Pipeen vs Thread VS Needle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pipeen
Navigate challenging levels by dragging to control your player and aim for the goal. Avoid numerous traps, moving blocks, and obstacles within a time limit to succeed. Compete globally by aiming for the highest stage clear count.
- Screen drag controls
- Numerous traps and obstacles
- Moving blocks and rotation gears
- Darkness stages
- Time limit challenges
- Global leaderboards
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Screen drag to move player and aim for the goal. Many traps, moving blocks, rotation gears,,,, and darkness stage. 【Method of operation】 Touch drag to operation the player 【Game content】 If you hit pipes, blocks, and other obstacles it's game over. There is a time limit. Even if you can not clear within time it is game over. 【Game Center】 Let's challenge the world ranking by stage clear number! ■User Policy https://toppymotion.storeinfo.jp/pages/6574988/page_202210282041
Thread VS Needle
A fun and engaging game where players must skillfully thread needles. Test your precision across over 70 challenging stages by controlling the thread's movement to complete each objective.
- Threading gameplay
- Over 70 stages
- Interactive thread control
- Object threading challenges
- Precision-based puzzles
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Fun game to thread the needles! Can you thread all the needles? Can you thread many various objects? There are more than 70 stages! Can you thread in all the stages? == HOW TO PLAY == Your thread is very active! Press your screen to raise the end of your thread, and release to drop it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Thread VS Needle at none against Pipeen's shown. Thread VS Needle also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (36 vs 2). Pipeen's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pipeen holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thread VS Needle has 36 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Pipeen's written reviews are positive against 35% of Thread VS Needle's.
Pipeen ships an update every 3 months, Thread VS Needle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipeen | Thread VS Needle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 34.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TOSHIYUKI MATSUBARA | REP COM Inc. |
Customer experience
Pipeen
Thread VS Needle
In-app purchases
Pipeen
No in-app purchases
Thread VS Needle
No in-app purchases
