Comparison

Pipe Puzzle 2 vs Flow Free

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

Head to head
About

Pipe Puzzle 2

Connect pipes and elbows to create a perfect piping connection between two points. This addictive puzzle game offers 100 challenging levels with intuitive gameplay and HD graphics.

Highlights
  • 100 levels
  • Intuitive gameplay
  • HD graphics
  • Create piping connections
  • Puzzle solving
Features
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New addictive puzzle. Use your imagination and arrange the puzzle pipes and elbows to create a perfect piping connection between two points. Find out how much fun could be delivered by the...pipes ! Features: - 100 levels - Intuitive gameplay - HD graphics

About

Flow Free

Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board and solve puzzles. Avoid crossing pipes to complete each level. Offers hundreds of free puzzles with varying difficulty, plus daily challenges and a timed mode.

Highlights
  • Connect matching colors
  • Cover the entire board
  • Hundreds of shaped puzzles
  • Daily new levels
  • Time Trial mode
  • Game Center achievements
  • Cloud sync
Features
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Flow Free® reimagined: Infinite possibilities! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Shapes! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Shapes a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free: Shapes features: * Over 4,000 free, shaped puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!

Screenshots

Pipe Puzzle 24 screens
Flow Free4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flow Free at 4.8 against Pipe Puzzle 2's 4.3. Flow Free also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 45%) and ratings volume (14K vs 82). Pipe Puzzle 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Flow Free sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Pipe Puzzle 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flow Free holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free has 14K ratings behind it against 82, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Pipe Puzzle 2's written reviews are positive against 82% of Flow Free's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pipe Puzzle 2 versus Flow Free: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe Puzzle 2Flow Free
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (82 ratings)4.8 (14K ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8214K — better
Update frequency—Every 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperECO Pawel JaroszBig Duck Games LLC

Customer experience

Pipe Puzzle 2

All ratings80 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral17.2%
Negative37.9%

Flow Free

All ratings13,103 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews395 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative12.4%

Bugs and requests

Pipe Puzzle 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Flow Free

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Accidental hint usage due to button placement
  • Visibility issues with overlapping paths in 3D levels

Requested features

3 requests
  • Restore original UI layout from previous Flow Free games
  • Option to disable in-app purchase prompts
  • Forward/backward level navigation

In-app purchases

None

Pipe Puzzle 2

No in-app purchases

18 purchases

Flow Free

One-time18
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • Spring Greens Colors$0.99
  • Fall Harvest Colors$0.99
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  • Pastel Colors$0.99
  • Neon Rainbow Colors$0.99
  • Winter Chill Colors$0.99
  • Jumbo Oval 2$1.99
  • Circle Pack 2$1.99
  • 8x8 Cube Mania$1.99
  • Kids Pack$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • Unlock All Themes$1.99
  • Extreme Alley 2$1.99
  • 5x5 Cube Mania$1.99
  • Cube Pack 2$1.99
  • 20 Hints$2.99
  • Unlock All Packs & Remove Ads$4.99
  • 100 Hints$9.99

Questions

Is Pipe Puzzle 2 free?
Pipe Puzzle 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flow Free free?
Flow Free is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pipe Puzzle 2 or Flow Free?
Flow Free is rated higher. Pipe Puzzle 2 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 82 ratings, while Flow Free averages 4.8 from 14K ratings.
Do Pipe Puzzle 2 or Flow Free have ads?
Flow Free shows ads; Pipe Puzzle 2 does not.

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