Pac.io vs Pill Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pac.io
Engage in an addictive grid-battle by swiping to outsmart opponents and dominate the arena. Utilize a variety of power-ups and unlock unique skins to enhance your gameplay and rise through the ranks. Enjoy endless fun offline or online with intuitive controls.
- Swipe controls for movement
- Strategic power-ups
- Unlockable skins
- Offline and online play
- Intuitive gameplay
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Pac.io – Swipe, Power Up, and Dominate the Grid! Dive into the ultimate io grid-battle! Swipe in four directions, outsmart your opponents, and become the King of the grid. Every move counts—strategize, dodge, and strike to stay on top! Unleash Epic Power-Ups Turn the tide of battle with incredible power-ups: Bomb, Ghost, 5x Multiplier, Magnet, Sword, Thunder, Freeze, Laser, and Speed Up. Eat bigger players, escape tricky situations, and crush your enemies with style. Use them wisely—power waits for no one! Unlock Legendary Skins Show off your legendary skins as you rise through the ranks. Each skin makes you look epic and adds extra flair while you dominate the battlefield. Game Highlights • Play anywhere—offline or online, anytime. • Smooth, intuitive swipe controls for lightning-fast moves. • Easy to learn, impossible to put down. • FREE to play with endless battles, power-ups, and epic fun! Swipe, power up, and conquer—become the ultimate legend in Pac.io!
Pill Puzzle
Engage in real-time, cross-platform multiplayer puzzle battles. Strategically align colored capsules to clear viruses and achieve high scores. Enjoy classic levels and weekly updates in this addictive game suitable for all ages.
- Real-time multiplayer battles
- Cross-platform play
- Classic puzzle levels
- Global leaderboards
- Weekly level updates
- Suitable for all ages
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**REAL PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLAYER** Fight with friends and rivals in global, cross-platform, real-time puzzle. Pill Puzzle is an addictive puzzle game. This area is populated by viruses of three colors: red, yellow, and blue, which stay in their starting position until removed, the player manipulates each capsule as it vertically falls 1 unit of space at a time, able to move it left or right and rotate it 90 degrees in either clockwise or counter-clockwise. When four or more capsule halves or viruses of matching color are aligned in vertical or horizontal configurations, and any new 4-in-a-row alignments created from this will also be removed. Features: * All Classic Levels. * Global Leader boards. * Suitable for all ages. * Now try to get a higher score and share it with your friends! * New levels update every week. * Free to play, play it anywhere anytime. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pill Puzzle at none against Pac.io's shown. Pill Puzzle also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Pac.io's advantage is ratings volume (343 vs 58). 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. Pac.io sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pill Puzzle sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pill Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pac.io has 343 ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Pac.io's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pill Puzzle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Pac.io | Pill Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (343 ratings) | 4.5 (58 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 343 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| 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 | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nomadic Bear Games | Trang Nguyen Thi |
Customer experience
Pac.io
Pill Puzzle
Bugs and requests
Pac.io
Reported bugs
7 issues- Ads crash game at end of video
- Game freezes after ad completion
- Pink screen ad that cannot be closed
- Instant death upon spawning
- Players getting stuck behind walls
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- Power pellet duration inconsistencies
- Game glitching and crashing frequently
Requested features
9 requests- Arrow buttons or D-pad controls instead of sliding
- Ad-free premium version for purchase
- Ability to disable ads with WiFi off
- Friend list and private room creation
- Real player names instead of randomized ones
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- Grace period or invincibility after spawn
- Sound effects and audio
- New items, levels, and game updates
- Revert to original 2024 version
Pill Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pac.io
- Small Coin Pack$0.99
- Medium Coin Pack$4.99
- Magnet$4.99
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- Thunder$4.99
- Sword$4.99
- Big Coin Pack$9.99
- No Ads$9.99
- Large Coin Pack$19.99
- Huge Coin Pack$49.99
- Massive Coin Pack$99.99
Pill Puzzle
- Remove Ads$4.99
- Buy all skin$8.99









