SpaceIO vs Pin Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpaceIO
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SpaceIO is a game about running a cell phone startup, a startup where you manually manage the backup of user’s data. Your job is to make sure that none of your customer’s phones ever run out of space. Whenever they’re awake, the customers will be sending emails and taking photos like crazy. You have to choose how and when to back up their data, but if their phones fill up, they’ll take their business elsewhere! On top of managing the current customers, as a SpaceIO employee you have to set the price for new customers and oversee infrastructure upgrades. --------------------------- This game was created as part of Ludum Dare 42. Ludum Dare is the longest running Accelerated Game Development Event (Game Jam), and the theme for #42 was "Running out of Space" This game was written over the course of August 10th and 11th, 2018 in 13 hours and 54 minutes.
Pin Puzzle
Engage your mind with a physics-based puzzle game where strategic pin removal guides balls to a truck. Avoid bombs and color gray balls by touching colored ones to succeed. Personalize your game with unlockable styles and backgrounds.
- Strategic pin removal
- Physics-based ball guidance
- Ball coloring mechanics
- Bomb avoidance
- Customizable game elements
- Unlimited levels
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Find yourself the king of puzzle games? Looking for a game that combines relaxation, decompression, brainstorming, visual enjoyment and achievement? Congratulations! You've found Pin Puzzle: Pull Pins Out! Pin Puzzle: Pull Pins Out has a simple but addictive gameplay that requires a certain amount of skills and experience which can at the same time test your IQ. The game starts out simple enough with just a few pins need to pull, but as you level up and gain experience, you'll need to think more. Be careful! If you are not strategic enough, with a "boom", you lose the game and shall restart it. In addition to the simple level passing mechanics, Pin Puzzle: Pull Pins Out also offers you a personalized gaming experience. Players will unlock various styles of balls, pins, tracks, trucks, as well as beautiful game backgrounds, dazzling game animation effects and so on. Each player is allowed to design your own personalized game page. Game Features: - Gameplay: Smartly arrange the move order of pins. Then, the ball will fall along the track under the feature of gravity and finally be collected in the truck. Truck with full balls can make a successful drive. Or else, the game will be over. So think before you pull! - There are both colored balls and gray balls in the game. It should be noted that the gray balls should be colored before falling into the truck. Gray balls can be successfully dyed when they touch colored balls. Take colored balls in your journey instead of gray ones. - Attention! There will be bombs scattered on the track. Bomb explosions will destroy tracks or trucks, which may cause you to lose balls and finally cannot finish the journey successfully. You can keep challenging yourself, we will not set limits for you, cuz we've prepared surely enough levels for you to challenge! Join Pin Puzzle: Pull Pins Out now, spend time with players all over the world and enrich your leisure time!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SpaceIO at none against Pin Puzzle's shown. Pin Puzzle's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 39 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
SpaceIO ships an update every 39 months, Pin Puzzle fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpaceIO | Pin Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (5.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 31.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Tornquist | Orange One Limited |
Bugs and requests
SpaceIO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pin Puzzle
Reported bugs
2 issues- Balls escaping enclosed areas after bomb explosions
- Levels freezing or becoming unresponsive
Requested features
3 requests- Option to remove ads by paying a one-time fee
- Landscape mode support
- More challenging levels for experienced players
In-app purchases
SpaceIO
No in-app purchases
Pin Puzzle
No in-app purchases









