Comparison

Pipes vs Pipe Pathway

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

Head to head
About

Pipes

Connect pipe segments by rotating them to form a continuous flow. This addictive puzzle game offers a variety of board sizes and challenging options. Features like piece locking and auto-save enhance the gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated puzzles
  • Multiple board sizes
  • Wraparound option
  • Piece locking feature
  • Auto save and resume
  • Online leaderboard
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Rotate the pipe segments to connect all the pieces. Easy to learn and very addictive. Features: - Randomly generated puzzles - never the same game twice - Multiple board sizes ranging from "Training Wheels" (4x4) to "Mega Insane" (56x70) * - Introductory tutorial - Wraparound option (also known as "without walls" or "endless") * - "One color" option - when enabled, all pipes are blue, making it harder to tell which ones are connected * - Piece locking feature to help with large boards - Zoom and scroll using familiar pinch and drag gestures - Auto save and resume - never lose your place, even if someone calls in the middle of your game - Timer (can be disabled if you want a more relaxing game) - Online leaderboard - compare your best times to other players around the world * - Offline "personal best times" - try to beat your best times - Introductory tutorial - Piece locking feature to help with large boards - Every puzzle can be solved - Wraparound option (also known as "without walls" or "endless") - "One color" option - when enabled, all pipes are blue, making it harder to tell which ones are connected - Online leaderboard - compare your best times to other players around the world * Requires in-app purchase, or previous app purchase from 1.0 or 2.0 versions

About

Pipe Pathway

Connect rotating pipe pieces to form a complete path. This brain-training puzzle game offers daily challenges and a hint system to guide you through its 400 levels. Enjoy smooth performance and a small file size.

Highlights
  • Daily unique puzzles
  • 400 puzzles included
  • Step-by-step hint guide
  • Automatic connection recommendations
  • Optimized performance
  • Small file size
Features
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Pipe Pathway is the pipe connection puzzle game for brain training The puzzle are any part of pipe. There had set to be not a mess on the board. We have a target to make all pipe to be connected for the complete path. *** How To Play *** We tap on the pipe. That pipe will rotate clockwise for 90 degrees. Rotate the other pipe to be connected for the correct path and colour. *** Features *** * Daily Puzzles - unique from other packs and updated every day. * 400 puzzles. * Hint guide - Step by Step and Play/Pause. * Automatic recommend system - highlight cells for the pipe connect not complete. * Best performance. * Small file size - good for download, update version and save space. Enjoy.

Screenshots

Pipes3 screens
Pipe Pathway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pipes at none against Pipe Pathway's shown. Pipe Pathway's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Pipes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pipe Pathway sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pipe Pathway holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 155 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Pipes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pipe Pathway's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipes ships an update every 3 weeks, Pipe Pathway every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pipes versus Pipe Pathway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipesPipe Pathway
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (155 ratings)4.9 (65 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings155 — better65
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael KerleyJirapong

Customer experience

Pipes

All ratings155 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.9%

Pipe Pathway

All ratings65 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pipes

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Not very responsive
  • Game crashes to Home Screen with recent updates
  • Newest version fails to complete correctly
  • No longer comes up with the “complete ok” prompt
  • No longer has the “new game prompt immediately available to start a new game with the same parameters as the last one
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  • Rotating animation is annoying and slows gameplay
  • Game won't launch anymore with latest iOS update
  • Game freezes on the outside tiles on bigger phones
  • Screen is too sensitive on larger phones, turning one tile accidentally turns more

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more levels for gameplay
  • Ability to change pipe color
  • Remove timer option
  • HD version
  • Support for Retina display
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  • Support for extra screen size of iPhone 5 and iPad
  • Option to change color from blue
  • Counter for remaining leaks
  • Different way of seeing leaks
  • Update with super insane levels

Pipe Pathway

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipes

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$0.99
4 purchases

Pipe Pathway

One-time4
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • 30 Hints$1.99
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  • 60 Hints$2.99

Questions

Is Pipes free?
Pipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pipe Pathway free?
Pipe Pathway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pipes or Pipe Pathway?
Pipe Pathway is rated higher. Pipes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 155 ratings, while Pipe Pathway averages 4.9 from 65 ratings.
Do Pipes or Pipe Pathway have ads?
Pipe Pathway shows ads; Pipes does not.
Which is updated more often, Pipes or Pipe Pathway?
Pipes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pipe Pathway every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pipes was updated on September 9, 2026 and Pipe Pathway on June 10, 2026.

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