ston vs Etch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ston
This is a minimalist puzzle game with a unique design. It challenges your brain with mind-blowing levels and no time or move limits, allowing for a relaxing experience.
- Mind-blowing levels
- Brain challenge
- Minimalistic design
- Relaxing music and sounds
- No time or move limits
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ston is a mind-blowing minimalistic puzzle game with unique and remarkable design. ston does not have a time or move limits, allowing you to just relax and focus. Your goal is to remove all of the cubes by passing on them. ston is now ready to cook your brain. Are you? Features: ◈ Mind-blowing levels ◈ Challenge your brain ◈ Remarkable minimalistic design ◈ Relaxing, peaceful music and sounds
Etch
This drawing and guessing game combines the telephone game with Pictionary. Players draw and guess words in a chain, leading to a funny reveal of the final drawing. It's designed for group play with friends and family, requiring no artistic skill.
- Telephone game meets Pictionary
- Draw and guess word chains
- Hilarious big reveal
- Play with 3-8 players
- 14 word categories
- Custom word options
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Etch is the telephone game meets Pictionary. The gameplay is simple: you and your friends take turns drawing and guessing until everyone has had a turn. Then it's time for the BIG REVEAL, where you reveal the hilarious chain of drawings and guesses. Etch is great fun for all ages, and requires no drawing skills to play. Play with 3-8 players on the same device or via iMessage group chats. There are 14 fun categories of words to choose from, or you can enter your own words for endless possibilities. Etch offers paid in-app purchases to unlock additional content in the game. These purchases help to support the indie development of this game and are completely optional; they do not and will never take away from the core Etch experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ston at none against Etch's 4. ston also leads on ratings volume (128 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Etch sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ston asks for nothing beyond the download.
Etch holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ston has 128 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ston ships an update every 3 weeks, Etch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ston | Etch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (128 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 128 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flat Games | Dillon Mok |
Customer experience
ston
Etch
Bugs and requests
ston
Reported bugs
18 issues- Ads don't have a close button
- Game crashes on startup
- Game doesn't open
- Slow movement
- Level 74 freezes
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- Level 73 has a bug
- Level 34 is impossible
- Game resets after update
- Blocks are glitched on level 27
- Settings don't work (music turns on spontaneously)
- Level slider doesn't work
- Game doesn't run on iPhone 6 iOS 10.2
- Game doesn't react to touches after the first round
- Graphics are not accurate
- Some blocks look hollow
- Cannot move up to adjacent blocks
- Game makes noise even when on silent
- Level 34 is mathematically impossible to clear
Requested features
12 requests- Add a timer for ads
- Put ads on a cooldown
- Add hints for difficult levels
- Add a level editor
- Add an online mode
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- Add a save game feature for different devices
- Add a 'move back one space' option
- Add analog controls
- Add a function to pan around the map
- Add new levels
- Fix the issue with the level slider not working
- Add a feedback option to the developer
Etch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ston
No in-app purchases
Etch
- More colours$0.99
- More time options$0.99
- Drawing challenges$1.99
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- Unlock everything$2.99
