Comparison

stitch. vs Piffle+

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

stitch.

Embark on a relaxing puzzle adventure by filling numbered grids with colorful threads to create beautiful embroidery patterns. Solve thousands of levels, from simple to challenging, and enjoy a calming, artful experience.

Highlights
  • Embroidery pattern creation
  • Thousands of levels
  • Realistic embroidery engine
  • Weekly limited edition content
  • Free stitch mode
  • Accessibility features
Features
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Stitch. is a casual puzzle game with embroidery on a numbered grid. The main objective is to fill in the levels' areas with no gaps to complete Hoops. Stitch. lets you create beautiful embroidery patterns, by solving levels and Hoops of various difficulties and sizes. It's easy to learn, but hard to master! Stitch up all the beautiful landscapes, plants, animals, objects, and more. SIMPLE RULES, CHALLENGING SOLUTIONS Stitch. offers an expansive range of playable content and thousands of easy to extremely challenging levels. Pick the pattern, size, and category of the Hoop you prefer and move forward through the levels to create an embroidered masterpiece. REALISTIC EMBROIDERY ENGINE Like any other form of art, hand embroidery brings you a peaceful, calming, and inspiring experience. Developed in-house, the realistic embroidery engine helps you enjoy the feel of playing with the real embroidery thread on your device. REGULAR HOOPS Stitch. features over 800 regular Hoops in multiple sizes and categories. Up to a long embroidery adventure? Pick a beautiful landscape hoop in XXL size. Looking for something quick and fun to help you unwind? - Stitch up a cute teddy bear or a colorful plant! Every Hoop you complete can then be shared. WEEKLY HOOPS Weekly Hoops are limited edition content that becomes available to play every week. Discover a new Weekly Hoop every 7 days and get it solved until it is gone! Weekly Hoops' themes and patterns reflect famous international events and unlock fun, educational facts about each of them. Did you know World Embroidery Day is celebrated on July 30? FREE STITCH MODE After completion, each Hoop can be alternatively played in Free Stitch mode. Pick your favorite pattern and color it just the way you like! Free Stitch mode becomes available after the tutorial steps completion. CHALLENGES Follow and complete all the various and fun challenges to collect points, upgrade in tiers and obtain achievements. ACCESSIBILITY Stitch. offers a range of accessibility features that are imported from your iOS/iPadOS settings and can be managed through the main menu of the game: 1. The “Number Outlines” feature creates sharper and more contrasted outlines for the numbers on the grid to help color blindness or the visually impaired. 2. The “Reduce Motion” feature disables all sudden movements and animations. 3. The “Big Numbers” feature increases the size of the numbers of the grid for better visibility. UNIVERSAL & FAMILY FRIENDLY Stitch. is a family-friendly game, suitable for players of all ages and genders. (IGRS rating: 3+)

About

Piffle+

Embark on a colorful arcade puzzle adventure with cute cats. Shoot to break blocks, craft adorable Piffle balls, and stop the villainous Doc Block. Enjoy hundreds of levels and challenge friends.

Highlights
  • Arcade puzzle gameplay
  • Block-breaking mechanics
  • Craftable Piffle balls
  • Hundreds of colorful levels
  • Offline playability
  • Challenge friends
Features
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Discover Piffle+ a cute arcade puzzle game full of adorable characters and...cats! Put your cat onesie on, quest through colorful worlds, stop the nefarious Doc Block and craft adorable Piffle balls to collect. How to play? - Choose the best possible angle to shoot - Release to bounce around and break all the blocks How to win? - Bounce as many times as possible to make combos and achieve high scores - Collect items, Piffle balls and use power ups to boost your results - Use your strategic wit to beat your friends! Why you’ll love Piffle+? Easy! - Play the most endearing and colorful puzzle game - Discover fun filled worlds with hundreds of levels to adventure through - Play whenever you want and at your own pace - Challenge your friends at any time Anything else? - Yes! You can craft and collect adorable fluffy Piffle balls

Screenshots

stitch.4 screens
Piffle+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: stitch. at 35K against Piffle+'s 4.9K. Piffle+'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for stitch. against 4.8 for Piffle+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: stitch. has 35K ratings behind it against 4.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of stitch.'s written reviews are positive against 85% of Piffle+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

stitch. ships an update monthly, Piffle+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
stitch. versus Piffle+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterstitch.Piffle+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (35K ratings) — better4.8 (4.9K ratings)
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews84.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35K — better4.9K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size752 MB227 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLykkegaard Europe LimitedHipster Whale Pty Ltd

Customer experience

stitch.

All ratings34,920 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews853 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative8.7%

Piffle+

All ratings4,921 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews218 reviews
Positive84.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative8.3%

User reviews

stitch.

From 35K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Relaxing and calming
  • 👍 Satisfying stitching experience
  • 🎨 Beautiful visuals and textures
  • 💡 Variety of difficulty levels
  • 🔒 No ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs, especially on larger puzzles
  • 🔍 Hard-to-see numbers on dark backgrounds
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
  • 🤔 Lack of challenge for experienced players

Piffle+

From 4.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 No annoying ads
  • 👍 Offline playability
  • 😊 Fun and entertaining levels
  • 🎨 Cute art style
  • 🐱 Enjoyable cat/pet theme

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Some challenges are impossible to complete
  • 🤑 Requiring coins to progress in certain challenges

Bugs and requests

stitch.

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing after completing a puzzle section
  • Unresponsive controls on larger puzzles
  • Inconsistent behavior when filling in stitches

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more unique and complex puzzle designs
  • Implement a zoom/pan feature to see the full puzzle
  • Allow partial stitching as placeholders
  • Add more background music options
  • Implement a 'clear all' button
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  • Unlock past weekly puzzles

Piffle+

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Certain challenges have protection against a wall with no way to hit
  • Reprogramming required to resolve some issues

Requested features

2 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Music/speed mode

In-app purchases

None

stitch.

No in-app purchases

None

Piffle+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is stitch. free?
stitch. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Piffle+ free?
Piffle+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, stitch. or Piffle+?
stitch. is rated higher. stitch. averages 4.8 out of 5 from 35K ratings, while Piffle+ averages 4.8 from 4.9K ratings.
Do stitch. or Piffle+ have ads?
Neither stitch. nor Piffle+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, stitch. or Piffle+?
stitch. ships an update monthly, and Piffle+ every 2 months. Most recently, stitch. was updated on November 9, 2026 and Piffle+ on November 8, 2026.

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