Comparison

SpaceIO vs Pin Puzzle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Strategic pin removal
  • Physics-based ball guidance
  • Ball coloring mechanics
  • Bomb avoidance
  • Customizable game elements
  • Unlimited levels
Features
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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!

Screenshots

SpaceIO4 screens
Pin Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpaceIO ships an update every 39 months, Pin Puzzle fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SpaceIO versus Pin Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpaceIOPin Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (5.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—31.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—5.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB196 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathan TornquistOrange 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

None

SpaceIO

No in-app purchases

None

Pin Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpaceIO free?
SpaceIO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pin Puzzle free?
Pin Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SpaceIO or Pin Puzzle have ads?
Pin Puzzle shows ads; SpaceIO does not.
Which is updated more often, SpaceIO or Pin Puzzle?
SpaceIO ships an update every 39 months, and Pin Puzzle fortnightly. Most recently, SpaceIO was updated on October 26, 2026 and Pin Puzzle on October 30, 2026.

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