Comparison

Stack the Countries® vs World Map Challenge! Geography

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

World Map Challenge! Geography

Test your global geography skills with an interactive map quiz. Learn country locations through engaging game modes, including timed challenges and multiplayer battles. Improve your knowledge with practice sessions and compete on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Interactive map with zoom and pan
  • Automatic correction highlighting
  • Continental and Time Trial modes
  • Multiplayer head-to-head battles
  • Targeted practice modes
  • Toggleable answer key
Features
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Challenge your knowledge of world geography with World Map Challenge! Learn the locations of nearly 200 countries around the globe. Features: • Fully interactive map (zoom, pan, and tap on the map to select your answer) with sound effects • Incorrect answers will cause the map to zoom to the correct location, making your learning fast and efficient • "Continental Challenge" mode: Tracks your progress and earns you 'stars' if you score high enough! • Game Center-enabled "Time Trial" mode: How fast can you tap 20 countries in order? Compete against players worldwide. • Multiplayer: Head-to-head against a random opponent or a friend. Win and climb the global leaderboards! • Practice mode that allows you to study specific areas of a continent to help improve your knowledge • Practice mode features an answer key that you can toggle on and off Included for free: • 1 region each for: Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa (practice mode) • All countries in South America and Oceania (practice mode) • Europe Challenge mode • South America Time Trial • Europe Multiplayer mode Credits: • Announcer: Shawshank73 http://www.freesound.org/people/shawshank73/ • Menu "ping": Bertrof https://www.freesound.org/people/Bertrof/sounds/131658/ • Colored world map (main menu): Otsego http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World-Continents-Coloured.png • Mapping class: stkim1 http://stkim1.github.io/MTImageMapView/

Screenshots

Stack the Countries®4 screens
World Map Challenge! Geography4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: World Map Challenge! Geography at Free against Stack the Countries®'s $2.99. Stack the Countries®'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (92% vs 76%). 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

World Map Challenge! Geography is free to download; Stack the Countries® costs $2.99 up front. World Map Challenge! Geography sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stack the Countries® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Stack the Countries® against 4.6 for World Map Challenge! Geography. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 333 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Stack the Countries®'s written reviews are positive against 76% of World Map Challenge! Geography's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack the Countries® ships an update every 6 months, World Map Challenge! Geography every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Stack the Countries® versus World Map Challenge! Geography: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack the Countries®World Map Challenge! Geography
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (1K ratings)4.6 (333 ratings)
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews — better76.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better333
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#41 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFreecloud Design, Inc.Peaceful Pencil Ltd., The

Customer experience

Stack the Countries®

All ratings1,023 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews320 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.6%

World Map Challenge! Geography

All ratings333 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.5%
Negative14.3%

User reviews

Stack the Countries®

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent educational game
  • 🤩 Fun and engaging
  • 🧠 Helps improve geography knowledge
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for all ages
  • 🕹️ Addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Some bugs and glitches
  • 🤔 Repetitive questions
  • 🗺️ Inaccurate country sizes/shapes
  • 🔍 Missing certain countries/territories

World Map Challenge! Geography

From 333 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun way to learn
  • 👍 Educational and informative
  • 👍 Efficient and intuitive
  • 👍 Great for all ages
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 👎 Limited free content
  • 👎 Expensive full version
  • 👎 In-app purchase for family sharing
  • 👎 Some regions inaccurate
  • 👎 GUI could be improved

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)

World Map Challenge! Geography

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 26
  • Repeats countries, omits others in regions
  • Multiplayer not working
  • Indonesia and Philippines appear in Australia quiz
  • Full version difference unclear

Requested features

11 requests
  • Include capitals quiz
  • Disable timer option
  • Add study mode
  • Add flags or languages quiz
  • Make full version free or ad-supported
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  • Add audio pronunciation of countries
  • Allow custom country selection
  • Fix multiplayer issues
  • Improve family sharing for purchases
  • Add more countries (e.g., Malta, Tuvalu, Palau)
  • Allow background music

In-app purchases

None

Stack the Countries®

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

World Map Challenge! Geography

One-time1
  • Full Version$4.99

Questions

Is Stack the Countries® free?
Stack the Countries® costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is World Map Challenge! Geography free?
World Map Challenge! Geography is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stack the Countries® or World Map Challenge! Geography?
Stack the Countries® and World Map Challenge! Geography are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1K and 333 ratings respectively.
Do Stack the Countries® or World Map Challenge! Geography have ads?
Neither Stack the Countries® nor World Map Challenge! Geography shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stack the Countries® or World Map Challenge! Geography?
Stack the Countries® ships an update every 6 months, and World Map Challenge! Geography every 3 months. Most recently, Stack the Countries® was updated on September 22, 2026 and World Map Challenge! Geography on September 19, 2026.

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