Comparison

Swallow Up! vs StoneWright

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

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About

Swallow Up!

Features
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Are you ready to play the most satisfying game ever? - Buy holes and tap them to swallow people - Tap faster and feel the satisfaction - Merge holes to vacuum more - Be the best Enjoy it!

About

StoneWright

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You have a pile of stones. You have a gap to fill. Pick a stone, place it, see if it holds. StoneWright is a meditative dry stone walling simulator. No mortar. No timer. No score. Just the ancient craft of fitting stone to stone until something stands. The pile is your puzzle. Stones vary in shape, size, weight, texture. Rotate them, examine them, set them aside, return to them later. The right stone for the right spot is a feeling, not a calculation. BUILD: • Walls — Learn the grammar: two over one, break the joints, weight over weight • Corners — The wall turns. Tie-stones matter. • Gates — Span a gap without mortar. Master the lintel. • Arches — Temporary support, keystone, release. Will it hold? • Cairns — Vertical balance. Small footprint, increasing height. • Impossible stones — Late game. Eggs. Spheres. Slabs too thin. FAIL: Collapse happens. Stones tumble, scatter, come to rest. You rebuild from the rubble or reset the pile. No lives, no penalties. The wall fell. Now you know something. RETURN: No save prompts. No quit confirmation. Build until you stop. Come back and the wall is waiting—standing or fallen. LISTEN: Stone on stone. Scrape, tap, thunk, settle. Wind. No music during building. The sounds teach you: that click means stable, that grind means trouble. Inspired by Vermont's fieldstone walls—cleared from glacial fields by 19th-century farmers—and Ireland's pastoral sheep boundaries. Aspiring to Andy Goldsworthy's ephemeral artistry. No ads. No data collection. No notifications asking you to come back. The wall is its own reward.

Screenshots

Swallow Up!4 screens
StoneWright2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: StoneWright at none against Swallow Up!'s shown. Swallow Up!'s advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
Swallow Up! versus StoneWright: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwallow Up!StoneWright
PriceFreeFree
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB20 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperVirtual Projects Oyun Yazilim Ve TeknolojiJustin Neuman

In-app purchases

None

Swallow Up!

No in-app purchases

None

StoneWright

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swallow Up! free?
Swallow Up! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StoneWright free?
StoneWright is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swallow Up! or StoneWright have ads?
Swallow Up! shows ads; StoneWright does not.

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