Draw Cubes vs Protect It
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Draw Cubes
Draw a line to guide a scoop and collect falling cubes. A simple, casual game designed for quick play sessions.
- Draw scoop to collect cubes
- Simple gameplay
- Casual game mechanics
- Cube collection
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Draw a scoop and collect cubes!
Protect It
Protect a valuable gem by strategically surrounding approaching thieves. This puzzle game offers diverse visual themes and hints to help you overcome challenges, including stages with multiple thieves.
- Surround approaching thieves
- Protect valuable gems
- Various customizable skins and themes
- Hint system for difficult puzzles
- Multiple thieves per stage
- Stage-based progression
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Surround the thief trying to steal diamonds! The thief approach as short as possible, so keep him away. This game has various skins. mouse & cheese, bear & honey, vampire & sun, bird & insect, and so on. Enjoy changing skins and themes to customise! If it is difficult to solve the puzzle, you can take hint. Sometimes, there are 3 thieves in the stage. You will clear the stage at least 1 thief. Can you surround all of the thieves? --- Rated for ages 3+ by IGRS (Indonesian Games Rating System).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Protect It at 4.6 against Draw Cubes's 2.0. Protect It also leads on ratings volume (2.2K vs 21). Draw Cubes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Protect It holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Protect It has 2.2K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Draw Cubes's written reviews are positive against 21% of Protect It's.
Draw Cubes ships an update daily, Protect It every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draw Cubes | Protect It |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (21 ratings) | 4.6 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 21.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | App Swim LLC | KAYAC Inc. |
Customer experience
Draw Cubes
Protect It
Bugs and requests
Draw Cubes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Protect It
Reported bugs
2 issues- Magnifying glass feature forces user to exit and re-enter the game
- Levels are too difficult and require use of paid features
Requested features
3 requests- Add a skip level option
- Add a remove ads option for a fee
- Add a gems to click no thanks or watch ad option
In-app purchases
Draw Cubes
No in-app purchases
Protect It
No in-app purchases
