Stack Rider vs Cosmo Crush
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!
Cosmo Crush
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Drop. Merge. Explode. Cosmo Crush is a physics merge puzzler set in deep space. Drop moons into the chamber, merge two of a kind, and watch them collapse into something bigger: Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and finally the Sun. Keep going and you'll trigger a Supernova. Keep going further and you'll create a Black Hole. Simple to start. Genuinely hard to master. 12 COSMIC TIERS Every merge climbs the chain, from a humble Moon all the way to a Black Hole. The higher you climb, the more room you free up — and the more the board fights back. REAL PHYSICS, REAL TENSION Planets roll, settle, and stack the way real objects would. Every drop changes the shape of the board. There's no undo, and gravity has opinions. CHAIN YOUR COMBOS Merges that cascade multiply your score. Set up a chain reaction and watch a single well-placed moon collapse half the board. POWERUPS FOR WHEN IT GETS TIGHT Earn Stardust as you play and spend it on four powerups: • Planet Swap — trade the planet you're holding • Planet Skip — skip a bad draw • Shrink Ray — halve a planet that's in the way • Nova Bomb — blow up the board and restack everything that survives 65 BADGES TO UNLOCK From your first merge to feats most players never manage. Each one pays out Stardust. BUILT FOR ONE-HANDED PLAY Portrait, one thumb, no tutorial required. Pick it up for thirty seconds or lose an hour. PLAYS OFFLINE No account. No sign-up. Your run saves automatically. Close the app mid-game and pick up exactly where you left off. Free to play, supported by ads. Optional rewarded ads let you continue a run. Stardust can also be purchased. How far can you merge?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cosmo Crush at every 5 days against Stack Rider's every 2 weeks. Stack Rider's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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. Stack Rider sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cosmo Crush sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stack Rider ships an update every 2 weeks, Cosmo Crush every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stack Rider | Cosmo Crush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (756 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 756 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 393 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Kenneth Withers |
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
Cosmo Crush
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stack Rider
- No Ads$2.99
Cosmo Crush
- 500 Stardust$0.99
- 1,200 Stardust$1.99
- Remove Ads (Lifetime)$3.99
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- 3,500 Stardust$4.99
- 8,000 Stardust$9.99









