Comparison

Tower Dropper vs Packed!?

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

Head to head
About

Tower Dropper

Test your reflexes and precision by stacking blocks to build the tallest tower possible. The higher the tower, the more challenging it becomes to maintain stability. Compete with yourself to achieve your highest score.

Highlights
  • Endless tower building
  • Increasing instability
  • High score tracking
  • Simple one-touch controls
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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Build up the tower as high as you can. The higher you build the more unstable it becomes. What's your top high score?

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

Tower Dropper3 screens
Packed!?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tower Dropper at 100% against Packed!?'s 64%. Tower Dropper also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Packed!?'s advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (105 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Packed!? sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Tower Dropper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Packed!? holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Packed!? has 105 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Tower Dropper's written reviews are positive against 64% of Packed!?'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tower Dropper versus Packed!?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTower DropperPacked!?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings)4.6 (105 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better64.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7105 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB358 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathon HoweShortbread Games Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Tower Dropper

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Packed!?

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

In-app purchases

None

Tower Dropper

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Packed!?

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

Questions

Is Tower Dropper free?
Tower Dropper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Packed!? free?
Packed!? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tower Dropper or Packed!??
Packed!? is rated higher. Tower Dropper averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Packed!? averages 4.6 from 105 ratings.
Do Tower Dropper or Packed!? have ads?
Neither Tower Dropper nor Packed!? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tower Dropper or Packed!??
Tower Dropper ships an update every 9 days, and Packed!? every 9 days. Most recently, Tower Dropper was updated on November 3, 2026 and Packed!? on November 7, 2026.

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