Schoops vs 5th Invention
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Schoops
Build the tallest tower of ice cream cones by stacking them precisely. Avoid making cones too large, or you'll fail. Track your score based on cone count and calorie count, and share your creations.
- Stack cones to build height
- Maintain cone size relative to previous
- Score based on cone count and calories
- Share your stacked creations
- Simple, addictive gameplay
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• Stack the schoops as high as you can! • Keep the schoops as BIG as you can without going bigger than the last schoop! • The scoring format is [Schoop Count / Calorie Count] • ...and don't forget to share your schoops..!
5th Invention
Engage your spatial reasoning with this award-winning puzzle game inspired by traditional Chinese wood joinery. Solve intricate challenges, learn about cultural history, and unleash your creativity by designing and sharing your own puzzles.
- Spatial reasoning puzzles
- Inspired by Chinese wood joinery
- Learn through play and history
- Design and share custom puzzles
- Award-winning game design
- 360-degree view of joints
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The quintessentially Chinese puzzle game, 5th Invention has won several awards presented by the Palace Museum, IMGA, Indieplay, etc., and was inducted into the French museum, Musée Guimet. Now, open 5th Invention, enter this museum of wood joinery and enjoy stimulating challenges using space and imagination. Game Features Won Countless Domestic and International Awards Gold Award at The Palace Museum X Tencent 2016 Game Creativity Contest 2016 Invited to participate in the Palace Museum’s international forum on “Culture & Technology” November 2017 Invited to participate in the China Museum’s Creativity exhibition, Impressions of China, in May 2018 and was showcased at the Louvre, Paris in June 2018 Inducted into the French museum, Musée Guimet Jan 30, 2019 First place in the Game Category of the Beijing Cultural Creative Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition August 2019 Won Best Design at the China Art Games Competition August 2019 Won the Golden Panda Tianfu Creative Design Award 2019 in November 2019 Nominated for Best Mobile Game and Most Innovative Game at IndiePlay 2019 Spatial Reasoning Challenge Inspired by Chinese wood joining, 5th Invention is a straightforward game that requires players to solve puzzles using spatial reasoning. Players need to examine wood joint blueprints and craft the pieces of wood using simple on-screen commands, such as tapping and removing, etc., to conjoin the pieces and solve the puzzle. Learn through Play Blueprints for wooden joints from the missions are saved on the “Museum” interface. Players can freely dismantle each joint and enjoy a 360 view to showcase the secrets behind wood joinery, sharing the history of Chinese culture. Unleash Your Imagination “Challenge” mode provides players with an online community to share wood joinery designs. Here, players use their imagination to design puzzles for other players to solve. 5th Invention not only offers an enjoyable gaming experience, but a platform where players can apply what they have learned. 【Practice Subscription】 1.Unlock Practice privileges during the subscription period, allowing you to play levels created by other players. 2.During the subscription period, you can publish 5 custom levels per day. 3.During the subscription period, you can receive 4800 bonus Coins, which can be used to unlock Practice Structure Models and Frame Textures. Subscription Price: US$19.99 per month ※ Continuous Subscription, Next month $19.99, cancelable TERMS OF SERVICE: https://www.zplay.com/terms-of-service PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.zplay.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Schoops at 83% against 5th Invention's 0%. Schoops also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Schoops sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 5th Invention sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Schoops holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schoops has 35 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Schoops's written reviews are positive against 0% of 5th Invention's.
| Parameter | Schoops | 5th Invention |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (35 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| 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 | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 875 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eli Hooper | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Schoops
5th Invention
In-app purchases
Schoops
- Disable Ads$0.99
5th Invention
- Practice Subscription Monthly$19.991 Month
- DLC.Papa's Carpenter's House$0.99
- Ochre$1.99
- Master Expansion Pack$2.99
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- Elm$2.99
- Beige$3.99
- Green$4.99
- Black walnut$4.99
- Zitan Wood$5.99
- Indigo$6.99
- Rosewood$8.99
- Texture Collection$18.99









