James Spring vs Stack Buddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
James Spring
Embark on a thrilling hide-and-seek adventure where you guide James as far as possible. Discover and uncover all 44 of James' friends while navigating beautifully designed worlds and avoiding dangerous enemies. Enjoy a completely free gaming experience with simple touch controls.
- Endless running gameplay
- Collect hidden friends
- Avoid dangerous enemies
- Explore beautiful worlds
- Simple touch controls
- Completely free to play
Read full descriptionHide full description
Where is everyone? Let's play hide and seek! Make James go as far as possible! Find as many James' friends as you can! - Run James as far as possible with simple touch controls - Find and Uncover rest of the 44 James' friends - Watch out cute but dangerous enemies - Travel beautiful designed worlds - No ads and completely free!
Stack Buddies
Drop bricks to build the tallest tower possible in this engaging stacking game. Unlock new characters and explore diverse levels, each offering a unique challenge. Compete with friends locally or on global leaderboards.
- Build the biggest tower
- Unique graphical style
- 10 unlockable characters
- 10 different levels
- Game Center leaderboards
- Local multiplayer
Read full descriptionHide full description
Lucco and his buddies love to stack! And it's easy to see why. Stack Buddies is an enjoyable game in which you drop bricks while trying to make the biggest tower that you can. Features : - Unique graphical style - 10 unlockable characters - 10 different levels that each require a different playing style - Game Center leaderboards and achievements - Play against your friends on the same device
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: James Spring at none against Stack Buddies's 10. Stack Buddies's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Stack Buddies sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. James Spring asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stack Buddies holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stack Buddies has 57 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of James Spring's written reviews are positive against 87% of Stack Buddies's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
James Spring ships an update every 2 months, Stack Buddies every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | James Spring | Stack Buddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.2 (57 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better | 86.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 57 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SungHyuk Yoon | Umbrella Games LLC |
Customer experience
James Spring
Stack Buddies
In-app purchases
James Spring
No in-app purchases
Stack Buddies
- No Ads$0.99
- Level 2$0.99
- Level 3$0.99
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- Level 5$0.99
- Bird$0.99
- Gentleman$0.99
- Bear$0.99
- Pirate$0.99
- Cat$0.99
- Rabbit$0.99
