Comparison

Pipe Drop vs Space Pipes

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

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About

Pipe Drop

A fast-paced puzzle game where players arrange falling pipes to create paths for water. Master the mechanics to achieve high scores and overcome increasingly difficult challenges with unique obstacles and power-ups.

Highlights
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Over 50 levels
  • Hands-on tutorial
  • 8 power-ups
  • Unlockable strategies
  • Unique obstacles
  • High resolution graphics
Features
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Pipes are falling fast, and you have to clear them before they reach the top of the screen! Try to last as long as you can, or make the longest paths you can and go for the high score! Easy to learn and difficult to master! Even your grandma will be filling pipes in no time, and gamers will find an awesome challenge mastering the techniques necessary to resist the onslaught of high-speed obstacles. Numerous challenges await you as you attempt to unlock and uncover all the secrets of Pipe Drop! Pipe Drop is a Tetris-style puzzle game that's easy to pick up and hard to put down. Grab falling blocks and slide them into place. Tap on blocks to spin them into long paths of pipes, then release the water and watch your path disappear. Long paths of pipes unlock special abilities such as bombs, and teleport blocks. We think it's a lot of fun, and hope you do too! It's the first game released by our fledgling development studio Serpenti Sei. Features: * Highly addictive gameplay - you'll never want to quit! * Over 50 levels to reach, with new obstacles introduced at every turn! * A hands-on tutorial that will teach anyone to play Pipe Drop like a pro. * 8 power ups, each offering a different way to improve your game! * Unlock new pairs of power ups to access new strategies! * Unique obstacles confront you as you advance further in the game! * Beautiful artwork featuring extra special graphics for those that reach the highest levels! * High resolution graphics optimized for Retina Display. Now Game Center-enabled! Check out our trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmoFZpSjfpo

About

Space Pipes

Connect pipes to create a water flow path from source to destination in a space setting. Solve 120 challenging levels that increase in difficulty, requiring logic and ingenuity to help astronauts survive. Enjoy a relaxing puzzle experience with an epic space soundtrack.

Highlights
  • 120 new puzzle levels
  • Space setting
  • Connect pipes for water flow
  • Logic and ingenuity required
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Epic space soundtrack
Features
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Drifting somewhere between the stars, a broken station is waiting for its pipelines to be repaired. Tap a pipe, turn it, and keep turning until the whole route runs unbroken from the source to the goal. Space Pipes is a calm connect-the-pipes puzzle. No timer counts down. No move limit punishes you. Nothing flashes to hurry you along. You look at the board, think, and turn pipes until the path clicks into place and energy flows through it. SIMPLE TO PICK UP Tap any pipe to rotate it a quarter turn. Line up the segments so every piece joins into a single unbroken route. That's the whole rulebook — the puzzles do the rest. 120 HANDCRAFTED LEVELS Three level packs, 40 levels each, built to grow with you. The first boards teach you to read a route in seconds. The later ones will have you staring at a grid of fixed pipes and dead ends, quietly working out the one arrangement that actually connects. MADE TO BE RELAXING A deep-space backdrop, soft ambient music and a satisfying sound as each pipe snaps into position. Turn the sound off with one tap when you'd rather play in silence. It's a puzzle for a commute, a coffee break, or the last ten minutes before sleep. PLAYS ANYWHERE, OFFLINE No account, no sign-in, no internet needed. Flights, subways, the countryside, that one dead spot in your apartment — the puzzles work everywhere. Your progress is saved on your device automatically, level by level. NO PRESSURE Every level can be solved by thinking. There are no energy bars and no lives to wait for. Stuck on a tricky board? Tap the hint button and one pipe snaps into its right place. You start with free hints, can earn more by watching a short video, or pick up a hint pack. OPTIONAL VIP One single purchase — not a subscription — unlocks all level packs at once, removes ads for good and gives you unlimited hints. Entirely optional: the first pack is free and the rest unlock through play. Purchases restore on any device signed in to the same Apple Account. FEATURES 120 levels across 3 packs One-tap rotation, no tutorial needed No timer, no move limit, no lives Full offline play Automatic progress saving Ambient soundtrack with a sound toggle Hints when you get stuck One-time VIP purchase: everything unlocked, no ads, unlimited hints Turn the pipes. Connect the route. Breathe.

Screenshots

Pipe Drop4 screens
Space Pipes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pipe Drop at 89% against Space Pipes's 0%. Pipe Drop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). Space Pipes's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Pipe Drop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Space Pipes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pipe Drop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Pipe Drop's written reviews are positive against 0% of Space Pipes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipe Drop ships an update every 6 months, Space Pipes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pipe Drop versus Space Pipes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe DropSpace Pipes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB262 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerpenti Sei LLCVitalii Chardymov

Customer experience

Pipe Drop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%

Space Pipes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipe Drop

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Space Pipes

One-time1
  • VIP Access$1.99

Questions

Is Pipe Drop free?
Pipe Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Pipes free?
Space Pipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pipe Drop or Space Pipes?
Pipe Drop is rated higher. Pipe Drop averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Space Pipes averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Pipe Drop or Space Pipes have ads?
Space Pipes shows ads; Pipe Drop does not.
Which is updated more often, Pipe Drop or Space Pipes?
Pipe Drop ships an update every 6 months, and Space Pipes fortnightly. Most recently, Pipe Drop was updated on November 1, 2026 and Space Pipes on November 3, 2026.

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