Comparison

Ski Three vs Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Ski Three

Experience addictive winter sports action by skiing down a mountain slope, avoiding obstacles, and matching tiles. This unique blend of endless runner and match-three gameplay offers hand-drawn visuals and a challenging downhill experience.

Highlights
  • Endless runner meets match three gameplay
  • Hand-drawn graphics
  • Global high score leaderboard
  • Real-time target scores
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Arcade-style skiing action
Features
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Ski like a pro down a mountain slope, avoid obstacles and carve your way through fresh powder to the top score. Addictive endless runner winter sports action! Pull your boots on and get ready for some arcade-style skiing action with the world’s first match-three-endless-runner skiing game. Twist and turn your way down a mountain slope in the Alps with a specially commissioned soundtrack and striking hand-drawn visuals from Indie developer Cape Guy. Go off-piste now and power through the powder in a winter sports game that sees you slalom your way over the ice and through obstacles to get to the summit of the leaderboard with the highest score you can. Ski Three is an addictive and fun to play wintery blend of downhill skiing action where you move and match tiles in rows of three. You must clear a path as you race downhill and carve your way down a snow-coated mountain slope, dotted with log cabins, towering alpine tree and frozen boulders on your way to the top of the leaderboard. Gameplay is simple and fun with challenging runs for beginners and experts to enjoy, if your idea of a great time is hurtling downhill on a pair of skis, dodging hazards and chasing points, then Ski Three has all the extreme sports slalom skiing you want! Features: - Two massive genres combined: Endless runner meets match three! - Pay Once and Play! No adverts or in-app purchases, just Alps and action - "Proper lovely scratchy hand-drawn graphics!" - Ski Three's world of mountain slopes and ice has gone full colour - Funsplosion! Ski Three is balanced to be an awesome downhill skiing challenge from the start - Vibrating Skis! Slalom your way past boulders, get a warning when you're about to crash - See where you are on the global high score table after each off-piste run! - Real-time Target Scores! See the high score you need to beat to climb the leaderboard - Handy hints at the end of each run! Are you a keen schussboomer? Love extreme sports on ice? Ski Three gives you the arcade style thrills of ripping up a snowy mountain as you power down it on a pair of skis, dodging hazards like trees, boulders and log cabins as you go. Download Ski Three today and conquer the slopes in addictive skiing fun that you can play anytime, anywhere. Find some fresh powder and get addicted to that rush as you slalom all the way down to the top of the high scores on the leaderboard, play Ski Three now! https://capeguy.co.uk/games/skithree/

About

Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle

Features
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Aim the cannon and knock the stack down. Touch and hold to line up your shot, then release to fire. Watch the ball hit, cans tumble and collisions turn into chain reactions. Clear the targets before your balls run out. FIND THE RIGHT SHOT Look for a weak point in the stack. Try another target, follow the trajectory and see how one impact changes the structure. WATCH THE REACTION Send cans tumbling, break ice and set off TNT. Different materials and layouts give you new ways to clear a level. MAKE EVERY BALL COUNT Earn stars, revisit completed levels and try to clear each stack with fewer shots. Follow your progress on the level map. HOW TO PLAY 1. Touch and hold to aim at a target. 2. Move your finger to adjust your aim. 3. Release to fire, then watch what falls. A little planning. A satisfying hit. Another stack to knock down.

Screenshots

Ski Three4 screens
Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle at Free against Ski Three's $0.99. Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). Ski Three's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle is free to download; Ski Three costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ski Three ships an update every 3 months, Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ski Three versus Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSki ThreeSmash It! Knockdown Puzzle
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB14 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCape Guy Ltd.Redeye Game

In-app purchases

None

Ski Three

No in-app purchases

None

Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ski Three free?
Ski Three costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle free?
Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ski Three or Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle have ads?
Neither Ski Three nor Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ski Three or Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle?
Ski Three ships an update every 3 months, and Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle every 4 days. Most recently, Ski Three was updated on October 7, 2026 and Smash It! Knockdown Puzzle on October 28, 2026.

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