Comparison

1 Meter vs sugar (game)

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

Head to head
About

1 Meter

Guide a continuously growing pasta strand to navigate through a challenging environment. Control its direction by tapping and releasing the screen to avoid obstacles and achieve the longest possible pasta.

Highlights
  • Control pasta direction with touch
  • Grow pasta continuously
  • Navigate through environments
  • Avoid obstacles
  • Achieve longest pasta
Features
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Serve the longest pasta ever. · · · · · · · · · Touch for right turn. Release for left turn. Buon appetito.

About

sugar (game)

Draw lines on your screen to guide falling sugar into cups. Enjoy a calming puzzle experience with visually satisfying sugar particles. This game offers a fresh, free puzzle challenge.

Highlights
  • Draw to direct sugar
  • Soothing particle physics
  • Relaxing puzzle gameplay
  • Free puzzle experience
  • Creator of color puzzle series
Features
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Draw on the screen to direct sugar into the cups. Experience the soothing puzzling with sugar particles trickling across the screen. A relaxing puzzle game from the creator of the color puzzle series and the "sugar, sugar" games. It was time for a brand new free sugar puzzle experience so I hope you'll enjoy this! @BartBonte

Screenshots

1 Meter3 screens
sugar (game)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 1 Meter at none against sugar (game)'s shown. 1 Meter also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). sugar (game)'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 28 months) and rating (4.3 vs 3.9). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. 1 Meter sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and sugar (game) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

sugar (game) holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 410 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of 1 Meter's written reviews are positive against 82% of sugar (game)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1 Meter ships an update every 28 months, sugar (game) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
1 Meter versus sugar (game): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1 Metersugar (game)
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (87 ratings)4.3 (410 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews81.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings87410 — better
Update frequencyEvery 28 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB21 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPhilipp StollenmayerBart BONTE

Customer experience

1 Meter

All ratings87 ratings
Positive71.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative20.7%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral7.0%
Negative21.1%

sugar (game)

All ratings410 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative14.4%
Written reviews266 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative11.3%

Bugs and requests

1 Meter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

sugar (game)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not progressing after completion
  • Sugar disappearing or not registering correctly
  • Restart button accidentally pressed instead of gravity switch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Undo/reset option per level
  • Ability to skip difficult levels
  • Colorblind mode or options
  • More levels and content updates
  • Landscape mode support on tablets
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  • Customization options

In-app purchases

2 purchases

1 Meter

One-time2
  • Remove Banner$0.99
  • Multiplayer$0.99
1 purchases

sugar (game)

One-time1
  • premium unlock$2.99

Questions

Is 1 Meter free?
1 Meter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is sugar (game) free?
sugar (game) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 1 Meter or sugar (game)?
sugar (game) is rated higher. 1 Meter averages 3.9 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while sugar (game) averages 4.3 from 410 ratings.
Do 1 Meter or sugar (game) have ads?
sugar (game) shows ads; 1 Meter does not.
Which is updated more often, 1 Meter or sugar (game)?
1 Meter ships an update every 28 months, and sugar (game) monthly. Most recently, 1 Meter was updated on October 14, 2026 and sugar (game) on October 11, 2026.

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