The Pillar vs Tiny Machinery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Pillar
Embark on a mystery and puzzle-solving adventure in an unknown, dreamlike world. Explore diverse islands, solve riddles, and uncover secrets to escape a mythical maze. Experience evolving challenges from a first-person perspective.
- Mystery and puzzle-solving gameplay
- Explore diverse and evolving island environments
- Solve riddles to unlock mysteries
- First-person perspective adventure
- Escape a mythical maze
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Cleverly mixing mystery and puzzle-solving. The Pillar: Puzzle Escape ventures deep into an unknown world filled with riddling contraptions and scenic vistas. Explore islands that each offer unique environments and secrets to discover. Remain aware of your surroundings as they change and evolve like a lucid dream. With every challenge you overcome, you grow closer to escaping the mythical maze and waking up from the elaborate cage that’s trapped you inside! Features: -Search for a way to escape ever-evolving challenges! -Explore a wondrous world with diverse and beautiful landscapes. -Solve puzzles to unlock the mysteries of each island. -Experience the adventure through a classic first-person perspective
Tiny Machinery
Immerse yourself in a virtual dimension to solve intricate puzzles and escape a mysterious experiment. Use your intellect to manipulate complex machinery and unlock the secrets of your confinement. Experience a unique escape room adventure with creative 3D graphics and atmospheric audio.
- Escape room-style puzzles
- Creative 3D graphics
- Intricate mechanisms
- Atmospheric audio
- Hint system
- Unlockable story notes
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You've been kidnapped by unknown scientists and your brain has been plugged into a sophisticated machine to run an experiment: travel into a virtual dimension to unlock weird machinery. Use your imagination and IQ to crack puzzles and complete all intricate levels to save your life. Can you make it? A CLEVER PUZZLE GAME Embark into an escape room-style adventure full of riddles! CREATIVE 3D GRAPHICS Explore weird machines that will impress you with their unique art style INTRICATE MECHANISMS Enjoy tons of original puzzles, interact with buttons, levers, and little wheels to complete each level ATMOSPHERIC AUDIO Play the game with your headphones to get immersed in the game at best TRY FOR FREE Play the first 4 levels for free, with the option to unlock all the levels with a small In-App purchase, which will make you experience the whole story and puzzles HINTS In case you get stuck on a level, click the bulb button to get a hint that will help you solve the riddles STORY NOTES You will unlock a new story paragraph for each level you will complete. Discover how your kidnappers have threatened you and how it ends! ------------------------------------------------ XSGames is an independent solo startup from Italy. Find out more at xsgames.co Follow me @xsgames_ on both X and Instagram
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tiny Machinery at Free against The Pillar's $4.99. Tiny Machinery also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (54% vs 33%). The Pillar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, 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
Tiny Machinery is free to download; The Pillar costs $4.99 up front. Tiny Machinery sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. The Pillar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tiny Machinery holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Machinery has 45 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of The Pillar's written reviews are positive against 54% of Tiny Machinery's.
The Pillar ships an update every 4 months, Tiny Machinery every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Pillar | Tiny Machinery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 54.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 381 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paper Bunker s.r.o. | XSGames |
Customer experience
The Pillar
Tiny Machinery
In-app purchases
The Pillar
No in-app purchases
Tiny Machinery
- Full Game$3.99
- Full Game + Coffee$4.99
- Full Game + Love$7.99
