Stack Rider vs Spiral Rider
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stack Rider
Navigate a challenging obstacle course by collecting balls to build a towering stack. Avoid walls that are too high to maintain your momentum and reach the finish line.
- Build a tall stack
- Collect balls
- Avoid high walls
- Race to the finish
- Obstacle course navigation
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Ride the stack to the finish without hitting a wall too high! Pick up balls to make your stack higher!
Spiral Rider
Remove bark from tree trunks to create large spirals. Use these spirals to collect coins and destroy obstacles. This game offers an extremely satisfying experience.
- Create huge spirals
- Remove bark from trunks
- Collect coins
- Destroy obstacles
- Satisfying gameplay
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Create huge spirals by removing bark from trunks and use them to collect coins and destroy obstacles in your way. Warning !!! Extremely satisfying game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stack Rider at 60% against Spiral Rider's 24%. Stack Rider also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Spiral Rider's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (11K vs 756). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Stack Rider sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spiral Rider sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spiral Rider holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spiral Rider has 11K ratings behind it against 756, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Stack Rider's written reviews are positive against 24% of Spiral Rider's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stack Rider ships an update every 2 weeks, Spiral Rider every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 8, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stack Rider | Spiral Rider |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (756 ratings) | 4.6 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.7% of reviews — better | 23.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 756 | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 393 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Stack Rider
Spiral Rider
User reviews
Stack Rider
From 756 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and satisfying gameplay
- 🤩 Enjoyable challenge
- 💗 Addictive and relaxing
- 🎨 Variety of skins/characters
Room to improve
- 🤬 Excessive ads
- 🤯 Repetitive levels
- 💰 Coins/purchases feel meaningless
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
Spiral Rider
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Addictive and engaging
- 💎 Satisfying to play
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🚫 Requires internet connection to play
- 🤖 Repetitive gameplay
- 🤔 Unclear instructions
Bugs and requests
Stack Rider
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes after update
- Levels glitch and become unplayable
- Controls become unresponsive
- Losing progress/data
Requested features
4 requests- Increase level difficulty and variety
- Reduce ads or offer ad-free option
- Improve coin/purchase system
- Fix bugs and crashes
Spiral Rider
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes or freezes on some devices
- Issues with skin/character customization
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to change skins or characters
- Option to disable ads
In-app purchases
Stack Rider
- No Ads$2.99
Spiral Rider
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Stack Rider free?
Is Spiral Rider free?
Which has better reviews, Stack Rider or Spiral Rider?
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