Pixel Star vs Twisty Beads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Star
Fill in pixels to recreate images and achieve perfect scores. Progress through over 100 stages, aiming for three stars by avoiding any mistakes. A simple yet challenging puzzle experience.
- Pixel filling gameplay
- Picture recreation
- Three-star scoring system
- Over 100 stages
- Mistake-free completion
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Fill it with pixels! Fill up the pixels while looking at the picture. To get three stars, you can't get any wrong. Let's complete more than 100 stages.
Twisty Beads
A relaxing puzzle game where players rotate colorful beads to solve intricate looping patterns. Enjoy satisfying gameplay at your own pace with charming visuals and smooth animations. Perfect for both short breaks and extended play sessions.
- Rotate beads to solve loop puzzles
- Simple controls
- Relaxing difficulty curve
- Charming visuals
- Smooth animations
- No-timer, stress-free gameplay
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Welcome to Twisty Beads — a fun and relaxing puzzle game where you rotate colorful beads to solve looping challenges! Match the beads, clear the patterns, and enjoy smooth, satisfying gameplay at your own pace. Twisty Beads is easy to pick up but rewarding to master. Each level brings new twists, new layouts, and new strategies to discover. Perfect for short breaks or long sessions! Features: • Rotate beads to solve unique loop puzzles • Simple controls, relaxing difficulty curve • Charming visuals and smooth animations • No-timer, stress-free puzzle experience Start twisting and clear your next loop today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Twisty Beads at 100% against Pixel Star's 50%. Twisty Beads also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Pixel Star's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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. Twisty Beads sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Star asks for nothing beyond the download.
Twisty Beads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Pixel Star's written reviews are positive against 100% of Twisty Beads's.
Pixel Star ships an update weekly, Twisty Beads every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Star | Twisty Beads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sanghoon oh | Guang Yang |
Customer experience
Pixel Star
Twisty Beads
In-app purchases
Pixel Star
No in-app purchases
Twisty Beads
- Remove Ads$1.99
