Stack Rider vs Orca
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!
Orca
Explore the ocean as a cute orca, eating fish to grow and diving deeper. Encounter various sea creatures, battle bosses, and unlock adorable skins. Compete on leaderboards in this family-friendly adventure.
- Eat fish to grow and level up
- Dodge and trap sea creatures
- Battle unique bosses
- Unlock 19 cute character skins
- Compete on leaderboards
- One-finger controls
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Take a deep breath and dive into Orca: Hungry Whale Explorer, an adorable, easy-to-play ocean adventure the whole family will love! Swim as a cute baby orca, gobble up little fish to grow bigger, and dive deeper through beautiful ocean zones, from the Sunlit Shallows down to the mysterious Abyss and a fiery Volcanic Trench. EAT AND GROW Munch fish to build combos, level up, and earn coins. The more you chain, the bigger your score! WATCH OUT Every level adds a new sea creature: crabs, lionfish, moray eels, swordfish, giant squid and more. Dodge them, or trap the whole screen with a Bubble Blast! BEAT THE BOSS Survive to the deep and battle a massive boss unique to each expedition — a giant Pacific octopus, a giant king crab, a tiger shark, a Greenland shark, and more — then keep diving in Endless mode! COLLECT CUTE SKINS Unlock 19 adorable characters, from sharks and narwhals to axolotls, sea turtles, a knight orca, and dazzling gold and galaxy orcas, each with its own perk. DIVE THE DEEPEST Compete on the Game Center leaderboard to see who can dive the deepest! MADE FOR EVERYONE - Simple one-finger controls, perfect for kids - No third-party ads and no tracking, safe and private - Optional Orca Pro subscription removes house promos and unlocks every skin - Purchases protected by a parental gate ORCA PRO SUBSCRIPTION Orca Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: Monthly (1 month, $8.00 USD) or Yearly (1 year, $25.00 USD). It removes house ads and unlocks every premium orca skin. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and each plan renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stephenhartwd-blip.github.io/orca-privacy/ How deep can YOU dive?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Orca at 100% against Stack Rider's 60%. Orca also leads on ads (none vs shown). Stack Rider's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Stack Rider sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Orca sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $8.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stack Rider ships an update every 2 weeks, Orca fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 8, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stack Rider | Orca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (756 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 756 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 393 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +4 |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | STEPHEN VICTOR HART |
Customer experience
Stack Rider
Orca
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
Orca
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stack Rider
- No Ads$2.99
Orca
- Orca Pro Monthly$8.001 Month
- Orca Pro Yearly$25.001 Year
- Knight Orca$1.99
- Golden Orca$2.99
- Galaxy Orca$3.99
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- Handful of Coins$3.99
- Bag of Coins$4.99
- Treasure Chest$9.99









