Comparison

sugar (game) vs Packed!?

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

Head to head
About

sugar (game)

Draw lines on your screen to guide falling sugar into cups. Enjoy a calming puzzle experience with visually satisfying sugar particles. This game offers a fresh, free puzzle challenge.

Highlights
  • Draw to direct sugar
  • Soothing particle physics
  • Relaxing puzzle gameplay
  • Free puzzle experience
  • Creator of color puzzle series
Features
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Draw on the screen to direct sugar into the cups. Experience the soothing puzzling with sugar particles trickling across the screen. A relaxing puzzle game from the creator of the color puzzle series and the "sugar, sugar" games. It was time for a brand new free sugar puzzle experience so I hope you'll enjoy this! @BartBonte

About

Packed!?

Guide two characters through increasingly challenging box-pushing puzzles to escape a depot. Solve each level with minimal moves and time, utilizing unique mechanics introduced in each world. The game features simple, visual-only controls and 120 handcrafted levels.

Highlights
  • 120 challenging puzzle levels
  • Move count and time-based rating system
  • Unique mechanics per world
  • Simple, visual-only controls
  • No in-game text
Features
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Packed!? is an extremely difficult puzzle game which has you guiding two punctual little friends on their journey to escape the depot one box at a time. Each box offers a fun, increasingly challenging puzzle to solve in as few moves as possible, as you push, slide and outsmart obstacles that stand between our friends and their path to freedom. They’re great listeners and will follow your direction in unison - for better or worse… GAME FEATURES * 120 carefully crafted levels of increasingly difficult puzzles. * Rating system based on move count and elapsed time. * A unique mechanic for each world you unlock. * Simple controls. * No text. All communication is conveyed through visuals. * No ads

Screenshots

sugar (game)4 screens
Packed!?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Packed!? at none against sugar (game)'s shown. Packed!? also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). sugar (game)'s advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 64%) and ratings volume (410 vs 52). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. sugar (game) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Packed!? sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for sugar (game) against 4.4 for Packed!?. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: sugar (game) has 410 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of sugar (game)'s written reviews are positive against 64% of Packed!?'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

sugar (game) ships an update monthly, Packed!? every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
sugar (game) versus Packed!?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersugar (game)Packed!?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (410 ratings)4.4 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews — better64.0% of reviews
Number of ratings410 — better52
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB358 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBart BONTEShortbread Games Pty Ltd

Customer experience

sugar (game)

All ratings410 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative14.4%
Written reviews266 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative11.3%

Packed!?

All ratings53 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative24.0%

Bugs and requests

sugar (game)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not progressing after completion
  • Sugar disappearing or not registering correctly
  • Restart button accidentally pressed instead of gravity switch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Undo/reset option per level
  • Ability to skip difficult levels
  • Colorblind mode or options
  • More levels and content updates
  • Landscape mode support on tablets
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  • Customization options

Packed!?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

sugar (game)

One-time1
  • premium unlock$2.99
6 purchases

Packed!?

One-time6
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • 15 Hints$1.99
  • Full Game$2.99
Show 3 more
  • 30 Hints$2.99
  • 50 Hints$2.99
  • 100 Hints$3.99

Questions

Is sugar (game) free?
sugar (game) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Packed!? free?
Packed!? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, sugar (game) or Packed!??
Packed!? is rated higher. sugar (game) averages 4.3 out of 5 from 410 ratings, while Packed!? averages 4.4 from 52 ratings.
Do sugar (game) or Packed!? have ads?
sugar (game) shows ads; Packed!? does not.
Which is updated more often, sugar (game) or Packed!??
sugar (game) ships an update monthly, and Packed!? every 9 days. Most recently, sugar (game) was updated on October 11, 2026 and Packed!? on October 9, 2026.

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