Cylinders vs Pendulum Swing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cylinders
Stack blocks vertically to construct the tallest possible cylinder. Compete to achieve the highest score and challenge your friends to beat your achievements.
- Build cylinders vertically
- Reach highest score
- Challenge friends
- Stack blocks
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Build up the cylinders as high as you can! Reach the highest score and challenge your friends.
Pendulum Swing
A physics-based game where you guide a swinging orb into target spots. It features 18 challenging levels with harmonic oscillation mechanics. Simple, yet addictive gameplay for players seeking a unique puzzle experience.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Harmonic oscillation mechanics
- 18 challenging levels
- Orb swinging into target spots
- Addictive puzzle experience
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A physics-based game that similar to pendulum clock uses a pendulum, a swinging weight to swing back and forth in harmonic oscillation. Simple, annoying yet addictive game where your goal is to swing an orb into white spot located in every level borders. • an app features 18 levels to complete
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cylinders at Free against Pendulum Swing's $1.99. Cylinders also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 1). Pendulum Swing's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
Cylinders is free to download; Pendulum Swing costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pendulum Swing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cylinders has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cylinders ships an update every 6 weeks, Pendulum Swing every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cylinders | Pendulum Swing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Khang Le | Tomasz Lukaszyk |
Customer experience
Cylinders
Pendulum Swing
Bugs and requests
Cylinders
Reported bugs
3 issues- Accuracy issues when tapping the screen
- Leaderboard not showing scores properly
- Frequent lags and glitches
Requested features
3 requests- Add more colors and levels
- Fix leaderboard issues
- Improve accuracy and reduce lag
Pendulum Swing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cylinders
No in-app purchases
Pendulum Swing
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cylinders free?
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