Comparison

Aqueduct vs 3playerDown

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

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About

Aqueduct

Rearrange jumbled waterways and pipelines to restore the flow of water. Over 250 unique puzzles offer hours of mind-invigorating fun with challenging mechanics like locked gates and warp portals.

Highlights
  • Rearrange pipelines
  • Restore water flow
  • Over 250 unique puzzles
  • Locked gates
  • Warp portals
  • Conveyor belts
Features
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Welcome to Aqueduct – a world of jumbled waterways and mixed-up pipelines. It's up to you to rearrange the tracks and restore the flow. Locked gates, shifty conveyor belts, puzzling warp portals, and more stand between you and order. With just over 250 unique puzzles, Aqueduct delivers hours of mind-invigorating fun. From the creators of Blockwick, Orba, and Monster Soup—Aqueduct fuses the slider-puzzle and pipe-connecting concepts into something totally new and outlandishly clever. If you're bored of the same old puzzlers, Aqueduct will give your brain the challenge it's looking for. You can now buy more puzzles right inside Aqueduct. Take on the Rooster and Snake Chapters to test your water-working mettle. *** "easy to pick up and play wherever you are" - CNET "the most fun with plumbing since Mario" - Wired "hours upon hours of puzzling goodness" - TouchArcade "pure puzzle awesomeness, plain and simple" - JayIsGames "a fabulous noggin’-busting puzzle game" - Gamezebo

About

3playerDown

Control three characters simultaneously in this stylish puzzle game. Navigate treacherous worlds, solve tricky puzzles using unique mechanics like teleporters and gravity, and enjoy a haunting soundtrack across 100 levels.

Highlights
  • Simultaneous player control
  • Unique game mechanics (teleporters, elevators, gravity)
  • 100 challenging levels
  • 6 distinct worlds to explore
  • Visually stunning art
  • Haunting soundtrack
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3playerDown is an exciting and stylish puzzle game with fresh gameplay mechanics, visually stunning art and a haunting soundtrack. Take control of the players moving left-right simultaneously. Use the environment and interactive objects and very carefully plan your path to victory! Move as a team through treacherous worlds filled with mysterious landscapes and solve tricky puzzles. Always facing new challenges. An innovative puzzle game. Play with 3player simultaneously. Unique game mechanics such as teleporters, elevators, gravity and more. Explore 6 worlds full of challenges. Enjoy 100 levels with tricky puzzles. Each world with a haunting soundtrack.

Screenshots

Aqueduct4 screens
3playerDown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 3playerDown at Free against Aqueduct's $4.99. 3playerDown also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Aqueduct's advantage is ratings volume (251 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On rating, 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

3playerDown is free to download; Aqueduct costs $4.99 up front. Aqueduct sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 3playerDown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Aqueduct against 5.0 for 3playerDown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqueduct has 251 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Aqueduct versus 3playerDown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAqueduct3playerDown
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (251 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings251 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKieffer Bros.peter baeder

Customer experience

Aqueduct

All ratings251 ratings
Positive99.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews400 reviews
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.3%

3playerDown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Aqueduct

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Magnetic blocks sticking and not moving
  • Levels not playing in the correct order
  • Game slowing down devices after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and puzzle packs
  • Ability to skip ahead to harder levels
  • Colorblind mode for buttons/doors/portals
  • Leaderboards and scoring system
  • Level editor and sharing capabilities

3playerDown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Aqueduct

One-time3
  • Master Key$0.99
  • Rooster Chapter$1.99
  • Snake Chapter$1.99
None

3playerDown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aqueduct free?
Aqueduct costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is 3playerDown free?
3playerDown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Aqueduct or 3playerDown?
3playerDown is rated higher. Aqueduct averages 4.9 out of 5 from 251 ratings, while 3playerDown averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Aqueduct or 3playerDown have ads?
Neither Aqueduct nor 3playerDown shows ads.

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