Comparison

Pipe Jewels™ vs Flip's Challenge

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

Head to head
About

Pipe Jewels™

A free puzzle game where players use logic to connect all the pipes on a board. It features simple touch controls, beautiful graphics, and no timers for a relaxing experience. Progress is automatically saved, allowing players to pause and resume at any time.

Highlights
  • Connect all pipes
  • Logic-based puzzles
  • Simple touch controls
  • Relaxing gameplay, no timers
  • Automatic progress saving
  • Beautiful graphics
Features
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100% FREE! DOWNLOAD NOW! Have fun hooking up all the pipes! 5 Levels of Difficulty! Great for all ages! • No need to call a plumber - use logic to connect all the pipes on the board! • Simple touch controls! Just tap the pipes to rotate them • Beautiful graphics! • No timers at all! Just relax and have fun! • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Download today! It's 100% FREE! --- Thanks for playing! Come see us at http://boyhowdytechnology.com PIPE JEWELS is a trademark of Boy Howdy Technology LLC

About

Flip's Challenge

A logic-based puzzle game where players navigate through levels filled with obstacles to reach the exit. It features classic block-pushing mechanics with no enemies, emphasizing brainpower over reflexes. Offers hundreds of levels for various skill levels.

Highlights
  • Logic-based puzzle gameplay
  • Classic block-pushing mechanics
  • No enemies or death mechanics
  • Unlimited undo feature
  • 300+ levels across multiple sets
  • Score tracking and personal bests
Features
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Flip's Challenge is a unique, logic-based puzzle game influenced by genre heavy-hitters like Sokoban, Chip's Challenge, and Lasertank. The goal is simple: to get to each level's exit. In practice, that goal is anything but simple! Blocks, holes, locked doors, and other obstacles all contrive to hinder your progress. FEATURES: -Classic block-pushing gameplay, with a twist! -No enemies of any kind and no way to die...rely on your brain, not your reaction times -Unlimited undo -200 levels in the main level set, for casual puzzle solvers -100 levels in the hard level set, ranging in difficulty from "mildly difficult" to "for masochistic puzzle fiends only" -A set of levels for those new to the game, or those whose brains are temporarily nonfunctional -Score tracking - beat your personal best!

Screenshots

Pipe Jewels™1 screens
Flip's Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flip's Challenge at none against Pipe Jewels™'s shown. Flip's Challenge also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 12.0). Pipe Jewels™'s advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 29). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pipe Jewels™ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Jewels™ has 1.4K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Pipe Jewels™'s written reviews are positive against 90% of Flip's Challenge's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pipe Jewels™ versus Flip's Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe Jewels™Flip's Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better4.6 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews94.3% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better29
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoy Howdy Technology LLCCharles Reinke

Customer experience

Pipe Jewels™

All ratings1,445 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.3%

Flip's Challenge

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Pipe Jewels™

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game freezes or crashes on some devices
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

2 requests
  • Harder difficulty levels
  • iPad version with larger screen

Flip's Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pipe Jewels™

No in-app purchases

None

Flip's Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipe Jewels™ free?
Pipe Jewels™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flip's Challenge free?
Flip's Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pipe Jewels™ or Flip's Challenge?
Pipe Jewels™ is rated higher. Pipe Jewels™ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Flip's Challenge averages 4.6 from 29 ratings.
Do Pipe Jewels™ or Flip's Challenge have ads?
Pipe Jewels™ shows ads; Flip's Challenge does not.

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