Comparison

Sync vs Piece Out

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

Head to head
About

Sync

Engage your mind with a unique puzzle experience where you guide synchronized balls to designated holes using simple swipes. Navigate through increasingly complex mazes, strategically using walls to achieve your goals. Enjoy a tranquil yet stimulating challenge with 80 levels, designed for thoughtful problem-solving without time pressure.

Highlights
  • Swipe to move synchronized balls
  • Align balls into holes
  • Use maze walls for strategy
  • Avoid falling off the platform
  • Progress through 80 levels
  • No time limits or scores
  • Develop concentration and problem-solving skills
Features
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Greetings 21st Century Earthlings! Transport your mind beyond earthly concerns with the engaging puzzle experience of Sync-Ball. Gently swipe your finger on the screen to move the synchronized balls up, down, left and right. Your goal is to align the balls and drop them into the holes on the same swipe. • Use maze walls to block movement and align the balls to achieve your goal. • Watch-out for the edges! If you roll a ball off the platform, you'll have to start over. • Begin with two-ball puzzles and simple mazes that teach the game's elegant mechanics and strategies. • Advance to more complex puzzles with up to four synchronized balls in play at one time. And you thought rocket science was tough! • Experience 80 levels of stellar satisfaction. Do you long to escape the frenzied pace of modern life? Sync-Ball was designed to provide the perfect balance of tranquility and cerebral stimulation for a quick escape wherever and whenever you need one. • No time limits mean you can ponder a puzzle for as long as you like without incurring a penalty. • No scores artificially inflate your sense of panic. • Progress at your own pace. • Reset a stage as often as you like. • Concentration, memory and problem-solving skills are all you need. Have fun!

About

Piece Out

Engage your mind with a unique puzzle game that involves flipping, sliding, and spinning blocks. Enjoy over 50 pages of puzzles with a new challenging one daily, all without time pressure. Hints are available if you get stuck.

Highlights
  • Flip, slide, and spin blocks
  • Over 50 puzzle pages
  • Daily extra-hard puzzles
  • No time limit or pressure
  • Hint system available
Features
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Exercise a piece of your mind while you exercise your peace of mind as you flip, slide and spin. Introducing: Piece Out — a new innovative puzzle game from the creators of hit games DUET and Basket Fall. Simple Rules • Slide to move • Tap to rotate or flip! Packed with puzzles! • Over 50 pages of puzzles. • Plus, a new extra-hard puzzle every day! Just Relax and Solve • There's no time limit and zero pressure — just some blocks and your brain. • Stuck? Hints are available for every puzzle.

Screenshots

Sync4 screens
Piece Out4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Piece Out at Free against Sync's $0.99. Piece Out also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 40 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 33). Sync's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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

Piece Out is free to download; Sync costs $0.99 up front. Piece Out sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sync holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piece Out has 1.3K ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Sync's written reviews are positive against 82% of Piece Out's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sync ships an update every 40 months, Piece Out every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Sync versus Piece Out: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSyncPiece Out
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (33 ratings) — better4.6 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews — better82.4% of reviews
Number of ratings331.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTozai, Inc.Kumobius

Customer experience

Sync

All ratings33 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive96.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative0.0%

Piece Out

All ratings1,305 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative10.8%

Bugs and requests

Sync

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Piece Out

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Certain movement constraints not intuitive
  • Game sometimes automatically downloads without user action

Requested features

4 requests
  • Minimum move counter
  • Separate volume controls for music and sound effects
  • Easy restart option for puzzles
  • Ability to save and revisit daily puzzles

In-app purchases

None

Sync

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Piece Out

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99

Questions

Is Sync free?
Sync costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Piece Out free?
Piece Out is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sync or Piece Out?
Sync is rated higher. Sync averages 4.8 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Piece Out averages 4.6 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Sync or Piece Out have ads?
Piece Out shows ads; Sync does not.
Which is updated more often, Sync or Piece Out?
Sync ships an update every 40 months, and Piece Out every 5 weeks. Most recently, Sync was updated on October 14, 2026 and Piece Out on October 15, 2026.

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