Aqueduct vs 3playerDown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Rearrange pipelines
- Restore water flow
- Over 250 unique puzzles
- Locked gates
- Warp portals
- Conveyor belts
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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
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Aqueduct | 3playerDown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (251 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 251 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kieffer Bros. | peter baeder |
Customer experience
Aqueduct
3playerDown
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
Aqueduct
- Master Key$0.99
- Rooster Chapter$1.99
- Snake Chapter$1.99
3playerDown
No in-app purchases








