Comparison

Pin Puzzle vs Sortle

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

Head to head
About

Pin Puzzle

Engage your mind with a physics-based puzzle game where strategic pin removal guides balls to a truck. Avoid bombs and color gray balls by touching colored ones to succeed. Personalize your game with unlockable styles and backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Strategic pin removal
  • Physics-based ball guidance
  • Ball coloring mechanics
  • Bomb avoidance
  • Customizable game elements
  • Unlimited levels
Features
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Find yourself the king of puzzle games? Looking for a game that combines relaxation, decompression, brainstorming, visual enjoyment and achievement? Congratulations! You've found Pin Puzzle: Pull Pins Out! Pin Puzzle: Pull Pins Out has a simple but addictive gameplay that requires a certain amount of skills and experience which can at the same time test your IQ. The game starts out simple enough with just a few pins need to pull, but as you level up and gain experience, you'll need to think more. Be careful! If you are not strategic enough, with a "boom", you lose the game and shall restart it. In addition to the simple level passing mechanics, Pin Puzzle: Pull Pins Out also offers you a personalized gaming experience. Players will unlock various styles of balls, pins, tracks, trucks, as well as beautiful game backgrounds, dazzling game animation effects and so on. Each player is allowed to design your own personalized game page. Game Features: - Gameplay: Smartly arrange the move order of pins. Then, the ball will fall along the track under the feature of gravity and finally be collected in the truck. Truck with full balls can make a successful drive. Or else, the game will be over. So think before you pull! - There are both colored balls and gray balls in the game. It should be noted that the gray balls should be colored before falling into the truck. Gray balls can be successfully dyed when they touch colored balls. Take colored balls in your journey instead of gray ones. - Attention! There will be bombs scattered on the track. Bomb explosions will destroy tracks or trucks, which may cause you to lose balls and finally cannot finish the journey successfully. You can keep challenging yourself, we will not set limits for you, cuz we've prepared surely enough levels for you to challenge! Join Pin Puzzle: Pull Pins Out now, spend time with players all over the world and enrich your leisure time!

About

Sortle

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Sortle is an addictive puzzle game that is easy to learn and fun to play. Your goal is to put the numbers in the correct order and move to the next level. Get Sortle now and start competing for the highest level in the world!

Screenshots

Pin Puzzle4 screens
Sortle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pin Puzzle at Free against Sortle's $0.99. Pin Puzzle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Sortle's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

Pin Puzzle is free to download; Sortle costs $0.99 up front. Sortle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pin Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pin Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, Sortle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pin Puzzle versus Sortle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPin PuzzleSortle
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (5.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.3K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrange One LimitedLoizos Prodromou

Bugs and requests

Pin Puzzle

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Balls escaping enclosed areas after bomb explosions
  • Levels freezing or becoming unresponsive

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to remove ads by paying a one-time fee
  • Landscape mode support
  • More challenging levels for experienced players

Sortle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pin Puzzle

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sortle

One-time1
  • Lives Refill$0.99

Questions

Is Pin Puzzle free?
Pin Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sortle free?
Sortle costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Pin Puzzle or Sortle have ads?
Pin Puzzle shows ads; Sortle does not.
Which is updated more often, Pin Puzzle or Sortle?
Pin Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, and Sortle monthly. Most recently, Pin Puzzle was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sortle on September 18, 2026.

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