Smash Puck vs Pachoink!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smash Puck
Experience a unique puzzle game blending elements of pool, pinball, and curling with dynamic physics. Navigate through 120 handcrafted levels across 10 distinct worlds, utilizing special mechanics like magnets and portals to achieve your goals.
- 120 handcrafted levels
- 10 unique worlds
- Pool, Pinball, Curling elements
- Magnets, portals, moving platforms
- iCloud progress sync
- Multi-language support
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Smash Puck is the game you get when you combine Pool, Pinball, Curling and add magnets, portals, moving platforms, force fields and more! FEATURES • 120 handcrafted levels in 10 unique worlds • Original soundtrack featuring 6 songs: Listen on YouTube for free • So colourful! • No ads, No in-app purchases • Play on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV • Very yummy! • Sync your progress using iCloud • Fully localized for English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, German, Italian, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese and Russian • Super cute!
Pachoink!
Bounce and smash targets on dynamic game boards using intuitive one-touch controls. Master precision, timing, and brute force across over 60 skill-based levels. Enjoy two game modes and a variety of board hazards for endless fun.
- Intuitive one-touch controls
- Single game purchase with free updates
- Campaign and Endless game modes
- Multiple board hazards
- 60+ skill-based levels
- No Ads / IAPs
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Pachoink! The game boards provide the targets, but do you have the ball skills to take them all out? Some levels require precision, others good timing, some brute force, but more often than not it's a combination of all of these. Rise to the challenge and earn your stars! Features: -Intuitive one-touch controls: Simply tap, drag down and release! -Single game purchase: Lifetime free content updates, no Ads / IAPs. -Two game modes: Campaign and Endless (Tower). -Multiple board hazards: Teleports, catchers, spinners, movers and more can help or hinder you on your journey! -60+ Levels: A large base set of (skill based unlocking) levels and areas, with more board elements, traps and levels in future releases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smash Puck at monthly against Pachoink!'s every 9 months. Smash Puck also leads on ratings volume (125 vs 25). Pachoink!'s advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Smash Puck costs $1.99 and Pachoink! $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Smash Puck against 4.6 for Pachoink!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smash Puck has 125 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Smash Puck's written reviews are positive against 93% of Pachoink!'s.
Smash Puck ships an update monthly, Pachoink! every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smash Puck | Pachoink! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (125 ratings) — better | 4.6 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Semidome Inc. | A To Play Ltd. |
Customer experience
Smash Puck
Pachoink!
Bugs and requests
Smash Puck
Reported bugs
3 issues- Stuck on impossible levels with no skip option
- Game repeats levels after beating them
- Frame rate drops on some levels
Requested features
10 requests- More levels
- Multiplayer feature
- Level creator
- Challenge mode/achievements for beating levels without using all shots
- Option to tip developers
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- Timed challenge mode
- More Game Center achievements
- Help function for hard levels
- Screen rotatable
- Move creations to Steam
Pachoink!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smash Puck
No in-app purchases
Pachoink!
No in-app purchases
