Brickscape vs Piffle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brickscape
Engage your mind with this addictive 3D sliding puzzle game. Move bricks to guide the Core Brick to the exit across hundreds of challenging stages. Enjoy a relaxing experience with no time limits and a variety of difficulty levels.
- Over 700 brain-teasing stages
- 14 diverse themes
- 5 difficulty levels
- Daily puzzle mode
- No time limit
- Hint and Undo features
- Offline play
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Addictive 3D puzzle to wake up your brain Move bricks to take out the Core Brick [How to play] Move Core Brick to the exit. Every brick has to be moved in an elongated direction. You can't move bricks out of the box. [Features] • Meet more than 700 brain teasing stages in 14 various themes. • It's simple and easy enough for everyone to play. • There are 5 difficulty levels available for all players; from easy to master. • Choose and play a particular level you want to try, without having to clear in order. • Compete with other players around the world in a daily puzzle mode. • Take your time. There is no time limit. • Enjoy our brilliant and unique texture and sound design of each block. • Ask for hint when needed, and use 'Undo' feature to correct mistakes. • You don't need an Internet connection to play the game. Play Brickscape now on your phones and tablets! For any question or suggestion, feel free to let us know. We are very much welcome to hear from you. Please contact helpers@5minlab.com with any inquiry or feedback.
Piffle
Embark on a colorful arcade puzzle adventure with adorable cats. Aim, shoot, and bounce to break blocks, complete hundreds of levels, and craft collectible Piffle balls. Challenge friends and achieve high scores with strategic gameplay.
- Arcade puzzle gameplay
- Hundreds of colorful levels
- Craft collectible Piffle balls
- Strategic block-breaking
- Friend challenges
- Power-up boosts
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Discover Piffle a cute arcade puzzle game full of adorable characters and...cats! Put your cat onesie on, quest through colorful worlds, stop the nefarious Doc Block and craft adorable Piffle balls to collect. How to play? - Swipe or point with your finger to aim - Choose the best possible angle to shoot - Release to bounce around and break all the blocks How to win? - Bounce as many times as possible to make combos and achieve high scores - Collect items, Piffle balls and use power ups to boost your results - Use your strategic wit to beat your friends! Why you’ll love Piffle? Easy! - Play for free in the most endearing and colorful mobile game - Discover fun filled worlds with hundreds of levels to adventure through - Play whenever you want and at your own pace - Challenge your friends at any time Anything else? - Yes! You can craft and collect adorable fluffy Piffle balls
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Brickscape at none against Piffle's shown. Brickscape also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Piffle's advantage is ratings volume (22K vs 372) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, 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. Brickscape sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Piffle sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Piffle holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piffle has 22K ratings behind it against 372, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Brickscape's written reviews are positive against 79% of Piffle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Brickscape ships an update fortnightly, Piffle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brickscape | Piffle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (372 ratings) | 4.8 (22K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better | 79.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 372 | 22K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 5minlab Co., Ltd. | HIPSTER WHALE |
Customer experience
Brickscape
Piffle
User reviews
Brickscape
From 372 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging 3D puzzle mechanics with unique gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and clean interface design
- 🎵 Soothing background music and sound effects
- 🧠 Good difficulty progression that gets challenging
- ⏱️ Perfect time-killer for waiting or commuting
Room to improve
- 📢 Excessive and intrusive ads despite paid removal
- 💰 Paid ad-removal doesn't actually remove ads
- 🔊 Game mutes background music/audio apps
- 🎮 Difficulty curve too easy early on
- 🎯 Cube rotation controls can be difficult
Piffle
From 22K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Super fun, strategic gameplay
- 👍 Cute, adorable characters and visuals
- 🚀 Addictive, engaging experience
- 👍 Minimal ads, not overly intrusive
- 👍 Good balance of difficulty and progression
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- ⏱️ Long wait times for lives to refill
- 💰 Difficulty spikes require use of power-ups
- 💰 Power-ups and bundles are expensive
- 🔀 Unbalanced level difficulty
Bugs and requests
Brickscape
Reported bugs
11 issues- Black screen on loading - game won't start
- Game crashes and locks phone on some devices
- Screen cutoff on iPhone X Max and similar models
- Audio only works with AirPods, not phone speaker
- Theme selection doesn't properly deselect previous theme
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- Game returns to previously completed puzzle after theme change
- Ad pop-ups get stuck and won't close properly
- Cube rotation sometimes moves piece instead of rotating
- Paid ad-removal doesn't work - ads still appear
- In-app purchases not restoring properly
- Performance issues and lag on iOS 10 devices
Requested features
10 requests- Free undo function for all players
- Better touch controls for cube rotation with corner points
- Allow background music to play while gaming
- More challenging early-game levels
- AR feature restoration (was removed)
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- Improved theme selection UI (should auto-deselect previous)
- Landscape orientation support
- Ranking system for daily puzzles
- More frequent level updates
- Better skin/character customization visibility
Piffle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when rotating screen
- Ads sometimes fail to load properly
- Lives not refilling when app is closed
- Crafting issues causing lost materials
Requested features
5 requests- More frequent level updates
- Ability to resume progress after exiting app
- More free power-ups or ways to earn them
- Option to disable ads or pay a one-time fee
- Improved level balancing and difficulty curve
In-app purchases
Brickscape
- HINT x10$0.99
- UNDO x20$0.99
- BIG BANG Stage Pack$0.99
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- MERCURY Stage Pack$0.99
- PLUTO Stage Pack$0.99
- SOLOR Stage Pack$0.99
- SUPERNOVA Stage Pack$0.99
- HINT x50$2.99
- All Themes Stage Pack$2.99
- Unlimited HINT$14.99
Piffle
- Rare Shiba Inu$0.99
- Coin Pack$1.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
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- Coin Pack$4.99
- Tip Tap Mallet Kit$4.99
- Freeze Row Kit$4.99
- Mini-Blast Kit of Bombs$4.99
- Super Piffle Ball Crate$4.99
- Surplus Piffle Ball Crate$4.99
- Sharp Shooter's Kit$4.99
- Puppy Parcel$6.99
- Kitten Crate$12.99
