Comparison

re vs Pixel

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

Head to head
About

re

A challenging one-button arcade game where players aim to break bricks. Compete for the top spot on the global leaderboard.

Highlights
  • One-button gameplay
  • Brick-breaking mechanics
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Offline play
  • Challenging difficulty
Features
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“Play is easy. But hard to do well.” One-button Brick Out game [re:bounder] ! Let's try to be at the top of the leaderboard~!

About

Pixel

Experience a vast collection of 170 retro-style arcade games in a single application. Enjoy diverse genres like action, sports, puzzles, and card games, all playable offline with simple touch controls and smooth performance. New games are added regularly through free updates.

Highlights
  • 170 bite-sized pixel-art games
  • Playable offline, no internet required
  • Variety of genres: action, sports, puzzles, cards
  • Simple touch controls
  • Smooth 60fps performance
  • New games added via free updates
  • Local multiplayer support
Features
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Pixel Pack is a love letter to the arcade. A single app packed with 270+ bite-sized pixel-art games you can pick up and play in seconds. Choose a cartridge from the launcher, drop in, play. No downloads between games, no internet required. Everything runs offline, right on your phone, and plenty of games support local multiplayer on a shared screen. WHAT YOU GET A genuinely huge variety across every genre in tiny-bit size: Arcade and action — dodge, blast, dash, and survive in Star Fury, Astral Drift, Neon Arena, Dragon Soar, Void Eater, Vektor Rush, and Blade Dance. Racing and speed — Astro Racing, Rad Highway, Turbo Trail, Chicken Race, Ramp Rider, and Ski Free. 3D worlds — Mecha Spider, Parkour Run, Pixel Cube, Armadillo Dreams, Ball Strike 3D, and Paper Toss 3D. Sports and trick runs — Air Hockey, Mini Golf, Pixel Baseball, Foosball, Bowl Bash, Sumo, Pool, Star Kick, and Shuffleboard. Brain and board — 3D Picross, Pixel Sudoku, Arcane Chess, Backgammon, Checkers, Reversi, Mancala, Chinese Checkers, Minesweeper, and Hexis. Word and trivia — Word Search, Wordhive, Hangman, Trivia Roulette, and What Am I. Puzzle and merge — Melon Merge, Fuse Frenzy, Block Bash, Bubble Lagoon, Crystal Clash, Fluid Sort, and Threadweave. Cards and table games — Picture Poker, Spidey Solitaire, Wildcard Wanted, Pachinko, Shadow Deal, and Left Center Right (just for fun — no real wagering). Reflex and timing — Dont Drop It, Dont Tap, Hat Stack, Rope Skipper, Quick Claw, Balloon Blast, and Rapid Rabbits. Creative and calm — Pixel Canvas, Zen Garden, Bonsai Shapes, Pixel Masterpiece, Scene Builder, and Lull. Toys and oddities — Pixel Camera turns your world into live pixel art, Compass points you north, and Chatterbird and Prismwave react to sound around you. ...and a whole lot more waiting in the launcher. DESIGNED TO FEEL GOOD Crisp pixel art at every size, no blurry scaling. Smooth 60fps action. Simple touch controls that actually work. Every game is tuned to be easy to start and easy to put down. PLAY YOUR WAY Pick up for thirty seconds in a checkout line, or sink into a high-score chase on the couch. Your best scores save right on your device. There is always another game one tap away. NO STRINGS ATTACHED No ads. No pop-ups. No accounts or logins. Just games. GROWING OVER TIME New games arrive in free updates, so the collection keeps getting bigger. One tap, and over two hundred ways to play. Welcome to Pixel Pack.

Screenshots

re4 screens
Pixel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: re at Free against Pixel's $1.99. re also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Pixel's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

re is free to download; Pixel costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: re has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

re ships an update weekly, Pixel every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
re versus Pixel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterrePixel
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB34 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDong Jun SohnCameron Burke

Customer experience

re

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%

Pixel

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

re

No in-app purchases

None

Pixel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is re free?
re is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel free?
Pixel costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, re or Pixel?
Pixel is rated higher. re averages 4.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Pixel averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do re or Pixel have ads?
Neither re nor Pixel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, re or Pixel?
re ships an update weekly, and Pixel every 5 days. Most recently, re was updated on October 5, 2026 and Pixel on October 8, 2026.

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