Pineapple Pen vs Knife Spin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pineapple Pen
A simple arcade game where players tap to launch pens at fruits. Aim for the perfect center hit twice in a row for bonus points and challenge friends to see who is the pen master.
- Tap to throw pens
- Hit pineapples and apples
- Perfect center hit bonus
- Challenge friends
- Simple arcade gameplay
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Sometimes all you need is to stick a pen into a fruit. Tap to throw the pen and try to hit an pineapple or an apple. Hit the perfect center for two times in a row, and experience joy! Challenge your friends to find out which one of you is the true master of the pen!
Knife Spin
Engage in an addictive knife-throwing challenge. Aim to pin knives into spinning targets, chop fruit for bonuses, and avoid hitting existing blades. Master precision to progress through levels.
- Knife throwing gameplay
- Pinning knives into spinning targets
- Fruit chopping for bonuses
- Avoid hitting existing knives
- Rapid fire bonus
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Knife Spin Throw the knives and pin them into the spinning beams in this addictive knife throw game. Chop the fruit in half to collect an amazing rapid fire bonus. Try to avoid hitting the knives you've already stuck into your rotating targets. If you strike the hilt of another knife, your blade will glance off!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Knife Spin at none against Pineapple Pen's shown. Knife Spin also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.4). Pineapple Pen's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 38%) and ratings volume (6K vs 210). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pineapple Pen sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Knife Spin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Knife Spin holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pineapple Pen has 6K ratings behind it against 210, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Pineapple Pen's written reviews are positive against 38% of Knife Spin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pineapple Pen ships an update fortnightly, Knife Spin every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pineapple Pen | Knife Spin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6K ratings) | 4.7 (210 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.3% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | 210 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 304 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | SPIL GAMES |
Customer experience
Pineapple Pen
Knife Spin
Bugs and requests
Pineapple Pen
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to restore in-app purchases
- Crashes when trying to collect big pineapple
- Inconsistent pen firing speed
- Glitches causing app to close unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- More pens and themes to unlock
- Difficulty settings or levels
- Ability to customize the character/voice
- Checkpoints or progress saving
- Leaderboards or multiplayer mode
Knife Spin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pineapple Pen
- Special Offer$0.99
- Pack of 2000 coins$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
Knife Spin
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Pineapple Pen free?
Is Knife Spin free?
Which has better reviews, Pineapple Pen or Knife Spin?
Do Pineapple Pen or Knife Spin have ads?
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