Comparison

Pipes vs Oberty

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

Oberty

This minimalist puzzle game challenges players to rotate and blend cards using XOR logic to solve over 200 unique puzzles. It features a relaxing soundtrack, inclusive color schemes, and a level editor to create and share custom challenges.

Highlights
  • Shape-blending puzzles
  • XOR logic gameplay
  • 200+ puzzles
  • Meditative and relaxing
  • Inclusive color schemes
  • Level editor
  • Share custom levels
Features
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** Most Anticipated Game – Indie Cup Ukraine’23 ** ** OFFICIAL SELECTION, DAY OF THE DEVS, THE GAME AWARDS EDITION 2023 ** Oberty is a minimalist shape-blending puzzle. Rotate and blend cards with XOR rule: "Black + Black = White". • 200+ puzzles to complete • Meditative • Minimal • Monochromatic • Relaxing and atmospheric original soundtrack • Inclusive color schemes for people with visual impairment • Level editor, create and share you cards with friends • No ads LEVEL EDITOR Create your own unique level-cards, share it to your friends by sending picture. To play level simply load it from picture of level-card.

Screenshots

Pipes3 screens
Oberty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pipes at Free against Oberty's $2.99. Pipes also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 67%). Oberty's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, ads and iOS requirement 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

Pipes is free to download; Oberty costs $2.99 up front. Pipes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Oberty asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oberty holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipes has 155 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Pipes's written reviews are positive against 67% of Oberty's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipes ships an update every 3 weeks, Oberty every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pipes versus Oberty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipesOberty
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (155 ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings155 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael KerleyDmytro Denys

Customer experience

Pipes

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

Oberty

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
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

Oberty

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipes

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$0.99
None

Oberty

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipes free?
Pipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Oberty free?
Oberty costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pipes or Oberty?
Oberty is rated higher. Pipes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 155 ratings, while Oberty averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Pipes or Oberty have ads?
Neither Pipes nor Oberty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipes or Oberty?
Pipes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Oberty every 5 months. Most recently, Pipes was updated on October 15, 2026 and Oberty on October 8, 2026.

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