do please consider giving us a nice review, tell your friends and maybe try some of our other games.
Piece Out
Engage your mind with a unique puzzle game that involves flipping, sliding, and spinning blocks. Enjoy over 50 pages of puzzles with a new challenging one daily, all without time pressure. Hints are available if you get stuck.
- Flip, slide, and spin blocks
- Over 50 puzzle pages
- Daily extra-hard puzzles
- No time limit or pressure
- Hint system available
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Exercise a piece of your mind while you exercise your peace of mind as you flip, slide and spin. Introducing: Piece Out — a new innovative puzzle game from the creators of hit games DUET and Basket Fall. Simple Rules • Slide to move • Tap to rotate or flip! Packed with puzzles! • Over 50 pages of puzzles. • Plus, a new extra-hard puzzle every day! Just Relax and Solve • There's no time limit and zero pressure — just some blocks and your brain. • Stuck? Hints are available for every puzzle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Piece Out at 4.6 against Rust Bucket's 4.0. Piece Out also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 177) and review sentiment (82% vs 72%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Rust Bucket sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Piece Out sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Piece Out holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piece Out has 1.3K ratings behind it against 177, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Rust Bucket's written reviews are positive against 82% of Piece Out's.
Rust Bucket ships an update every 6 weeks, Piece Out every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rust Bucket | Piece Out |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (177 ratings) | 4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Kumobius |
Customer experience
Rust Bucket
Piece Out
User reviews
Rust Bucket
From 177 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun puzzle game
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 💎 Excellent pixel art and visuals
- 🎨 Creative enemy designs
- 🎶 Great soundtrack
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and progress loss
- 🔁 Repetitive level design
- 🕹️ Slow character movement
- 💰 Expensive ad removal
- 🔍 Lack of level variety
Piece Out
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Peaceful and relaxing gameplay
- 👍 Soothing music and visuals
- 👍 Progressively challenging puzzles
- 👍 No time pressure or stress
- 👍 Ability to undo moves
Room to improve
- 🤔 Difficulty too high for some users
- 🤔 Hint system requires watching ads
- 🤔 Ads can be frequent and disruptive
- 🤔 Lack of clear instructions or tutorial
Bugs and requests
Rust Bucket
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progress reset when exiting levels
- Level select screen locking completed levels
- Compatibility issues on older devices
- Clipboard copying behavior
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to save progress
- Weapon/item upgrades and customization
- Multiplayer or co-op mode
- Level editor
Piece Out
Reported bugs
2 issues- Certain movement constraints not intuitive
- Game sometimes automatically downloads without user action
Requested features
4 requests- Minimum move counter
- Separate volume controls for music and sound effects
- Easy restart option for puzzles
- Ability to save and revisit daily puzzles
In-app purchases
Rust Bucket
- Buy 50 Coins$0.99
- Buy 200 Coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
Piece Out
- Premium$0.99
