Peg Jump vs Papaya Peg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Peg Jump
Experience classic family fun with this digital adaptation of a beloved board game. Challenge yourself to solve intricate puzzles by strategically jumping pegs to remove them, aiming to leave just one behind. Enjoy nostalgic gameplay on your iPhone and iPad.
- Classic peg solitaire gameplay
- Simple yet challenging puzzles
- Jumping peg mechanics
- Nostalgic family fun
- Triangle and English board options
- New boards and puzzles via add-on
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The Original Peg Jump. Downloaded by Millions. Peg Jump provides that old fashioned family fun - on your iPhone and iPad! Peg Jump is sure to bring back those childhood memories. Whether it's laying in your grandparent's living room, watching Judge Wapner on The People's Court™, or waiting for your Chicken n' Dumplins at your local Cracker Barrel™. Peg Solitaire has been a family favorite for years! This little game is simple, yet surprisingly challenging. Moves are made similar to checkers, by "jumping" pegs to remove them. Can YOU leave only one peg? Already know how to solve the famous triangle puzzle? Give the english board a try! The Peg Jump Pro add-on provides a new board, 30 new challenging puzzles, and has all the Peg Jump fun, without the ads.
Papaya Peg
A cheerful peg solitaire puzzle game offering various board types and challenges. Enjoy classic and variant layouts, daily and weekly puzzles, and quests with helpful features like move guides and undo/redo. Play at your own pace, with optional Game Center integration for score sharing.
- Classic and variant peg solitaire boards
- Daily and Weekly Challenges
- Quest mode with unlockable paths
- Move guides and undo/redo functionality
- Local high scores and saved progress
- Optional Game Center integration
- Offline play support
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Can you leave just one peg standing? Papaya Peg is a cheerful peg solitaire puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. Jump pegs or marbles over their neighbors, clear the board, and chase the satisfying one-piece finish. Free to play, works offline, and never asks you to make an account. Browse Classic Boards, Today's Challenges, Variant Boards, and Quests from a swipeable card chooser, then jump straight into the puzzle that fits your mood. Play classic peg solitaire boards, larger variants, and calendar challenges: - Triangle - a compact triangular board with quick rounds that fit nicely into short play sessions. - English - the classic cross-shaped board. Jump horizontally or vertically and try to finish with one marble in the center. - European - a wider expert-style board with more holes and a roomier challenge. - Triangle: Six-Row and Triangle: Seven-Row - larger triangle boards that unlock as you solve. - Daily Challenge - a shared board each day, with saved progress, a solve streak, and Papaya rewards for solving. - Weekly Challenge - a harder solver-verified puzzle released each week. - Quests - unlock opening challenge paths, replay cleared stages, and try for extra-satisfying one-peg finishes. New in 1.13: new to peg solitaire? A one-minute guided lesson on the Triangle board shows you how to jump, and finishing it earns a starter gift of Papayas plus undo and hint credits. Unlocking English Quest now gets its own celebration, and "Take a Look" takes you smoothly to whatever you just unlocked. Stuck on a Daily, Weekly, or Quest puzzle? Tap the lightbulb Hint button for a free check that your position can still be solved, then reveal the recommended move when you want it. Hints and undos run on Papayas, which you earn free by watching a short video whenever you like. Ask for it and it opens. Say the word to Siri, or use Spotlight or the Action Button, and Papaya Peg jumps straight to the Daily Challenge, a classic board, a Quest, High Scores, or the Store. Your progress can follow you across devices. Papaya Peg uses your own private iCloud account to keep results, streaks, and Quest progress in sync - no new account, just the iCloud you're already signed into. Offline play still works everywhere; sync catches up once you're back online. Papaya Peg includes a quick guided lesson for new players, optional move guides and available-move highlighting, first-play tips, undo and redo, an in-game Pause, local high scores, saved progress, optional notifications for new Daily and Weekly boards, sound effects, and haptic feedback. Game Center is optional. Enable it to share eligible scores and earned achievements, including progress earned offline. Daily and Weekly leaderboards celebrate the solves you work out yourself. Prefer to play without ads? One purchase removes them permanently and makes hints and undos unlimited, and it works with Family Sharing. If you'd simply like to say thanks, optional supporter trophies go on display in your High Scores and your Player Profile - and drift gently in the background too. Download Papaya Peg and see how close you can get to the perfect finish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Papaya Peg at 5.0 against Peg Jump's 4.1. Papaya Peg also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Peg Jump's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (518 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Peg Jump sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Papaya Peg sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Papaya Peg holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peg Jump has 518 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Peg Jump ships an update every 5 weeks, Papaya Peg every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Peg Jump | Papaya Peg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (518 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 518 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seventy Nine Lines | Matthew Fadoul |
Customer experience
Peg Jump
Papaya Peg
Bugs and requests
Peg Jump
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to select top peg
- Leaderboard issues due to exploit
- Boards not loading after update
- Crashes when posting scores on Twitter
Requested features
5 requests- Add more board shapes and layouts
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Display personal best times and scores
- Allow customization of peg and board colors
- Add online leaderboards and multiplayer
Papaya Peg
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Peg Jump
- Peg Jump Pro$1.99
Papaya Peg
- Papaya Cup$0.99
- Bronze Supporter$1.99
- Papaya Basket$2.99
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- Papaya Crate$4.99
- Silver Supporter$4.99
- Remove Ads Forever$9.99
- Gold Supporter$9.99
Questions
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