Stack the Countries® vs VR Atlas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
VR Atlas
Explore countries, continents, and world wonders through an interactive virtual reality atlas. This app offers a 140-page experience with physical games and activities, complete with step-by-step instructions to learn about landmarks and cultures.
- Interactive VR atlas
- Explore countries and continents
- 140-page interactive content
- Physical games and activities
- Step-by-step instructions
- Discover landmarks and cultures
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Travel the world in virtual reality! Discover countries and continents, with this 140 page interactive atlas, including physical games and activities with step-by-step instructions! Explore landmarks, cultures, cities & world wonders in this 30 piece activity set!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: VR Atlas at Free against Stack the Countries®'s $2.99. VR Atlas also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Stack the Countries®'s advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (92% vs 63%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
VR Atlas is free to download; Stack the Countries® costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stack the Countries® holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stack the Countries® has 1K ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Stack the Countries®'s written reviews are positive against 63% of VR Atlas's.
Stack the Countries® ships an update every 6 months, VR Atlas every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stack the Countries® | VR Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (1K ratings) — better | 3.4 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews — better | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 2.3 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freecloud Design, Inc. | Abacus |
Customer experience
Stack the Countries®
VR Atlas
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)
VR Atlas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stack the Countries®
No in-app purchases
VR Atlas
No in-app purchases
Questions
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