Comparison

Pancake Tower Decorating vs Box It Up! Inc.

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

Head to head
About

Pancake Tower Decorating

Build and decorate a towering stack of pancakes. Experience realistic physics as you balance cakes and cute characters to reach the next level. A fun game for kids and families.

Highlights
  • Stack pancakes to build a tower
  • Decorate your pancake creation
  • Realistic physics for balance challenges
  • Cute characters add to the experience
  • Progress through multiple stages
  • Simple tap-to-stack gameplay
Features
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Let's decorate a Pancake Tower! In this game, you can try to stack pancakes and make a PancakeTower with decoration. There are so many cute characters that makes your heart pounding with realistic experience of physical balance. If you success to make up a tower, you can go to next stage. -- How to play -- 1.Stack all cakes on the dish. 2.Keep balance until completion. 3.After count down of three without crash, you win! This game has made for kids and family.

About

Box It Up! Inc.

Engage in a challenging action-puzzle experience with intuitive swipe and tap controls. Explore a world of stylish pixel art, unlock numerous skins and collectibles, and enjoy gameplay that is easy to learn but difficult to master. Play offline without an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Simple swipe and tap controls
  • Stylish pixel art graphics
  • Unlockable skins and collectibles
  • Offline gameplay
  • Challenging mastery curve
Features
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- Super simple swipe & tap controls - Sweet & stylish pixel art - 20+ Skins & 60+ Collectibles - No internet connection required to play - Easy to play, but hard to master Help and Support: contact@team-tape.com Want more Box It Up! Inc.? Like us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/boxitupinc

Screenshots

Pancake Tower Decorating4 screens
Box It Up! Inc.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pancake Tower Decorating at none against Box It Up! Inc.'s 4. Pancake Tower Decorating also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Box It Up! Inc.'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Box It Up! Inc. sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pancake Tower Decorating asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pancake Tower Decorating against 4.7 for Box It Up! Inc.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 575 and 422 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Pancake Tower Decorating's written reviews are positive against 67% of Box It Up! Inc.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pancake Tower Decorating ships an update every 2 months, Box It Up! Inc. every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pancake Tower Decorating versus Box It Up! Inc.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPancake Tower DecoratingBox It Up! Inc.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (575 ratings)4.7 (422 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings575 — better422
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOTOUCH INC.team TAPE Inc.

Customer experience

Pancake Tower Decorating

All ratings564 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.5%

Box It Up! Inc.

All ratings404 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral23.3%
Negative10.0%

User reviews

Pancake Tower Decorating

From 575 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🥞 Cute pancake theme
  • 🎨 Appealing visual design
  • 🕹️ Challenging gameplay
  • 🆓 No ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches or crashes
  • 🔚 Lack of new levels after completing the game
  • 💤 Game can get repetitive after a while

Box It Up! Inc.

From 422 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Addictive and fun gameplay
  • 🎨 Cute and aesthetic design
  • 🎮 Simple yet challenging
  • 💡 Good replayability
  • ✈️ Great for offline play

Room to improve

  • intrusive pop-up ads
  • 💰 Stingy coin rewards
  • 🐢 Slow progression
  • 😵 Confusing mechanics initially
  • 🐌 Slow to get coins

Bugs and requests

Pancake Tower Decorating

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Items sometimes fall to the bottom unexpectedly
  • Occasional freezing or unresponsiveness

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels or a third game
  • Implement team or account features
  • Add achievements or leaderboards
  • Introduce a free play mode to create custom towers
  • Implement multiplayer functionality

Box It Up! Inc.

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes after exiting ads
  • App crashes on first launch
  • Bug with box placement
  • Aggressive pop-ups on launch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Replay tutorial option
  • Quick replay button
  • More tokens for quests
  • Balance coin rewards

In-app purchases

None

Pancake Tower Decorating

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Box It Up! Inc.

One-time4
  • 2000 Coins$0.99
  • Ad Free$3.99
  • 12500 Coins$4.99
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  • 40000 Coins$11.99

Questions

Is Pancake Tower Decorating free?
Pancake Tower Decorating is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Box It Up! Inc. free?
Box It Up! Inc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pancake Tower Decorating or Box It Up! Inc.?
Box It Up! Inc. is rated higher. Pancake Tower Decorating averages 4.6 out of 5 from 575 ratings, while Box It Up! Inc. averages 4.7 from 422 ratings.
Do Pancake Tower Decorating or Box It Up! Inc. have ads?
Both Pancake Tower Decorating and Box It Up! Inc. show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pancake Tower Decorating or Box It Up! Inc.?
Pancake Tower Decorating ships an update every 2 months, and Box It Up! Inc. every 4 days. Most recently, Pancake Tower Decorating was updated on November 11, 2026 and Box It Up! Inc. on November 11, 2026.

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