Spike City vs Brickle!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spike City
Navigate vibrant worlds and overcome obstacles in this dynamic platformer. Utilize your character's unique spike ability to stick to walls and solve challenging puzzles. Enjoy endless replayability with various game modes and unlockable customizations.
- Spiky platforming action
- Swipe controls for movement
- Wall-sticking with spikes
- Endless challenges
- Level Mode
- Epic boss battles
- Collect power-ups
- Character customization
- Retro pixel graphics
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Explore exciting worlds and solve tricky challenges in this action-packed platforming game! - Spiky platforming action! - Just swipe up, down, left, and right to move around! - Stick into walls with your powerful spike! - Endless challenges! - Awesome Level Mode! - Epic boss battles! - Collect cool power-ups! - Customise your character! - Retro pixel graphics! -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.
Brickle!
Engage in a daily shape-fitting challenge against players worldwide. Compete for the fastest times and fewest moves to climb the leaderboards. Enjoy satisfying puzzle gameplay designed to keep your mind sharp.
- Daily shape-fitting puzzles
- Global player competition
- Leaderboard rankings
- Fewest moves challenge
- Fastest time challenge
- Satisfying puzzle gameplay
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Available exclusively for Halfbrick+ members - Brickle is in Early Access! Brickle, the ultimate shape-fitting challenge! Compete against players from around the world as you strive to complete puzzles with the fewest moves, and the fastest time. Brickle combines the thrill of competition with the satisfaction of puzzle-solving. Every day, a new mind-bending challenge awaits, keeping your brain sharp and your skills honed. Can you conquer the daily puzzle and claim your spot on the leaderboard? FEATURES: • Compete and Conquer - Challenge players worldwide to see who can fit the shapes together in record time and with the fewest moves. • Daily Puzzles - Check in daily for a fresh, brain-teasing puzzle that will keep you coming back for more. • Leaderboard Glory - Climb the daily score leaderboards and prove you're the ultimate puzzle solver. • Satisfying Gameplay - Relax and unwind with Brickle's soothing puzzle gameplay. It's the perfect way to destress while keeping your mind engaged. Solve today’s puzzle to find out how smart you really are! WHAT'S HALFBRICK+ Halfbrick+ is a mobile games subscription service featuring: ● Exclusive access to the highest-rated games ● No ads or in app purchases ● Brought to you by the makers of Award-winning mobile games ● Regular updates and new games ● Curated by hand - for gamers by gamers! Kick off your Guest Access with 60 minutes of gameplay! If you like what you see, start your One Month free trial and play all our games without ads, in app purchases, and fully unlocked games! Your subscription will auto-renew after 30 days, or save money with an annual membership! If you have any questions, please contact our support team https://support.halfbrick.com ************************************** Terms of Use: https://www.halfbrick.com/subscription-agreement Privacy Policy: https://www.halfbrick.com/halfbrick-plus-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brickle! at 4.0 against Spike City's 2.6. Brickle! also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 35%). Spike City's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (373 vs 4). On price, ads, 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. Spike City sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Brickle! sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Brickle! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spike City has 373 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Spike City's written reviews are positive against 50% of Brickle!'s.
Spike City ships an update every 5 days, Brickle! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spike City | Brickle! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (373 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 373 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 277 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Halfbrick Studios |
Customer experience
Spike City
Brickle!
Bugs and requests
Spike City
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game not opening on certain devices
- Soft lock at 11m
- Controls not registering inputs
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and worlds
- Use for pink coins
- Additional control schemes
- Improved checkpoint system
Brickle!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spike City
- Small Chest$0.99
- Medium Chest$1.99
- Premium - Remove Ads$2.99
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- Large Chest$2.99
Brickle!
- Halfbrick+2 variants$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+ (Trial)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+ (Early Adopter)6 Months trial$2.991 Month
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- Halfbrick+3 variants$29.991 Year
- Halfbrick+1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Halfbrick+$99.99
