Comparison

Stack the States® vs Geography

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

Head to head
About

Stack the States®

Learn about the 50 US states through a fun and interactive game. Collect all states, unlock bonus games, and master capitals, shapes, flags, and more. This app makes geography engaging for all ages.

Highlights
  • Learn state capitals, shapes, and flags
  • Interactive drag-and-drop gameplay
  • Collect all 50 states on a personalized map
  • Unlock four bonus educational games
  • Hundreds of unique questions
  • Create multiple player profiles
Features
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Stack the States® makes learning about the 50 states fun! Watch the states actually come to life in this colorful and dynamic game! As you learn state capitals, shapes, geographic locations, flags and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated states anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of states that reaches the checkered line to win each level. You earn a random state for every successfully completed level. All of your states appear on your own personalized map of the United States. Try to collect all 50! As you earn more states, you begin to unlock the four free bonus games: Map It, Pile Up, Puzzler and Capital Drop. Four games in one! HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE 50 STATES: ▸ Capitals ▸ State shapes ▸ Abbreviations ▸ Bordering states ▸ Location on the map ▸ Nicknames ▸ Flags ...and more! FEATURES: ▸ Hundreds of unique questions ▸ Interactive map and 50 state flash cards ▸ Choose any of the 50 friendly-looking states as your avatar ▸ Create up to six player profiles ▸ Collect all 50 states and track your progress on a personalized map ▸ Earn FREE bonus games: Map It, Pile Up, Puzzler and Capital Drop ▸ High resolution pictures of famous US landmarks ▸ All games are powered by a realistic physics engine ▸ Fun sound effects and music ▸ iPhone 4 and new iPad Retina Display support ▸ Works on both iPhone and iPad - a universal app FIVE GAMES IN ONE: STACK THE STATES: Build tall piles with states and try to reach the checkered line. MAP IT: Tap the location of the selected state on the map. Try to complete the whole country. PILE UP: The states are piling up! Tap them quickly to get rid of them before they pile too high. PUZZLER: Sit back and relax as you slide the states around and put them together like a jigsaw puzzle. CAPITAL DROP: Match states with their capitals in this fast-paced bonus game. Don't let a state fall! Stack the States® is an educational app for all ages that's actually FUN to play. Try it now and enjoy five games for the price of one! PRIVACY DISCLOSURE Stack the States®: - Does not contain 3rd party ads. - Does not contain in-app purchases. - Does not contain integration with social networks. - Does not use 3rd party analytics / data collection tools. - Does include links to apps by Dan Russell-Pinson in the iTunes App Store (via LinkShare). For more information on our privacy policy please visit: http://dan-russell-pinson.com/privacy/

About

Geography

Test your knowledge of global geography with this engaging map quiz game. Learn and recall the locations of countries, capitals, cities, rivers, and lakes across various continents and regions through 35 challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Country location quizzes
  • Capital city identification
  • River and lake mapping
  • Continent-specific levels
  • Detailed regional quizzes
  • 35 progressive levels
Features
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Do you know where France is? And Zimbabwe? This game will help you to learn and to remember location of countries, capitals, cities, rivers and lakes. The game has 35 levels, divided into categories: - WORLD contains levels: countries, capitals, cities, rivers, lakes - EUROPE contains levels: countries, capitals, cities - CITIES OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES contains levels: Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Belarus - NORTH AMERICA contains levels: U.S. cities, Canadian cities, U.S. states, lakes of North America - RUSSIA contains levels: cities, regions, Moscow districts, districts of St. Petersburg - LATIN AMERICA contains levels: countries, capitals, cities - AFRICA contains levels: countries, capitals, cities - ASIA contains levels: countries, capitals, cities - AUSTRALIA contains levels: cities

Screenshots

Stack the States®4 screens
Geography4 screens

Verdict

The call

Stack the States® and Geography both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of Stack the States®'s written reviews are positive against 46% of Geography's. Stack the States® also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 112). Geography's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On rating, update cadence, 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

Geography is free to download; Stack the States® costs $2.99 up front. Geography sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Stack the States® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Geography holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stack the States® has 2.2K ratings behind it against 112, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Stack the States®'s written reviews are positive against 46% of Geography's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack the States® ships an update every 3 months, Geography every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Stack the States® versus Geography: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack the States®Geography
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (2.2K ratings)4.6 (112 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.8% of reviews — better45.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2.2K — better112
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#6 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFreecloud Design, Inc.Mikhail Akopov

Customer experience

Stack the States®

All ratings2,185 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.7%

Geography

All ratings112 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive45.6%
Neutral13.9%
Negative40.5%

Bugs and requests

Stack the States®

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Washington state mapping issue
  • Battery drain when app returns to home screen

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to view completed states again
  • Add more state facts/trivia
  • Include background photos related to states
  • Add a country-wide puzzle mode
  • Option to turn off state faces
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  • Add more mini-games
  • Ability to transfer progress between devices

Geography

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stack the States®

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Geography

One-time3
  • 5000 coins$0.99
  • 15000 coins$1.99
  • 30000 coins$2.99

Questions

Is Stack the States® free?
Stack the States® costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Geography free?
Geography is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stack the States® or Geography?
Geography is rated higher. Stack the States® averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Geography averages 4.6 from 112 ratings.
Do Stack the States® or Geography have ads?
Neither Stack the States® nor Geography shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stack the States® or Geography?
Stack the States® ships an update every 3 months, and Geography every 2 months. Most recently, Stack the States® was updated on October 1, 2026 and Geography on September 29, 2026.

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