Shaft Run vs Stacks Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shaft Run
Navigate procedurally generated levels by jumping and dodging obstacles. Utilize unique power-ups and unlock different suits with special abilities to overcome challenges in this engaging platformer.
- Procedurally generated levels
- Obstacle dodging
- Unique power-ups
- Unlockable suits with abilities
- Over 80 levels
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Can you take on the shaft? Jump your way through randomly generated levels while dodging obstacles and using unique power-ups to your advantage. Shaft Run features: • More than 80 procedurally generated levels • Multiple suits with different abilities • 3 unique power-ups
Stacks Up
A simple arcade game where players build towers of cylinders to achieve the highest score. Compete with friends and aim for the top of the leaderboard. Enjoy a straightforward, skill-based challenge.
- Build cylinder towers
- Achieve high scores
- Challenge friends
- Leaderboard competition
- Simple gameplay
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Build up the cylinders as high as you can! Reach the highest score and challenge your friends. - Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanglbtk - Visit my website: http://khangle.me
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shaft Run at 5.0 against Stacks Up's 3.9. Shaft Run also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months). Stacks Up's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Shaft Run sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Stacks Up asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shaft Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stacks Up has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Shaft Run's written reviews are positive against 33% of Stacks Up's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shaft Run ships an update every 2 months, Stacks Up every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shaft Run | Stacks Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.9 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominik Ringler | Khang Le |
Customer experience
Shaft Run
Stacks Up
In-app purchases
Shaft Run
- Diamonds +2$0.39
- Diamonds +10$0.69
- Remove Ads$0.99
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- Diamonds +1000$0.99
- Diamonds +20$1.49
- Diamonds +30$1.99
- Diamonds +50$2.99
- Diamonds +100$3.99
- Diamonds +500$4.99
- Diamonds +1000$5.99
Stacks Up
No in-app purchases
