Comparison

Stack 8 vs Sword Sonata

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

Head to head
About

Stack 8

Tap to perfectly stack pixels in this endless challenge. One mistake means losing a pixel. Test your reflexes and precision to keep stacking.

Highlights
  • Endless gameplay
  • Precise tapping mechanics
  • Pixel stacking challenge
  • Reflex and precision testing
  • Simple one-tap controls
Features
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Stack 8 is endless! Tap to stack your pixels perfectly. One bad move and a pixel is gone. Stay sharp and keep stacking!

About

Sword Sonata

Engage in fast-paced, turn-based roguelike combat by strategically planning skill actions. Collect new abilities, upgrade existing ones, and gather items to overcome dungeon challenges and defeat bosses. Experience high replayability with diverse actions, characters, and randomized rewards.

Highlights
  • Turn-based combat
  • Action planning and arrangement
  • Roguelike dungeon crawling
  • Skill acquisition and upgrades
  • Item collection
  • Multiple characters and actions
Features
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This is a fast-paced roguelike dungeon-crawling turn-based game where you plan your battles by arranging skill actions and defeating enemies. Throughout your adventure, you'll acquire new actions, upgrade skills, and collect items. The gameplay is simple and easy to understand. It involves controlling a character on a horizontally scrolling one-dimensional axis, maneuvering to defeat enemies. Actions include movement, turning, and arranging actions such as sword attacks, which deal damage to enemies within one square ahead, or dashes that allow you to dash towards enemies. By arranging actions in this rhythmic order, for example, scheduling a dash followed by a sword attack when your character is at a distance from the enemy, executing this sequence will make your character dash to the enemy and then use a sword attack to defeat it. I genuinely hope you'll try out this game and experience what I've described. Currently, I've designed a total of 37 different types of actions with unique characteristics, as well as 4 different characters, each with their own unique skills and equipped with 2 specific actions. In the process of roguelike dungeon-crawling, you'll also acquire more actions and upgrades for these actions. Now, let's talk about the roguelike gameplay. The game features over 50 levels, and the goal is to clear through to the final boss and defeat them. Each time you complete a level, you'll randomly receive a reward, which could be an action or an upgrade to an action. As you continuously challenge yourself, you'll discover actions that better suit you or the character you're using, as well as upgrade options that are more suitable for each action, until your experience is enough to help you clear the game. This is what makes the game so replayable. In terms of content richness, the game also includes 10 types of items that can be used in combat, including health potions, and a "Frostbolt" that freezes all enemies. These items provide additional assistance in completing the game challenges. Additionally, the game features 27 passive skills, which will have an impact on you during each challenge. Well, that's a brief introduction to my game. I hope you'll give it a try and enjoy playing it.

Screenshots

Stack 83 screens
Sword Sonata4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stack 8 at Free against Sword Sonata's $1.99. Sword Sonata's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Stack 8 is free to download; Sword Sonata costs $1.99 up front. Stack 8 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sword Sonata asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Stack 8 against 4.3 for Sword Sonata. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Stack 8's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sword Sonata's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack 8 ships an update every 5 months, Sword Sonata every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stack 8 versus Sword Sonata: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack 8Sword Sonata
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better4.3 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings615 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB35 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTHE RISE COLLECTIONJampot Software co., ltd

Customer experience

Stack 8

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Sword Sonata

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stack 8

One-time2
  • Unlock All$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Sword Sonata

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stack 8 free?
Stack 8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sword Sonata free?
Sword Sonata costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stack 8 or Sword Sonata?
Stack 8 is rated higher. Stack 8 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Sword Sonata averages 4.3 from 15 ratings.
Do Stack 8 or Sword Sonata have ads?
Neither Stack 8 nor Sword Sonata shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stack 8 or Sword Sonata?
Stack 8 ships an update every 5 months, and Sword Sonata every 3 months. Most recently, Stack 8 was updated on October 7, 2026 and Sword Sonata on October 8, 2026.

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