PartyNoodle vs smART STIX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PartyNoodle
Create vibrant, animated light shows to set the perfect atmosphere for any occasion. Customize colors and movements to bring your space to life.
- Customizable illuminating colors
- Animated light effects
- Mood setting for events
- Intuitive color control
- Dynamic visual displays
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Be the party! Set the mood right with brilliant illuminating colors that animate any way you want.
smART STIX
This app guides users through building projects using bendable rods and connectors. Select a blueprint, measure and cut materials with the workbench, then follow interactive instructions to construct your design.
- Blueprint selection
- Interactive step-by-step instructions
- Material measurement and cutting guide
- Design construction guidance
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The smART STIX app is a companion app for the smART STIX product. The innovative, open-ended smART STIX let anyone engineer their projects using bendable aluminum rods and smART connectors. After choosing a blueprint from the free smART STIX app, you use the included smART Workbench to measure and cut the exact size and number of aluminum rods needed. Then you bend them into shapes and connect them to build your design. Our app will guide you through the process with interactive step by step instructions. smART STIX™ is a trademark of Flycatcher Toys INC © 2025. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PartyNoodle at 5.0 against smART STIX's 1.3. PartyNoodle also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.1). smART STIX's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 41 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
PartyNoodle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.
PartyNoodle ships an update every 41 months, smART STIX every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PartyNoodle | smART STIX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 41 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Hemingway | FlyCatcher Inc. |
Customer experience
PartyNoodle
smART STIX
In-app purchases
PartyNoodle
No in-app purchases
smART STIX
No in-app purchases
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