Comparison

Gobble Dash vs Screw Machine

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

Head to head
About

Gobble Dash

Guide a growing snake through intricate mazes, consuming all pellets without colliding with its own expanding body. Swipe to navigate and gobble your way through an endless variety of maze designs.

Highlights
  • Eat pellets
  • Avoid own body
  • Swipe controls
  • Infinite mazes
  • Varying maze sizes
  • Different maze configurations
Features
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.Enter Gobble Dash! A game about a snake who must eat all pellets without bumping into his own body! .Swipe your finger to dash along corridors and gobble the pellets as the snake's body becomes longer and longer! .Discover an infinity of mazes of various sizes and configurations!

About

Screw Machine

A unique color-sorting puzzle game where you manage screws on a spinning machine. Tap panels to release screws and match them to their colored plates before the rail overloads. Features special mechanics like mystery plates and gates for added challenge.

Highlights
  • Spinning machine sorting mechanic
  • Color-matching screw puzzles
  • Tap-to-release screw panels
  • Special game-changing parts (mystery plates, gates)
  • Offline play
  • No timer or move counter
Features
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Screw Machine is a color-sorting screw puzzle with a moving twist. Instead of stacking screws onto a bolt, you spill screws onto a spinning machine and let timing do the sorting. Tap a panel drop its screws onto the rail, and watch each color thread itself into its matching plate as the ring carries it around. Fill every plate to win. Overload the rail and the whole machine seizes up. HOW THE MACHINE WORKS • Tap a panel to loosen its screws onto the spinning rail • Four color plates sit around the ring — each one takes three screws of its color • As the machine turns, every screw passing its matching plate drives itself in • Fill a plate and it locks shut; the next color rolls up behind it • Clear all the plates to finish the level KEEP IT TURNING • The rail only holds so many screws, release colors with nowhere to go and it jams solid • Read the machine before you tap: open the panels whose colors have an open plate • No move counter, no timer, you only lose if the rail jams for good • Every level is a small sorting puzzle built to be untangled PARTS THAT CHANGE THE GAME • Mystery plates: The next color stays hidden behind a "?" until it rolls into place • Gates: Run a screw through and it splits into more • Tunnels: Feed a whole extra run of panels onto the board • Arrows: Panels that you can only unlock from a certain direction WHY IT'S HARD TO PUT DOWN • A fresh, tactile spin on the nuts and bolts puzzles you already love • One-tap, simple, with real timing and planning underneath • Hand-built levels that stay clever without ever feeling like work • Oddly satisfying to watch, screws driving home, plates locking in sequence • Play offline, anywhere, no wifi needed • Free to play, with lives that refill over time Loosen the screws. Run the machine. Sort every color.

Screenshots

Gobble Dash4 screens
Screw Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gobble Dash at none against Screw Machine's shown. Gobble Dash also leads on ratings volume (26K vs 445) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Screw Machine's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Gobble Dash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Screw Machine sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screw Machine holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gobble Dash has 26K ratings behind it against 445, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Gobble Dash's written reviews are positive against 50% of Screw Machine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gobble Dash ships an update every 11 days, Screw Machine every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gobble Dash versus Screw Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGobble DashScrew Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (26K ratings)4.9 (445 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26K — better445
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB368 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStanislas MettraTwist Games

Customer experience

Gobble Dash

All ratings26,008 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews270 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral14.4%
Negative38.9%

Screw Machine

All ratings445 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Gobble Dash

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels randomly changing after failure
  • Inconsistent snake movement
  • Revive feature not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • More level variety
  • Ability to replay specific levels
  • Customization options for the snake/worm
  • Difficulty progression

Screw Machine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gobble Dash

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
10 purchases

Screw Machine

One-time10
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
  • Fail Offer$4.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99
Show 7 more
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Small Bundle$9.99
  • No Ads Bundle$12.99
  • 10000 Coins$14.99
  • Medium Bundle$19.99
  • Large Bundle$29.99
  • Mega Bundle$49.99

Questions

Is Gobble Dash free?
Gobble Dash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screw Machine free?
Screw Machine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gobble Dash or Screw Machine?
Screw Machine is rated higher. Gobble Dash averages 4.6 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while Screw Machine averages 4.9 from 445 ratings.
Do Gobble Dash or Screw Machine have ads?
Screw Machine shows ads; Gobble Dash does not.
Which is updated more often, Gobble Dash or Screw Machine?
Gobble Dash ships an update every 11 days, and Screw Machine every 4 days. Most recently, Gobble Dash was updated on October 20, 2026 and Screw Machine on October 20, 2026.

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