Comparison

Pipes vs Heardle!

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

Heardle!

Test your music knowledge by identifying songs from short audio snippets. Compete with friends daily or play unlimited rounds. Explore music across different decades.

Highlights
  • Daily music challenges
  • Unlimited play mode
  • Decades-themed playlists
  • Thousands of songs
  • Track performance
  • Share scores
Features
Currently charting
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Think you know music? Put your ears to the test with Heardle! Listen to short song snippets and try to identify the track before the music runs out. Whether you're a casual listener or a dedicated music fan, Heardle! offers exciting music-guessing challenges for every skill level. - Game Modes Daily Heardle: A brand-new music puzzle every day. Challenge yourself and compare your results with friends. Infinite Heardle: Keep playing as long as you want. Unlimited songs, unlimited fun. Decades Heardle: Travel through music history and test your knowledge of: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.. - How to Play Press play to hear a short audio clip. Guess the song title and artist. Skip or listen to longer snippets if needed. Solve the song in as few attempts as possible. Share your score and challenge others. - Features Daily music challenges Unlimited Infinite mode Decades-themed playlists Thousands of songs to discover Fast and simple gameplay Mobile-friendly design Track your performance Suitable for all music lovers - Perfect For Fans Of Music trivia games Song guessing games Heardle-style challenges Pop music quizzes Classic hits and nostalgia Daily brain games - Test Your Music Knowledge From legendary classics to modern chart-toppers, Heardle! challenges your memory, listening skills, and musical knowledge. Can you recognize a song from just a second of audio? Download Heardle! today and start guessing!

Screenshots

Pipes3 screens
Heardle!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pipes at 90% against Heardle!'s 0%. Pipes also leads on price (Free vs $4.99). Heardle!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#93 vs unranked). On ads 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

Pipes is free to download; Heardle! costs $4.99 up front. Pipes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Heardle! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pipes versus Heardle!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipesHeardle!
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (184 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings184 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#93 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael KerleyQuynh Dau

Customer experience

Pipes

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

Heardle!

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Heardle!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipes

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$0.99
None

Heardle!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipes free?
Pipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Heardle! free?
Heardle! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pipes or Heardle! have ads?
Neither Pipes nor Heardle! shows ads.

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