Comparison

Stack the Countries® vs Number Cubes Deluxe

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

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About

Stack the Countries®

Learn world geography through a fun, interactive game. Stack animated countries by answering questions about capitals, landmarks, and locations. Collect all countries and unlock bonus games for a comprehensive learning experience.

Highlights
  • Learn country capitals, landmarks, and locations
  • Build stacks of countries to win levels
  • Collect all 193 countries
  • Unlock bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up!
  • Focus on specific continents or the whole world
  • 193 country flash cards and interactive maps
  • Play in English, Spanish, and French
Features
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- Featured on the TODAY show! - Editor's Choice Award! - Children's Technology Review - "Stack the Countries is worth every penny and this is an educational purchase that you absolutely will not regret." - The iPhone Mom Stack the Countries® makes learning about the world fun! Watch the countries actually come to life in this colorful and dynamic game! As you learn country capitals, landmarks, geographic locations and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated countries anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of countries that reaches the checkered line to win each level. You earn a random country for every successfully completed level. All of your countries appear on your own personalized maps of the continents. Try to collect all 193! As you earn more countries, you begin to unlock the free bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up! Three games in one! CONTROL YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE: You can choose to focus on just one specific continent or play the whole world. You can also select which types of questions are asked. LEARN BEFORE YOU PLAY: Stack the Countries provides 193 country flash cards and colorful interactive maps of the continents. Use them to brush up on your world geography before you play or as a handy reference tool. HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: ▸ Capitals ▸ Landmarks ▸ Major Cities ▸ Continents ▸ Border Countries ▸ Languages ▸ Flags ▸ Country Shapes FEATURES: ▸ More than 1000 unique questions ▸ 193 flash cards -- one for each country! ▸ Interactive maps of the continents ▸ Collect all 193 countries and track your progress on personalized maps ▸ Earn FREE bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up! ▸ Play in English, Spanish and French ▸ Works on both iPhone and iPad - a universal app ▸ Create up to six player profiles ▸ Choose any of the friendly-looking countries as your avatar ▸ High resolution pictures of famous world landmarks ▸ All games are powered by a realistic physics engine ▸ Fun sound effects and music ▸ iPhone 4 Retina Display support THREE GAMES IN ONE: STACK THE COUNTRIES: Build tall piles of countries and try to reach the checkered line. MAP IT: Tap the location of the selected country on the map. Try to complete the whole continent! PILE UP: The countries are piling up! Identify and tap them quickly to get rid of them before they reach the top. Stack the Countries® is an educational app for all ages that's actually FUN to play. Try it now and enjoy three games for the price of one! PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Stack the Countries®: - 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 Performance Horizon). For more information on our privacy policy please visit: http://dan-russell-pinson.com/privacy/

About

Number Cubes Deluxe

Features
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Using Number Cubes to teach basic arithmetic offers several educational benefits. These manipulatives make learning interactive and fun, which can increase student engagement and motivation. The experience of manipulating Number Cubes helps solidify abstract mathematical concepts, making them more concrete and understandable. Additionally, Number Cubes are versatile tools that can be used in a variety of activities, promoting cooperative learning and critical thinking. They also provide immediate visual feedback, which aids in the quick recognition and correction of mistakes, thereby enhancing students' problem-solving skills and confidence in their mathematical abilities. Whole numbers, fractions or decimals appear at the top of the screen. By touching a number and then sliding down onto the grid students can move and place a set of number cubes. The app has three different modes and the sets of number cubes can represent whole numbers from 1 to 10, fractions from 1/10 to 1 and decimals from 0.1 to 1.0. The app presents challenges for the students to complete. For example a challenge might be to find two sets of cubes that are equal in length to a given set of cubes.  A variety of special features make it fun for students to use Number Cubes. Speech is used to describe activities and reward correct answers. Sound effects add to the fun of using the app. A scoreboard keeps track of students performance and can be kept over time or cleared if the app is used by other students in a classroom situation.

Screenshots

Stack the Countries®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stack the Countries® at every 6 months against Number Cubes Deluxe's every 26 months. Stack the Countries® also leads on chart position (#15 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). Number Cubes Deluxe's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Stack the Countries® costs $2.99 and Number Cubes Deluxe $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack the Countries® ships an update every 6 months, Number Cubes Deluxe every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Stack the Countries® versus Number Cubes Deluxe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack the Countries®Number Cubes Deluxe
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.6 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 26 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.2
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFreecloud Design, Inc.Ventura Educational Systems

Bugs and requests

Stack the Countries®

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Albania's position is tilted
  • Overlapping of certain countries (e.g. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan)
  • Incorrect information (e.g. Pyongyang in South Korea)
  • Game freezing or crashing
  • Progress not saving properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more countries and territories (e.g. Vatican City, Western Sahara, Kosovo, Taiwan)
  • Improve accuracy of country sizes and shapes
  • Increase variety of questions (e.g. capitals, landmarks, languages, geography facts)
  • Add read-aloud option for questions
  • Introduce more game modes and difficulty levels
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  • Create a sequel with enhanced features (like Stack the States 2)

Number Cubes Deluxe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stack the Countries®

No in-app purchases

None

Number Cubes Deluxe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stack the Countries® free?
Stack the Countries® costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Number Cubes Deluxe free?
Number Cubes Deluxe costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stack the Countries® or Number Cubes Deluxe have ads?
Neither Stack the Countries® nor Number Cubes Deluxe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stack the Countries® or Number Cubes Deluxe?
Stack the Countries® ships an update every 6 months, and Number Cubes Deluxe every 26 months. Most recently, Stack the Countries® was updated on November 13, 2026 and Number Cubes Deluxe on November 7, 2026.

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