Cage It! Puzzle vs Starchess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cage It! Puzzle
A relaxing puzzle game where you tap to turn objects and eliminate all loose ends. With 200 levels, it offers a challenge for everyone, from easy to very hard. Hints are available for purchase to help with difficult stages.
- Tap to turn objects
- Eliminate all loose ends
- 200 levels
- Adjustable difficulty
- Mark objects
- Track solved levels
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Tap to turn and forget everything else. Cage It! is a puzzle game with a simple concept: Tap and turn and get rid of all loose ends. Does it have ads? No! How to play Cage It! ? Just tap on the red-brown objects to make them turn. Turn till you have removed all loose ends. If you want to mark an object, tap a little longer. The object becomes black. Is it difficult? Cage it! starts with quite easy levels. Very relaxing, it makes you forget everything. But the games become more difficult furher on. Which means, there is a level for everyone. In fact Cage It! contains very hard levels and in order to help you, you can mark the red-brown objects by touching them a little longer than the usual tap. The red-brown object now turns black. It’s an easy way to mark that this object is definitely in the right position. How many levels are there? We made 200 levels and you are free to scroll through every one of them. So if one is too easy or too difficult for you, you simply skip it and go to the next one. What does it cost? Cage It! is for free. If you think a level is too difficult, you can buy hints. In that way you make a small donation for the developer. Thanks! Can I see which level I passed? Yes you can. All the levels have a game number, which you find in a button at the top of the screen. The button turns green the moment you solved that level. You can also use this button if you want restart that level. Have fun!
Starchess
Experience chess with a unique twist on a three-dimensional board. Pieces gain new movement capabilities, allowing for strategic plays in up, down, and diagonal directions. Enjoy a fresh challenge to your chess skills.
- Three-dimensional chess board
- Traditional chess rules
- Expanded piece movement (up, down, diagonal)
- Unique strategic gameplay
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Starchess has all of the same rules as traditional chess but now on a three-dimensional board. Pieces can move up, down and diagonally.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Starchess at none against Cage It! Puzzle's 6. Cage It! Puzzle's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Cage It! Puzzle sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Starchess asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cage It! Puzzle against 5.0 for Starchess. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cage It! Puzzle has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cage It! Puzzle ships an update every 5 weeks, Starchess every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Cage It! Puzzle | Starchess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcelo Pars | Nathan Lane |
Customer experience
Cage It! Puzzle
Starchess
In-app purchases
Cage It! Puzzle
- 10 HINTS$0.99
- Donate a coffee$1.99
- 40 HINTS$1.99
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- 100 HINTS$2.99
- Donate an icecream$3.99
- Donate a muffin$7.99
Starchess
No in-app purchases









