Lost Sock vs Beaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lost Sock
A humorous one-button game where you control a washing machine to prevent socks from getting lost. Collect coins to unlock a variety of quirky and colorful socks.
- One-button gameplay
- Spin and stop mechanics
- Collect coins
- Unlock unique socks
- Humorous theme
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Where do all the missing socks go? Find out in Lost Sock, the crazy physics-based arcade challenge where your washing machine is the level! Spin the machine enough times to complete each stage, but don't let a single sock escape. Easy to learn: • HOLD to spin • RELEASE to stop What starts as an ordinary washing machine quickly turns into a collection of bizarre spinning contraptions. Tackle machines shaped like fried eggs, cars, footballs, airplanes and other ridiculous creations that become increasingly difficult to master. Every level introduces new surprises: • Rotating obstacles • Trap doors and moving parts • Slingshot elements that launch socks across the machine • Physics-driven chaos and unpredictable moments Unlock dozens of strange and colorful socks. Some even create unexpected effects that make every spin unique. Features: • Unique washing machine level designs • Simple one-touch controls • Challenging physics-based gameplay • Risk-versus-reward coin collecting • Unlockable socks with special effects • Casual fun with increasing difficulty Can you keep every sock inside?
Beaker
This action-packed word game challenges you to clear falling letter tiles before the beaker overflows. Strategize with short words or aim for epic long words, while completing challenges and unlocking new features as you level up.
- Falling letter tiles
- Clear tiles with short words
- Create long words
- Daily and weekly word challenges
- Unlockable game features
- Blank tile drop
- Time slowing ability
- Vortex letter clearing
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Beaker is an action packed word game - the letter tiles don't stop falling. Maintain control with a quick burst of short words, or let the beaker fill up and make something truly memorable. Try making a 20 letter word, but don’t let the Beaker spill! Make the new daily, and weekly words to build streaks. Complete a huge variety of increasingly difficult challenges. Share your biggest words with friends. Unlock game features as you level up. - Drop a blank tile when the letter you need just won’t fall. - Slow time to help you to make absurdly long words. - Use the Vortex to clear away letters when the Beaker is getting too full.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lost Sock at every 5 weeks against Beaker's every 7 months. Lost Sock also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Beaker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Lost Sock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Beaker sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Lost Sock against 4.7 for Beaker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Lost Sock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beaker's.
Lost Sock ships an update every 5 weeks, Beaker every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lost Sock | Beaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (35 ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tim Kretz | Easistuff Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Lost Sock
Beaker
In-app purchases
Lost Sock
- remove ads$3.99
Beaker
- Teal theme$0.99
- Indigo theme$0.99
- Lime theme$0.99
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- Yellow theme$0.99
- Red theme$0.99
- Cyan theme$0.99
- Orange theme$0.99
- Violet theme$0.99
- Grape theme$0.99
- Restore tokens every game$3.99
- Remove ads$4.99









