Aqueduct vs Stack and Crack
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
Stack and Crack
A satisfying block-stacking game with simple one-tap controls. Progress through 200 challenging levels that increase in speed and difficulty. Enjoy quick rounds with no timers or energy meters.
- 200 levels of increasing challenge
- One-tap controls for one-handed play
- Clean, minimalist design
- Satisfying drop sounds
- Quick rounds, no timers or energy meters
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Stack & Crack — the satisfying block-stacking game you can't put down. Tap to drop. Stack the block. Miss the edge and it cracks off. Simple to learn, surprisingly tough to master. Work your way through 200 hand-crafted levels that get faster, narrower, and trickier as you climb. Every drop matters — line them up perfectly and the tower stays wide; mistime it and you'll be threading a needle by level 50. Why players love it: • 200 levels of increasing challenge • One-tap controls — play with one hand, anywhere • Clean, minimalist design with satisfying drop sounds • Quick rounds perfect for a commute, a coffee break, or "just one more try" • No timers, no energy meters, no waiting Whether you've got 30 seconds or 30 minutes, Stack & Crack delivers that addictive "one more level" loop. Stack carefully. Drop precisely. Can you crack all 200?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stack and Crack at Free against Aqueduct's $4.99. Stack and Crack also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Aqueduct's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (251 vs 3). On rating, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Stack and Crack is free to download; Aqueduct costs $4.99 up front. Aqueduct sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Stack and Crack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Aqueduct against 5.0 for Stack and Crack. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqueduct has 251 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Aqueduct's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stack and Crack's.
Aqueduct ships an update every 5 months, Stack and Crack weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aqueduct | Stack and Crack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (251 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 251 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kieffer Bros. | Robert Reed |
Customer experience
Aqueduct
Stack and Crack
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
Stack and Crack
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
Stack and Crack
- Remove Ads$1.99
